Rothenberg addresses lawsuit at final regular City Council meeting in Northampton

From UMass to the WNBA: Sydney Taylor’s dream realized

Game days in the Mullins Center may not be a part of Sydney Taylor’s life anymore, but the former UMass women’s basketball star still carries her time with the Minutewomen with her to present day. Now playing real minutes for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, Taylor still relies on the skills and lessons she learned throughout […]

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Columnist Joanna Buoniconti: My wish for my 27th year

I’m well aware that it’s bad luck to divulge a birthday wish, but I don’t think the rule applies here because I’m not telling you all my wish for my 27th year. I’m simply typing it instead, for it to live eternally on this paper and on the internet.  Because when the clock strikes midnight […]

Kittredge estate sold, ending prospect of major housing development in Leverett

LEVERETT — Late Yankee Candle founder Michael Kittredge’s 60-acre estate is being sold for $4.55 million to a New Jersey golf professional who intends to keep the site intact as a private residence, according to a representative of the Juggler Meadow Estate who explored redeveloping the property into hundreds of affordable and market-rate homes. Joshua […]

Community grieves loss of Greenfield family of four in fatal interstate crash

Jing S. Dong, 48, was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter after driving a bus that killed four members of the Doncev family in a crash on Interstate 95. The local community has raised more than $56,000 for funeral expenses and transportation costs.