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500 acres of Sunderland forestland returned to Nipmuc tribe by W.D. Cowls
01-13-2025 11:54 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A 500-acre section of forested land connected to Mount Toby in Sunderland, west of Route 63, is being returned to the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band as a gift from W.D. Cowls Inc.


Amherst resident takes reins as New Salem town coordinator
01-13-2025 11:00 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The new year means a new town coordinator for New Salem.


In $20M deal, New Hampshire timber company buys, will preserve 2,400 acres in 7 towns
01-12-2025 11:01 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A New Hampshire timber company has closed on a massive land buy of nearly 2,400 acres in seven communities in Hampshire and Franklin counties, acquiring five parcels for more than $20 million from Amherst-based W.D. Cowls Inc.


‘Not your mama’s ‘Newsies’’: Amherst Community Theater production updates the musical with women and nonbinary characters
01-10-2025 10:38 AM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Fans of the Disney musical “Newsies” generally know the titular group of characters as boys, but a local theater company’s upcoming production is expanding the show to include female and nonbinary characters.


Classical at the club: Series at The Drake makes new room for chamber music
01-03-2025 10:56 AM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Most people don’t see local bars as venues for classical music, but a concert series at The Drake in Amherst is helping redefine and expand where classical music belongs.Chamber@The Drake, the venue’s classical music series, brings performers to play...


Edward Ralph McGlynn: Remembering Leonard Peltier
12-29-2024 11:07 AM

To follow up on Carrie N. Baker’s Nov. 30 column, “Long overdue apology for Indian boarding schools a first step,” I would like to share the story of a person who survived the abuse of the federal Indian boarding system. Leonard Peltier, a member of...


My Turn: Winning hearts and minds in the battle against authoritarianism
12-26-2024 10:09 AM

By RUSS VERNON-JONES

Many of us are wondering how we can be most effective in blocking authoritarianism from completely taking over the United States now that Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans are about to assume political power. This is not an easy question, but it’s...


Amherst forum explores fears and perspectives on coming immigration crackdown
12-23-2024 11:35 AM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Even many in Donald Trump’s circle are unsure whether the president-elect intends to follow through on his often expansive, and some would say, hyperbolic rhetoric — the kind of exaggerated speech that heralded a “big, beautiful wall”...


My Turn: Lest we forget — Immigration is a good thing
12-22-2024 12:52 PM

By RAZVAN SIBII

The anti-immigration people won the elections. They campaigned successfully on the “mass deportation” of undocumented immigrants and they have every intention of fulfilling that threat. And, if the first Trump administration is any indication, they...


Love is in the airwaves: Queer dating radio show creates connections and community
12-20-2024 9:52 AM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Finding love is all about finding someone on your wavelength. A radio show at the University of Massachusetts Amherst wants to help the local queer community make romantic connections, one guest DJ at a time.On the show “Queer Yenta Radio Hour,” which...


Hockey: Matt Garvin’s hat trick lifts Greenfield past Amherst 7-1
12-17-2024 11:19 PM

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – Four points from Matt Garvin pushed the Greenfield boys hockey team past Amherst Regional, 7-1, in an independent contest Tuesday night at Orr Rink.Garvin recorded a hat trick and added an assist as the Green Wave cruised to their second win...


Amherst-Pelham Regional towns struggle to split school budget tab
12-17-2024 5:11 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Already facing a possible $1.26 million deficit in next year’s $37.54 million operating budget for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, officials from the four member towns are divided on the best approach for both closing that gap and...


Bernadette Jones: Reverse HIP cuts
12-09-2024 2:06 PM

I am very upset that the state’s Healthy Incentives Program was cut dramatically. The program has been extremely successful in helping hungry people get healthy fresh produce and at the same time benefiting small farmers.News about the large increase...


UMass Amherst profs pilot new PFAS detection method
12-09-2024 9:43 AM

By ZICHANG LIU

AMHERST — University of Massachusetts Amherst professors Chang Liu and Xiaojun Wei have discovered a new method to detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — “forever chemicals” found in water, soil, air, food and other consumer products — thus...


My Turn: Bike buses go viral ... why not here?
12-08-2024 6:11 PM

By DARCY DUMONT

 It may seem odd not to address the expected reversal of progress on climate and what that will mean at home and abroad, but pardon me while I take a breath. My latest thought is to simply to keep moving in a positive direction, doing whatever we can...


NATIONAL CHAMPS! Amherst College men’s soccer takes down Connecticut College in PKs to claim D3 title
12-07-2024 8:45 PM

By GARRETT COTE

Hollywood script writers couldn’t have come up with a more perfect story for the Amherst College men’s soccer team on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas.After 110 minutes of soccer wasn’t enough to decide a winner (0-0) between the Mammoths and...


College soccer: Mohammed Nuhu’s PK lifts Amherst College past Middlebury, into NCAA Div. III national championship game
12-05-2024 8:23 PM

By RYAN AMES

One more to go.The Amherst College men’s soccer team advanced to the NCAA Division III title game after beating Middlebury, 2-1, during the Final Four semifinal Thursday night in Las Vegas.The Mammoths secured two second-half goals versus the Panthers...


Climate activist Bill McKibben: Solar is light in dark times
12-03-2024 6:03 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — The past few weeks have been tough for climate activism, and longtime climate activist Bill McKibben, who makes his home in Vermont, is feeling the heat.This year will be the hottest year on record, breaking the record-setting temperatures...


Data shows a historic dry fall for western Mass
12-03-2024 3:42 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

With bodies of water receding and brush fires throughout the state, it was clearly a dry fall for the Pioneer Valley and new data analysis confirms the season was historically dry for western Massachusetts.Preliminary National Weather Service data for...


Dr. John Sheldon: Access to care matters
12-02-2024 5:54 PM

Regarding the article “Bill takes aim at pancreatic cancer” [Gazette, Nov. 23], I fully support Bill H.2182 (S.1330), which seeks, among other things, to ensure that individuals at increased risk for pancreatic cancer, due to family history or genetic...

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