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Amherst 14U wins PVYBL Koufax playoff thriller, 10-9, with walk-off bunt versus Brattleboro Maroon

AMHERST — The Amherst 14U baseball team executed the rare, walk-off bunt, in its 10-9 win against Brattleboro Maroon during the third round of the PVYBL Koufax division playoffs at Amherst Middle School on Friday. Tied 9-9 with the winning run 90 feet away at third base, Walker Austin dropped a dribbler down the third […]

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Musante Beach gets floating beach wheelchair for disability community

NORTHAMPTON — Accessibility efforts at Musante Beach are going swimmingly after the disability nonprofit Small Miracles in Life Exist (SMILE Mass) gifted the Parks and Recreation Department a new floating beach wheelchair. SMILE Director of Operations Todd Civin joined Parks and Recreation Director Ann-Marie Moggio, beach staff and Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra to unveil the gift […]

South Hadley considers lifting eight-year marijuana facility ban

SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley will consider lifting an eight-year ban on marijuana facilities in hopes of bringing in more business to town. “With the economic times and the fact that new growth in South Hadley has stifled, if there is a person who wants to establish a cannabis business in South Hadley, then we’d […]

Amherst officials debate dispatch numbers for unarmed responders

AMHERST — Six months after the Emergency Communications Center began dispatching some emergency calls to the town’s unarmed community responders, questions continue about whether too few are being directed to them. In response to a concern from Town Council Vice President Ellisha Walker about the level of dispatching for Community Responders for Equity, Safety and […]