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UMass field hockey set for rematch with Harvard after upsetting Yale in NCAA Tournament

Ahead of the UMass field hockey team’s first round NCAA Tournament game against No. 6 Yale on Friday, Minutewomen head coach Barb Weinberg knew her team would have to get an early goal if they were to have a chance at advancing. With the Bulldogs having a strong goalie in Amelie Schwarzkopf, a deficit would […]

North King Street traffic impacted as a wire falls on two SUVs

NORTHAMPTON — Police partially closed a portion of North King Street outside the Big Y parking lot Friday afternoon after police said a tractor trailer knocked over a wire attached to a stop light. The wire fell onto two SUVs. Passengers in the Cadillac and Toyota SUVs initially remained inside their vehicles until a National […]

‘Rural schools have been left behind’: At summit, educators push for more rural school aid amid rising costs

HADLEY — At a recent Rural Schools Summit with state education leaders, Hadley Superintendent Anne McKenzie and other rural school officials pressed for consistent funding of rural school aid and a formula that no longer ties state aid almost entirely to enrollment. McKenzie said the western Massachusetts legislative delegation will play a critical role in […]

UMass students praise university's response to alleged Theta Chi assault

AMHERST — For many UMass students, the arrest of a Theta Chi fraternity member charged with strangling a female student last month has been a sobering moment, but one they say the university has taken seriously. The member, who lived at the fraternity’s house at 496 North Pleasant St., allegedly put a female student in […]

UMass presses Amherst to shut down Theta Chi fraternity house

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts is urging the town to bar the unrecognized Theta Chi fraternity from operating at its North Pleasant Street house, arguing it violates town zoning, as protests at the house continue over an alleged assault there last month. In a Nov. 2 letter to town officials, Shelly Perdomo-Ahmed, UMass vice […]