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MIAA girls soccer: Hampshire's depth scoring shines in 4-0 win over Uxbridge in Div. 4 Round of 32

WESTHAMPTON — As a defender, scoring opportunities are few and far between for senior Katie Krause with the Hampshire girls soccer team. For most of the game, the co-captain is leading the Raiders’ backline. But with a few minutes left in the first half in its Division 4 Round of 32 playoff game against Uxbridge […]

A monumental undertaking: On Veterans Day, one man's mission to preserve the graves of veterans and Swift River Valley residents

WARE — Decay drags across the grave markers at the Quabbin Park Cemetery.  Lichen and moss fuzz the edges of each stone and obscures the engraved names. Chipped slate plates stick out at a slant or lean on a neighboring marker. The breakdown of the stone itself, called “sugaring,” has morphed some of the oldest […]

Northampton crash: Pickup leaves southbound I-91, stops at fence near Bridge Street rotary

NORTHAMPTON — A woman escaped injury Tuesday morning when her pickup truck went through a guardrail on southbound Interstate 91 and rolled down an embankment, stopping at a fence along Bridge Street beside the rotary. Firefighters and police responded to a report of the crash at 6:36 a.m., Assistant Fire Chief Matthew Lemberg said. He […]

Massachusetts abortion expansion takes effect, removing all gestational limits

Massachusetts has joined nine other states plus Washington, D.C., without gestational limits on abortion, after Gov. Maura Healey shielded a new state law from an anti-abortion referendum petition that could have prevented it from taking effect. Healey signed an emergency preamble Friday that put the law into effect immediately and protects it from suspension, preventing […]