Candidates for the 1st Franklin District seat answer questions at the July 29 forum at the First Congregational Church of Sunderland. Credit: AALIANNA MARIETTA / Staff Photo Sign up for the Gazette's ...

The owners of Tellus & the Satellite Bar in Thornes Marketplace plan to open a new casual fare restaurant next month at 1 Market St. in Northampton. The site most recently housed Lichter & Levin ...

Jonathan Dusty, an employee of Taylor Paint, stands on a floor of scaffolding to work on the ceiling of the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence. The church is wrapping up a project to ...

Hawley, MA – Niles Gene LaValley of Hawley, Massachusetts passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 18, 2026 at Baystate Franklin County Medical Center at the age of 39. The cause has not yet been ...

United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region will hold its annual diaper drive Aug. 1-31 to help stock the UWFH Diaper Bank, which distributes nearly 20,000 diapers each month to 14 local agencies ...

LEVERETT — Even as the ongoing roof replacement at the Amherst Regional Middle School is expected to come in below the original $9.83 million construction estimate, Leverett officials will allow the ...

Robert E. Walsh Sr., a longtime resident of Easthampton, Massachusetts, and later Orlando, Florida, whose working life and retirement years were marked by service, faith, and an unfailing willingness ...

Florence, MA – Ann Wilson of Florence, Massachusetts died peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Ann was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of ...

GOSHEN, MA – Arlene May (Sabo) Harry, known as Nana, 100, of Goshen, died Tuesdy, July 21, 2026, at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, 17 days before her 101st birthday. Born August 7, 1925, to Michael and ...

AMHERST — More than 60 Amherst College students, who had planned to live in a new five-story, mixed-use building in downtown Amherst at the start of the fall semester, are expected to move into the ...

This past spring/summer, The Tilton Fund Inc, the fundraising arm of the Tilton Library in Deerfield, which is undergoing a $12.3 million expansion project, undertook a fundraising project, “Shoe Us ...

This summer, two bills on Beacon Hill claim to protect pets. Only one actually does — and the difference matters enormously for Massachusetts families. With summer in full stride, families are heading ...