Before trustees for Hampshire College next meet on May 16, a group made up of alumni, students, faculty and others is aiming to be on the way to collecting $10 million in pledges to identify a ...
The city is again moving to address the vacant, 54-acre Oliver Street Town Lodging House, with officials now aiming to sell the historic property as two potential buyers emerge. The City Council ...
WESTHAMPTON — Voters will make several key financial decisions at Saturday’s annual Town Meeting, including a reduced $125,000 Proposition 2½ override to help ease the town’s budget shortfall. A ...
SOUTH HADLEY — “March!” On the instructor’s cue, 40 people march back to their chairs, ready for the next squat, row or aerobic move. As they work up a sweat in the Beginning Fitness class, staff at ...
WILLIAMSBURG — While no candidate ran for assessor, Kathleen McKeown will take the seat after receiving 10 write-in votes in Monday’s town election. Meanwhile, Nicole Turner and Amy Weber won seats on ...
More than 335,000 works of art and literature were submitted to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards this year, but fewer than half of 1% of those received the prestigious National Gold Medal — and two ...
After years of covering other artists’ music, a local musician is getting the chance to play and share his own tunes. Guitarist and singer Barry Searle, an eighth-generation resident of Southampton, ...
There’s a train stopping in Belchertown for a short while, but the ride is never the same two nights in a row — and it might make you cry. The theater company Theater Between Addresses will present ...
The closure of Hampshire College signals the end of a remarkable 56-year experiment in student-centered education and has raised critical questions about the future of higher education. But there has ...
UMass Amherst will hold a vigil to remember UMass Amherst Dining Hall employee Emma MacDonald, 31 on Tuesday, May 5 — two weeks after she was found dead in room 413 of the UMass Campus Center Hotel, ...
The aesthetics of gardening have changed considerably in the 30 or so years since I started gardening. Back when we bought our first house, in North Amherst, along with an established perennial bed, ...
AMHERST — Faculty and staff at Hampshire College are extending their days and adding to their workloads as the last regular semester on campus winds down, offering students more office hours and ...