Mark Opper, 56, was held without the right to bail in Hampshire Superior Court for the alleged shooting and killing of his wife inside their home in March. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Sign up for the Gazette's ...

Golonka Farm is a beloved institution in Whately, famous locally for growing a wide variety of vegetables, for their fresh-picked sweet corn, and for the friendly, familiar faces that greet customers ...

AMHERST — Hampshire College’s ability to handle the required teach-out of students who remain on campus this summer and fall, ensuring they will complete their degrees, could be impacted by a lack of ...

Moments into the the remarks by Amherst Regional High School’s 10 valedictorians, each of whom achieved perfect 4.0 GPAs, the group earned applause and laughter from the audience gathered for ...

Some gardens seem always to have been there. The gardens that Linda and Geoff Post have created around their home in Florence have that feel. This is in part because of the stately mature trees that ...

A new three-year contract for the Amherst Department of Public Works Associations will improve pay, reduce turnover and minimize understaffing, while enhancing service to the public, according to the ...

A 165-foot-tall cell tower proposed at the Southampton-Easthampton line is drawing pushback from residents worried about health impacts, visual pollution and a decrease in property values. The ...

Northampton, MA – Michèle Anastasia Smith, 66, passed away on December 31, 2025 due to complications from pneumonia and the flu. Born May 18, 1959 in Santa Monica California she was the daughter of J.

Decades ago, Will Matthews was a kid at Amherst Regional High School who listened to Frank Sinatra, played the trombone and loved making his classmates laugh. Now, he’s celebrating the release of his ...

BELCHERTOWN — Inadequate staffing is forcing the Belchertown School District to suspend the Summers Eats, a federally-funded program that provides free breakfast and lunch to families during the ...

The indigo dye the British once revered as “blue gold” smells less like a luxury and more like muddy water. On a cool spring day, a tepid concoction of indigo, fructose and calcium hydroxide fills the ...

Amherst, MA – Nicholas “Nicky” DiBenedetto, born May 21, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, passed away peacefully on June 3, 2026. He was the beloved son of Michael and Gloria DiBenedetto and the cherished ...