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By DOMENIC POLI

MONTAGUE — The Selectboard has executed a contract with Assistant Town Administrator Walter Ramsey, who is slated to take over as town administrator for Steve Ellis starting July 1.The Selectboard started gearing up for the hiring process after Ellis...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ATHOL — The Athol wrestling team did what it had to do on Tuesday against Mohawk Trail. The Bears had the match clinched before it started, as the Warriors are down to just five wrestlers. With Athol boasting a nearly full roster, the Bears had the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — After a series of amendments and nearly three hours of discussion and debate, a new wetlands protection bylaw is in place in Shutesbury, adopted without a sentence that some interpreted as giving developers veto power over certain...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — After Luca Siano knocked home his second goal of the game to give the Greenfield hockey team a three-goal lead during the third period against Southwick on Monday, it appeared the Green Wave were going to cruise to a victory. The Rams...

By MADDIE FABIAN

Less than a month after it began enforcing a longstanding policy restricting the use of anesthesia during colonoscopies and other procedures, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is pausing that action after physicians statewide lobbied the insurer...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — In celebration of Sunderland Elementary School’s 15th annual International Night, the school unveiled a new mural inspired by students’ work to honor the school’s diverse community.Located in the hallway leading to the library, the mural...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — Swift River School’s new PFAS6 filtration system seems to be working perfectly, and 190 students and staff members will drink to that.A little more than three years after tests of the school’s tap water revealed elevated levels of the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SUNDERLAND – Local residents on Saturday had the opportunity to tour the former Sinauer Associates/Oxford University Press building, which Sunderland is considering as the potential future site for the South County Senior Center. The...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — With two years left in office as mayor of Easthampton, Nicole LaChapelle will head the Massachusetts Mayors’ Association, leading efforts around climate change, housing and other issues she has engaged in on a city level at a wider...

By DOMENIC POLI

The Democrat representing the 2nd Congressional District of Massachusetts has teamed up with a Republican colleague from Florida to sponsor a bill aimed at making it easier for Americans to get medically necessary foods.Jim McGovern and John...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield boys basketball team was able to get whatever it wanted on the offensive end of the floor against Hopkins Academy on Friday. The Green Wave set the tone early, racing out to a 15-0 lead before the Golden Hawks got on the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

LEYDEN — The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the Jan. 14 fatal plane crash in the Leyden Wildlife Management Area, detailing eyewitness accounts as well as the plane’s flight path and conditions.Fly Lugu...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Add another in the long list of accolades for Bernardston’s Crumpin-Fox Club.Golf Advisor, the longtime golf ranking system that now operates under NBC’s Golf Pass umbrella, ranked the top 25 public golf course layouts in the country going into the...

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — As debate continues over how best to develop solar throughout the state to help meet an ambitious net-zero emissions goal, representatives from Mass Audubon and Harvard Forest are touting a recently completed report that details how solar...

By GARRETT COTE

After winning two of its first three Atlantic 10 Conference games, the UMass men’s basketball team has now lost three of its last four – including two crushing defeats at the buzzer stemming from an inability to rebound down the stretch.The Minutemen...

By STEVE PFARRER

Dr. Khama Ennis had come a long way in her medical career.Until 2022, the Amherst resident had spent about two decades in emergency medicine, including a number of years as chief of emergency medicine at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, as...

By CHRIS LARABEE

The 33rd annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest is now seeking submissions through the end of February, as the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library prepares to bring the contest’s awards ceremony to the new library.The Friends of the Greenfield Public...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD – Behind its defense and transition game, the Frontier girls basketball team was able to build a 17-point halftime lead against Mahar on Thursday. The Redhawks defense smothered the Senators attack, keeping Mahar off the scoreboard for...

By GARRETT COTE

A slow start plagued the UMass women’s basketball team in its 72-42 road loss to Davidson on Wednesday night. The Minutewomen scored just eight points in the first quarter and found themselves down nine at the end of the frame. Although UMass played...

By GARRETT COTE

A couple weeks ago, I sat inside Smith Academy’s Sherry Webb Gymnasium in Hatfield to cover a girls basketball game between the Falcons and Duggan Academy of Springfield. As the game progressed, the displeasure from supporters only grew louder – and...