Grace Episcopal to hold Messiah community sing The Grace Episcopal Church in Amherst will host a G.F. Handel Messiah community sing to benefit the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund this Sunday, Dec. 21, at 5 p ...

Winter arrived early this year, and unlike such occasions in the past decade, she has decided to stay. The temperatures have been consistently below freezing since Thanksgiving and it has actually ...

My neighbor Elly and I are in our 70s and 80s. Every now and then we take anafternoon to talk. Our grandkids call it “Crumpets, coffee and the Constitution” becausethese days, we’ve been talking about ...

About 21 years ago, my wife, son, and I moved into a beautiful new house in Hadley. Our home is solar powered and was featured in the Hampshire Life section of the Gazette. We use oil for our heat, ...

Three years after acquiring the former First Baptist Church downtown for $3 million — a move that drew criticism from some residents — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra says that plans to convert the space ...

More than 250 people gathered on Sunday at Congregation B’nai Israel for a Community Chanukah Celebration featuring a night of music, food and festivities to celebrate the first night of Chanukah. The ...

Donald W. RivetteLEEDS, MA - Donald W. Rivette, 92 of Ludlow Ma. and formerly of Northampton passed peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at the VA Hospital in Leeds.

Esther Rocasah, 81, of Sunderland, Massachusetts passed away on December 7, 2025 at Hospice of The Fisher Home with her family by her side.Esther grew up in Leverett on he ...

The Easthampton boys basketball team bounced back after a season-opening loss with a 74-65 victory over Hampshire Regional on Monday night. Offense was hard to come by for both teams in the first ...

Dr. Allison van der Velden, CEO of the Community Health Center of Franklin County, discussed the changes coming to health care due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which will narrow eligibility for ...

Calling the looming impact of cuts to health care contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill and the expected expiration of tax credits from the Affordable Care Act “humongous,” the leader of the ...

The puck has dropped on the high school hockey season and Amherst and Easthampton, Hampshire County’s only two boys squads, kicked off the 2025-26 campaign by facing off against each other last ...