School Committee OKs 3% budget increase

There is a Season with Molly Parr: A 20-year recipe not to mess with

Recipes develop over time: I make tweaks over the years, marking up my cookbooks with notes along the margins. Sometimes I find myself adopting recipes to suit my kids’ tastes, softening the ingredient list and removing the spice in dishes until they don’t look anything like the original recipe. Not for the worse, just different.  But some need less changing than others. They resist changing all but the smallest changes, bending slightly to convenience or preference. This hot dressing for Asian greens is one of those recipes that needs no adjusting.  What are Asian Greens? Think mizuna, a Japanese mustard green […]

The O’s liquor license suspended in Sunderland after underage drinking found by ABCC investigators

The liquor license for The O's Music Bar in Sunderland is scheduled to be suspended on Nov. 2 and 3 following an investigation by the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission into underage drinking violations.

Mill River Greenway construction underway on Williamsburg’s South Main Street after 15 years of debate

WILLIAMSBURG — After 15 years of planning, opposition, support, votes and plenty of controversy, the Mill River Greenway is now becoming a concrete reality. Work began over the past couple of weeks on the project, which involves constructing a 2.4-mile walking and bicycling path connecting the village centers of Williamsburg and Haydenville to the Mass […]

Area Briefs: Easthampton talk spotlights Cuban Alzheimer’s drug

Easthampton talk spotlights Cuban Alzheimer’s drug EASTHAMPTON — Ben Grosscup will talk about his trip to Cuba to seek treatment for his mother’s Alzheimer’s disease at the next Cuba in the Valley Films program, Monday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. at Luthier’s Co-op, 108 Cottage St. During a two-week trip to Havana, Grosscup met with […]

Guest columnist Mary Olberding: Violence against women is real

October is Domestic Violence Prevention Month and a grim reminder of the reality that a leading cause of death for women ages 20-44 is homicide by an intimate partner. In June, the State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team found domestic violence homicides in Massachusetts jumped 20% to a five-year high in 2025, with an additional […]