'The danger is greater than ever': State Senate urges federal action on nuclear disarmament

Sports Briefs: Easthampton's Colin Larson wins CCBL John J. Claffey Award for top New England player

Easthampton native and Williston product, Colin Larson, was selected as the Cape Cod Baseball League’s John J. Claffey Award winner as the most outstanding New England player, on Wednesday. Larson is currently an outfielder for the Harwich Mariners and batted .264 with 24 runs scored during the regular season. The Mariners advanced to the second […]

Steps toward peace: Region remembers Hiroshima and Nagasaki

HOLYOKE — Calls for peace often conjure images of protests, marches and organized movements. While that’s certainly part of the push for harmony, for Jade Lu, the path to a less violent world begins with how you talk to yourself during the morning rush. “Nonviolence is also a way of life. From moment to moment, the way you live your life and how you talk to yourself in the morning while you’re running around,” said Lu, the graduate student of Buddhism at the Harvard Divinity School. “Live your life with a little more gentleness. I think that’s a good place to […]

Bevy of candidate forums on docket in advance of primary contests

Less than a month before the Sept. 1 primary, several candidate forums are on tap from Springfield to Easthampton and Greenfield to help voters decide who to choose in three contested races: U.S. representative in Congress, the Massachusetts 1st Franklin District and the Governor’s Council District 8. Easthampton forum A forum for only Democratic candidates […]

Northampton's weekend school meal program at risk of closing as funding expires

NORTHAMPTON — As funding dries up for a program that for three years has supplemented free school meals with weekend groceries for local elementary school students, the nonprofit Weekend Nutrition for Northampton Students (WNNS) is working to raise $123,000 to keep children fed outside of school hours during the 2026-2027 school year. Initially funded as […]

Shutesbury proposes new committee to plan beautification of Town Common

SHUTESBURY — A new committee will examine a potential refurbishment of the Town Common, the main greenspace in town center across from Town Hall and perhaps best known for being the site of a historic guideboard. The Select Board on Tuesday supported a proposal from Town Administrator Hayley Bolton that could bring changes to the common. Calling it “Common Ground Shutesbury,” Bolton said the location is nice, but it’s also possible something more could be done with the space bounded by the former M.N. Spear Memorial Library and the Shutesbury Community Church. Also at its Tuesday meeting, the Select Board agreed […]