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Two staff members have been arrested following a police investigation into the death of 93-year-old Peggy Healy.

EASTHAMPTON — Debra Bell’s bank account has been stretched by high rents for several years now, preventing her from doing many of the activities she would like to in retirement. But after being accepted to a new housing unit by the Easthampton Housing Authority (EHA), that has changed. And Bell isn’t alone. The EHA has filled […]

Plans to redevelop Enfield Square Mall into apartments and new retail space have collapsed after a development agreement between a Nebraska-based developer and the mall’s owner expired.

AMHERST — A significant drop in revenue from sports leagues run by Amherst Recreation, and a smaller fall-off in money brought in from summer camps, is prompting the municipal department to examine ways to counter the funding loss. In a state of the department report presented last Wednesday, Recreation Director Rey Harp told the Recreation […]

SHUTESBURY — Town Administrator Hayley Bolton is asking the Select Board to restructure the Lake Wyola Advisory Committee in response to concern that the panel may not be properly constituted under state law. Three to five of the committee’s 11 total seats are currently reserved for people appointed by the Lake Wyola Association, a private […]

Hyundai Motor America donates $10K to HCC food pantry HOLYOKE — Representatives from Hyundai Motor America visited Holyoke Community College on Friday, July 17, to deliver a $10,000 check to benefit the college’s food pantry. This is the fifth consecutive year Hyundai Motor America has donated to the HCC food pantry through the company’s Hyundai Hope […]

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a four-part series, “Beginning, Again” about people who moved to this area during their retirement years. Today’s piece is about Kate Hale, now of Easthampton, who lost her California home to wildfire in October 2017. The third and fourth installments will run on the following two Mondays, July 27 […]

SPRINGFIELD — Britt Ruhe has spent years immortalizing the stories of everyday people, whether it be a homeless person who hands out Bible passages or a woman in the community who makes sure everyone is taken care of. Through towering murals painted alongside hundreds of community members on apartment buildings and parking garages, the founder […]

EASTHAMPTON — An Easthampton High School librarian has requested a one-year leave of absence to draw attention to a sharp decline in library use, saying the space has become more of a hub for students to socialize and use cellphones than to read. “The high school library is no longer a place where kids come […]

Emergency crews are responding to several crashes on early Sunday morning.