Highlighting art's role in supporting youth mental health: R.I.S.E. Fest returns to Northampton this weekend

Sports Briefs: Multiple Paper City Flyers qualify for USATF National Junior Olympics

Athletes from the Paper City Flyers Track & Field program delivered standout performances at the USATF Regional Championships held at Gordon College, earning multiple podium finishes and national qualifying spots for the upcoming USATF National Junior Olympics in California. Leading the group was Ava Rios of Holyoke, who captured first place in the shot put and second […]

GOP statewide candidates ruled ineligible for primary ballots

BOSTON — After holding hearings on signature fraud complaints, the State Ballot Law Commission ruled late Friday that lieutenant governor candidate Anne Manning Martin and Michael Walsh, who’s running for attorney general, are ineligible to appear on September’s primary ballot.  Opponents of the two Republican statewide candidates filed complaints alleging that they had filed hundreds of […]

Belchertown woman shoots man, herself after driving into hotel

STURBRIDGE — A pregnant Belchertown woman drove her vehicle into a hotel in Sturbridge before shooting a man and then herself, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office. Sturbridge, Southbridge and Massachusetts State Police responded to the Sturbridge Plaza Hotel, 400 Haynes St., shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday after receiving reports that an SUV […]

Easthampton's override recount set for Thursday

EASTHAMPTON — A hand recount of the city’s successful $6.9 million Proposition 2½ override, which passed by 239 votes, will begin Thursday at noon after opponents petitioned for a recount. The Board of Registrars set the date last week for the recount, which will be open to the public on the second floor of the […]

Easthampton dog park gets final funding push

EASTHAMPTON — The dream of bringing a dog park to Easthampton is now a reality, after the City Council approved the final funding needed to bring the project to life in Nonotuck Park next year. “Here we are, we’re going to have a dog park in Easthampton,” said Joan Kurtz, president of Friends of the […]