Northampton school budget debate continues amid funding divisions

Guest columnists Allison Snow and Christina White: Off-leash dogs threaten wildlife at FLCA

Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area is first and foremost a nature preserve and an essential refuge for wild species. Many people are unaware of how many different wild animals live there. The wildlife of FLCA is well-documented on the Broad Brook Coalition website (www.broadbrookcoalition.org/) via iNaturalist and videos from webcams (provided by volunteers Steve Harding, Michael […]

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Guest columnist Gene Stamell: Chablis or merlot? That all depends …

Several mornings a week, I play nine holes with golfing buddies Sean and Chris. We have similar interests, hold similar views on the state of the world, and we appreciate one another’s sense of humor. We get along well, as we hack and chunk and sweat our way through the fairways at Cherry Hill, in […]

Columnist Richard Fein: Water bankruptcy — horror and hope

According to the Council on Foreign Relations more than two billion people across the globe lack access to clean water . Recently the United Nations reported that the world is in a state of “water bankruptcy” meaning that “ … the world has entered a new stage: more river basins and aquifers are losing the […]

Amherst 14U caps off incredible PVYBL season on top, claims Koufax championship

In a rematch of its dramatic, walk-off victory a day prior, the Amherst 14U baseball team cruised past Brattleboro Maroon, 8-1, in the PVYBL championship game of the Koufax division playoffs at Deerfield Academy on Saturday. The Hurricanes scored eight unanswered runs following Brattleboro taking a 1-0 lead after just one inning, the bulk of […]