UMass climate scientists reeling as Trump administration slashes funding for research

06-23-2025 1:32 PM

AMHERST — Graduate student Josie Pilchik’s career plans dissolved with just one email.


Small group, big impact: Volunteers form community in Greenfield while removing invasive plants

06-23-2025 4:02 PM

GREENFIELD — Though Japanese knotweed towers over Greenfield resident Wisty Rorabacher at the Green River Swimming and Recreation Area, the scale of the invasive plant species is not a source of intimidation for Rorabacher and her group, the Floodplain Forest Restoration Project.


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Bulletin Board: Greenfield Tennis Cup scheduled for Saturday
06-23-2025 2:58 PM

The Greenfield Tennis Cup is scheduled for Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Beacon Clay Courts. It is a singles, round robin format with men’s and women’s divisions. 

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Guest columnist Rob Moir: For cod and country
06-23-2025 11:23 AM

In 1638, it was clear to the people of Plymouth, Massachusetts, that there were fewer cod and striped bass in their coastal waters because they knew what we were capable of. They did not blame divine intervention or the biblical call to “fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

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