Girls swimming: Amherst snags second at MIAA Central/West Championships

UMass women's soccer begins 2026 campaign with road win

The UMass women’s soccer team scored twice in the first half and hung on late to take down St. John’s, 2-1, in its season opener on Thursday in Queens, N.Y. The Minutewomen peppered the Red Storm net in the opening frame, finishing with 12 shots (eight on goal) with goals from Caroline Dickerson and Annie […]

With local efforts underway, Massachusetts begins kratom crackdown

Deerfield joined other Massachusetts municipalities in banning kratom products, just days before an emergency order came from the state's Department of Public Health.

Relief in sight for Amherst’s aging DPW ‘Barn’

AMHERST — Inside the main vehicle bay at the Department of Public Works building, often simply referred to as the “Barn,” a puddle on the concrete floor that developed from a recent rainstorm has nearly dried up, even as the underside of the roof in a nearby storage area remains soggy — with tiles were […]

Healey wades into Quabbin community water issues

Quabbin watershed towns that have long pressed eastern Massachusetts for funding and a seat at the table for reservoir decisions just got a major ally — Gov. Maura Healey.  A drought this year has exposed the reservoir’s shoreline, and residents of the western Massachusetts towns that surround and protect the Quabbin are experiencing their own […]

Northampton schools adopt ICE 'safe zone' policy

NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to bar Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from all six Northampton Public Schools, declaring them “safe zones” amid what members called real fear in the district’s immigrant community. The School Committee unanimously approved a resolution, titled “Ensuring Northampton Public Schools as Safe Zones Free from Immigration Enforcement,” […]