Deerfield officials discuss budget overrides to fund South County Senior Center and EMS increases. Rising health insurance costs contribute to the tough budget year.

Closing out the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s All-Stars schedule is boys and girls basketball. The Gazette sports staff deliberated selections carefully, using team success as a deciding factor at times, ...

More than three decades after his 1971 return to the United States from serving in the Vietnam War, Lidon Chevannes found himself in a homeless shelter in Connecticut. Within a year of moving to ...

From Warhead Sour Tongue Rollers to Toxic Waste Slime Lickers, and more traditional Airheads and Sour Patch Kids, canisters lining shelves at Outline Sour Candy feature dozens of kinds of tangy ...

Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra announced a 6.79% increase to the Northampton Public Schools (NPS) Fiscal Year 2027 budget in a written statement released Friday afternoon. The mayor's $46,599,217 level ...

The Belchertown boys volleyball team overwhelmed Holyoke, 3-0, in a South league showdown on Thursday. The Orioles won each set by seven points or more, with set scores finishing out to 25-18, 25-10, ...

The City Council this week voted down an order that would have required Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra to answer eight ...

New England Public Media’s president is calling a federal judge’s ruling this week against President Donald Trump’s attempt to cut funding for public broadcasting a win for free speech. “This is a ...

Transgender woman pleads guilty to carrying incendiary device outside U.S. Capitol with intent to harm top Republicans. Sentencing scheduled for August.

Former North Adams Mayor Thomas Bernard has been named Williamsburg’s next town administrator. Following a unanimous Select Board vote on Tuesday, Bernard emerged from a field of 18 candidates to lead ...

Hatfield will remain part of the Hampshire County Group Insurance Trust, with elected officials this week opting against pursuing a competing proposal, despite another significant increase in health ...

Anthony Cammalleri covers the City of Northampton for the Daily Hampshire Gazette. He previously served as the Greenfield ...