BELCHERTOWN — There won’t be any blades of glory at Belchertown High School’s home stadium for the fall sports season. The school’s athletic field will be closed for at least half the year — and ...

Ruth Ann Hatt, 78, of Shutesbury, passed away peacefully June 26, 2026, after retiring from Amherst Regional Middle School. Survived by her children, grandchildren, and grea ...

HADLEY — The 14th Dalai Lama’s 91st birthday, and a premiere of a community documentary, will be celebrated by the Regional Tibetan Association of Massachusetts Monday. Tibetans are gathering at Most ...

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Eleanor (Boynton) Jones, a life-long resident of Northampton, died here on May 29th, 2026, at the home of her daughter, Mary Catherine Jones. Born on June 11th, 1941, Eleanor was the ...

BOSTON — Cannabis entrepreneurs, municipal leaders and health experts joined forces Thursday to launch a campaign against the ballot measure to repeal legalized recreational marijuana, comparing their ...

New Bern, NC – James "Jim" Forrest Pease, 83, of New Bern, NC, passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2026. Jim was born on January 21, 1943, to the late Raymond Forrest and Bertha Lois Ellis Pease. He is ...

A teenage singer from Florence recently had the biggest performance opportunity of her career — so far. Victoria Narvaez, 13, who released her debut single “I’m A Star” last November, sang the ...

EASTHAMPTON — Imagine Easthampton in 1900. West Boylston Manufacturing Company had just moved its fabric-producing business to one, lone-standing mill building. The company would soon build five more ...

When I was in elementary school, probably fourth or fifth grade — that would have been the years 1963 to 1964, or 1964 to 1965, respectively — we had a lesson on calendars. I remember nothing about ...

According to the Greek myth, young Narcissus, widely admired for his extraordinary physical beauty, fell in love with his own reflection, which he glimpsed one day in a pool of water. Unable to ...

The Declaration of Independence was adopted unanimously by the Second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania State House in the colonial city of Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The delegates from the ...

A rescue team carries a hiker off a trail on Mount Tom who slipped and fell approximately 70 feet, according to firefighters. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff Photo Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter ...