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On the Run with John Stifler: After New York, a cornucopia of local races

If you remember the 1970s, when the New York Marathon evolved from a bunch of laps around Central Park to a parade of thousands of runners through all five boroughs of the city, you may have felt an echo last Sunday. I mean the echo from 1978, when the women’s winner was a young Scandinavian who had never run a marathon before. Grete Waitz, from Norway, barely known in the U.S. but known in track circles as the European 3000 meter champion, won in two hours 32 minutes 30 seconds, a women’s marathon world record. So here, last Sunday, was Andreas […]

Philip Murphy

<html><head></head><body>PHILIP MURPHY<br /><br />Holyoke, MA - Philip Edmond Murphy age 85 of Northampton, MA passed away peacefully on November 4, 2026 at the Veterans Home in Holyoke MA.<br /><br />Born in Northampton November 3, 1941 he was the so ...

Robert Warren Biardi

<html><head></head><body>Robert Warren Biardi<br /><br />Easthampton, MA - Robert Warren Biardi<br /><br />September 21, 1935 – November 2, 2026<br /><br />Robert Warren Biardi, known to many simply as Bob, died on November 2, 2026, at age 91. Bo ...

MIAA boys soccer: Quinten Chen comes up clutch for Belchertown in Div. 3 prelim round win over Salem

WILBRAHAM — For 100 minutes of gametime, sophomore goalkeeper Quinten Chen watched from the sideline as his Belchertown teammates battled Salem in the preliminary round of the Division 4 boys soccer tournament Friday night. He stood as the Witches took a first half lead as fog spread across Falcon Field at Minnechaug and cheered when [&hellip;]

A Look Back, Nov. 7

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