AMHERST — Through four games of the season, opposing defenses had few answers to slow down UMass quarterback Pop Watson. With each week, his decision-making seemed to improve, backed by his 74.0% ...

Workers from the Luther Belden Inc. Farm in Hadley harvest field corn on Cronin Hill Road in Hatfield. The silage will be used throughout the winter at the Gordon Williams Farm on Depot Road. GORDON ...

The new four-story, 144,000-square-foot Ford Student Center, which recently opened at Amherst College, was built on the concrete structure of the former Merrill Science Center. The interior of the ...

Gloria and Ervin Meluleni in front of a Nova Spy apple tree at Coyote Hill Farm in Bernardston. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news ...

80 Acres staff members, from left, Noni Kai, wellness navigator and herbalist; Marisha Tolson, Community Wellness Program director; Anthony Wilson, executive assistant to the president; and Hala Lord, ...

Worcester, MA - Richard "Dick" Hood King, 92, passed away peacefully on September 13, 2026, surrounded by family. Born in Boston on January 24, 1934, Dick graduated from Harvard College (1955), served ...

It was not the first Rosh Hashanah where I have hosted vegan-ish people with long lists of foods they stay away from, and by the end of the meal are eating everything on the table. I think it was the ...

As an aging third generation Polish American resident of Northampton, I sense that appreciation of that heritage is on the wane in the public consciousness. October is Polish Heritage Month but I ...

Cooler temperatures, earlier sunsets and fall foliage will once again serve as the backdrop for this season’s Hampshire Country high school cross country scene. With the second week of races having ...

Doreen Vandall Alminas, right, receives a blessing to go from Rev. Vicki Kemper, left, at the 13th annual Block Party in Amherst last week. After 18½ years at First Church Amherst, Kemper will lead ...

Somehow, the days of feathered quills, snuff and pointy hats seem not so long ago, yet centuries have passed. In celebrating the nation’s birthday, or its difficult-to-pronounce semiquincentennial, ...

Are you a senior in a home that has become too big to manage — or too full of stairs or tight bathrooms — who cannot see how to sell and still afford to stay in Amherst? Do you have an aging parent, ...