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 ...

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 ...

Nine weeks after Gov. Maura Healey requested a review, the Department of Public Utilities on Monday opened an investigation of all delivery charges on electric and gas bills in Massachusetts. 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 ...

A new report in the works analyzing the city’s rental market is confirming what many renters already experience — that rising rents are pushing more and more people into spending more on housing than ...

In response the article “Health costs, cost trends serving double whammy,” [Gazette, Nov. 17], the most noticeable observation I made from this excellent summary of the recent annual Health Policy ...

Eleven years after dissolving due to lack of enrollment, Scout Troop 209 of Westhampton is very much thriving today thanks in part to three young men who were feted last week for earning the rank of ...

Even though housing developments are likely to enhance Amherst’s tax base more often than commercial projects in the coming years, town officials need to have regular conversations with private ...

A person of interest was in custody Sunday after a shooting during final exams at Brown University that killed two students and wounded nine others, though key questions remained unanswered nearly 24 ...

The Frontier Regional boys basketball team lost to Wahconah, 67-52, at the Mullins Center during the Pioneer Valley Tip-off Classic on Saturday. It was an excellent early season test for the Redhawks.

Community Action Pioneer Valley and Greenfield Community College will use a $925,000 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to expand the workforce of local weatherization technicians and ...

There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local senators’ roll call attendance records for the 2025 session through Dec. 5. The Senate ...