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By JOSEPH LEVINE

The recent murder of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington and the attack on the people attending a vigil for the Israeli captives in Gaza has poured fuel on the fire consuming the movement for Palestinians rights, supposedly justifying the harshest crackdown on protected political speech since the days of McCarthy and the congressional Un-American Activities Committee. The almost universal response to these crimes  – blaming the people who are protesting the unprecedented carnage wrought by the Israeli military in Gaza — highlights several troubling features of the state of debate over Israel/Palestine at this time.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A large banner reading “the Heritage Park and Nature Trail is now open” is placed alongside the red, white and blue bunting attached to the side of the North Leverett Sawmill, a historic pre-Revolutionary War building that awaits renovation and has been declared a critical site for commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026.

LEVERETT — As Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions take place across Massachusetts, with some happening in the region, a panel discussion is being held at the Mount Toby Friends Meetinghouse, 194 Long Plain Road (Route 63) Monday night.

From the American Revolution to today, U.S. service members have sworn an oath to defend our Constitution against all enemies. This past Memorial Day, we honor those who gave their lives in that service — those who sacrificed all their tomorrows for our country and our freedoms. The military oath begins: “I do solemnly swear/affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic ... So help me God.”

The Blueberry Patch is a cherished part of the Gordon King Life Estate for the public, including the folks with mobility disabilities as well as parents with small children in strollers. This has always been a beloved site in Leverett for many families and individuals to gather, explore and enjoy the bounty of nature.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Mediation in mid-July could resolve an ongoing Land Court lawsuit, filed nearly a year ago by the owners of a Shutesbury Road property against the town and its Conservation Commission, that has prevented the public from using the easiest access to 65 acres of town conservation land in East Leverett.

By NANCY E. GROSSMAN

In the end, the dispute came down to about 15 tents and a fence loosely constructed of wooden pallets that had collectively been up for less than a day. But this small encampment was enough to trigger an ill-considered decision by first-year UMass Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes that cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars and drove a likely permanent wedge between the administration and some of the UMass community.

DEERFIELD — To facilitate Eversource’s grid enhancement project, Stillwater Road will be closed to all traffic from Upper Road/Stillwater Bridge to Hoosac Road on Thursday, May 8, and Friday, May 9.

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

LEVERETT — Roughly 100 residents voted to approve Leverett’s share of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District budget, accept a 146.3-acre property gift and appropriate funds for a series of community preservation projects during Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Accepting a gift of an actively managed 146.3-acre woodlot and recommending resurfacing and possibly paving the length of Dudleyville Road are among the actions to be decided by residents at Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

LEVERETT — A couple was displaced from their Teawaddle Hill Road home Tuesday night after a fire caused a partial collapse of the single-story house.

By GENE STAMELL

I don’t know about you, but I love a well-placed semicolon; it evokes a sense of drama, an air of anticipation of things to come. Yes, the human race could survive without this punctuation mark, but at what cost? Let us pause briefly (a bit of semicolon humor) and consider the situation.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A steep increase in what Leverett will pay into the Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools’ fiscal year 2026 budget is being supported by the Selectboard, even with concerns from board members about the process used to arrive at the town’s assessment.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — With the Selectboard’s approval in hand, the town will use $5,580 from its D.A.R.E. account to replace the police substation’s router.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Several local Democratic Town Committees in Hampshire and Franklin counties, and Holyoke, are making an appeal to the Massachusetts congressional delegation to take stronger steps in confronting the Republican Party, the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A proposed donation of a 147-acre working forest in North Leverett, which would continue to be actively managed under town ownership and open for hunting, will be decided by voters at the May 3 Annual Town Meeting.

By MITCHELL FINK

LEVERETT — Two years after a Leverett family released videos of motorists whizzing past their children’s stopped school bus, the Legislature has passed a bill allowing video monitoring to catch violators.

The Franklin County Solid Waste Management District is collaborating with the towns of Leverett, Montague, Northfield and Warwick next month to hold special recycling collections for blocky Styrofoam packing material.

By SARENA NEYMAN

In 1975-76, I was a Fulbright scholar in Germany, teaching for a year at a German university. It was close enough in time to the Holocaust to stir feelings of fear (some professors still dressed up in SS uniforms on weekends).

We have descended down the deep hole of fascism. The guardrails have been stripped away and we are in grave danger of becoming an authoritarian state. Democracy will die down this hole. I am perplexed as to what 77 million Americans were expecting when they voted for this man. To make matters worse, he has brought in his sidekick, Elon Musk. An unelected man with a chainsaw to obliterate our government and our democracy. And this man with his chainsaw has fired thousands of government workers, men and women who daily keep the system going.