Free Run Your City program returns to UMass for fall session starting Aug. 30

Guest columnist Max Hartshorne: How Link413 finally connects three counties

If you spend any time in Franklin County, you start to notice something that rarely gets mentioned when people talk about life in rural New England: a lot of people here don’t drive. You see it in Greenfield early in the morning, when the FRTA buses begin their loops and riders gather at the transit […]

Amherst-area theater companies in hunt for shared new venue

AMHERST — Four Amherst-area performing arts companies that together present 45 productions a year and put more than 800 community members in the spotlight and behind the scenes each season are joining forces to search for a single, permanent home. Amherst Community Theater, Valley Light Opera, Starlight’s Youth Theatre and The Rainbow Players/Empowerment Through the […]

Police: Man stabbed acquaintance in alleged self-defense dispute in Northampton's downtown park

NORTHAMPTON — A city man who was stabbed in Pulaski Park on Saturday refused to utter his assailant’s name as he bled and nearly lost consciousness, according to court documents. Bradley Davis, 37, was taken into custody shortly after the downtown incident after he allegedly admitted to stabbing 38-year-old Brandon Williamson, according to a statement […]

Plainfield man arraigned on multiple child sexual abuse charges

NORTHAMPTON — A Plainfield man was ordered held on $100,000 bail Friday by Judge Shelley-Ann Sankar after being arraigned on more than a dozen child sex crime charges in Northampton District Court. Shawn Stebbins, 41, was charged with six counts of aggravated rape and abuse of a child, four counts of indecent assault and battery […]

Postal Service, Deerfield museum celebrate new Barbie stamps in style

The Deerfield Post Office and Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association hosted a celebration to debut a new set of Barbie stamps and highlight a related doll exhibit at the Memorial Hall Museum.