Proposed ‘character zones’ aim to reshape downtown Amherst housing

UMass football: Minutemen offense jelling under Max Warner as Rutgers opener draws near

The UMass football team’s season-opener at Rutgers on Sept. 3 is fast approaching and as its fall camp winds down, the anticipation is ratcheting up. The Minutemen’s offense continues to work through an overhaul led by new offensive coordinator Max Warner and offensive lineman Greg Knox III and running back Elijah Faulkner touched on what […]

Honoring a grandmother's legacy: A $50M anonymous donation funds 'Betty's Kitchen' at Amherst College

AMHERST — An anonymous $50 million gift to Amherst College will name the main dining area inside the new Ford Student Center on campus as Betty’s Kitchen. A few months after the college received a separate $50 million donation from William “Bill” Ford, a member of the Class of 1983, his wife, Molly Ford, and […]

Gombo Nola Kitchen & Oyster Bar in Northampton to reopen Wednesday after minor fire

NORTHAMPTON — A Friday afternoon grill fire forced Gombo Nola Kitchen & Oyster Bar to close through the weekend, costing the restaurant about $15,000 in lost revenue before its planned Wednesday reopening. Co-owner Cassidy Bowman said that the restaurant lost merchandise in the fire and was forced to shut off its gas service and close […]

Poll shows Massachusetts voters behind most ballot questions

A recent UMass/WCVB poll indicates that Massachusetts voters favor expanding public records access but oppose repealing recreational marijuana legalization ahead of the November ballot.

Two harvests, one field: Hadley farm shows off agrivoltaics as other growers take interest

HADLEY — Freshly picked ears of sweet corn, taken off corn stalks growing below solar panels in a North Hadley field, are placed in a container and ready to be boiled, with the water heated by power produced by the same photovoltaic arrays. At Joe Czajowski Farm, the corn yields from the field below the […]