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GRANBY — Fire destroyed a single-family home at 55 South St. early Monday morning, though no one was injured as a result of the blaze. The Granby Fire Department responded to the fire at 3:25 a.m. after receiving a call from a next door neighbor. When they arrived at the scene, flames had engulfed the […]

GRANBY — In the first of two Town Meetings on Monday, residents will vote on a citizens petition for a new Massachusetts state seal, along with capital expenditures for the Veterans Memorial, West Street Building and public safety departments. Granby typically splits the annual Town Meeting into two dates. The first meeting takes place at […]

SOUTH HADLEY — It was not the sweet smell of flowers that greeted Thomas Clark on Tuesday morning, but the pungent smell of sulfur, sweat and rotting flesh. The director and curator of the Mount Holyoke College Botanical Gardens found the college’s corpse flower had bloomed, and its pungent smell had sweltered in the closed-up […]

It is rare to encounter a gigantic stuffed snake in a library, but a new exhibition makes it possible, showcasing the creature alongside other works crafted from scraps and repurposed fiber materials. The Fiberistas’ exhibition, “Bits and Pieces,” is on display at the Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library in Northampton through Wednesday, April 29, with […]

NORTHAMPTON - Grow Food Northampton’s Tuesday Market will open for the season Tuesday April 14 in the plaza between Thorne’s Marketplace and the EJ Gare Parking Garage.The market, which will run from 1 to 6 p.m. for 30 weeks until Nov. 3 each Tuesday, is returning for its 19th season, and its 11th season operated by Grow Food Northampton. Tuesday's opening market will feature 34 vendors and music from the pop duo The Sawtelles.

FLORENCE — Earlier this week, 10 people gathered in Florence to make music for the third No Kings Day of Nonviolent Action, a national, anti-authoritarian initiative that co-founder Ezra Levin has said “will be the largest protest in American history.” More than 3,000 events across the country are anticipated on March 28, with an expected […]

NORTHAMPTON — A Huntington woman’s life took a chaotic turn this week after she decided to bring home “Sandwich the Turkey,” the loner bird who got a name for himself after a year of hanging out around Cooley Dickinson Hospital. When she saw Sandwich on her drive home on Feb. 2, the woman had no […]

Due to the storm and expected road conditions today’s paper will be delayed and delivered with Tuesday edition. Thank you for your understanding and subscribing to the Daily Hampshire Gazette. As a reminder, all print subscribers have unlimited digital access and can read today’s paper electronically on their favorite device. If you have not already […]

There are few people that get to say they turned their passion into a living. Sam R. Webber meticulously assembled his 1950 Harley Davidson Panhead seven years ago with parts he collected from various locations, within the confines of the first floor of his former Northampton residence. While his interest in motorcycles began long before […]