Shirley Slahetka

Dr. Mark Anthony Casey

<html><head></head><body>Dr. Mark Anthony Casey of Fairfield, CT and formerly of Northampton, passed away peacefully on September 24, 2026, with his family by his side. He was 76 years old. Mark was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to M. Kathleen (Sca ...

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H.S. Roundup: South Hadley girls volleyball sweeps Greenfield on Senior Night

SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley’s Grace Matyszewski could not have asked for a better senior night. Up 18-7 again Greenfield in the third set, she recorded two aces during a 7-0 run to end the match and allowed her to celebrate the final points with her fellow seniors. A year after having no seniors on [&hellip;]

A crumbling dilemma: Northampton weighs demolition of deteriorating E.J. Gare parking garage

NORTHAMPTON — Facing a form of self-perpetuating damage that Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra referred to as “concrete cancer,” the E.J. Gare Parking Garage needs to be either repaired or demolished — and neither option is cheap. The garage faces an alkali–silica reaction that is deteriorating its concrete, along with spalling and other forms of significant structural [&hellip;]

East-west rail gets $130 million federal boost; Boston passenger service targeted for 2030

SPRINGFIELD — Connecting western Massachusetts to Boston through a passenger rail system took a major step this week with the securing of $130 million in federal funding, Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday. Healey traveled to Springfield Union Station to announce the funding alongside U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and many other state and local legislators, after [&hellip;]