James Walton Jr. wins contested Selectboard seat in Shutesbury, promising to ease tax burden for residents. Other election results announced.

Potential funding from state legislation that would allow the University of Massachusetts to undertake major capital planning ...

Community Action Pioneer Valley honors local contributors, including Marianne Winters, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and Gliffy Ennis-Yentsch, at annual breakfast.

It’s a beautiful day in May and the weather finally decides to cooperate. It’s a weekend, the sun is shining, the temperature is in the 60s and you decide that it is time to take a walk in the woods.

EASTHAMPTON — bankESB will change its name to TruNorth Bank in late summer as its parent company merges three affiliated banks under a single name. Officials say the change will simplify operations ...

David BimbaneLenox, MA - David Michael Bimbane, 80, of Lenox. passed away peacefully on May 9 after a long illness, with his wife Maggie, and his grandson Gage by his side. He was at his adored summer ...

HADLEY — A new Select Board member will be elected at town election Tuesday, but there are no contested elections on the ballot. At the election, with polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hadley ...

A tough budgeting season will come to a close on Wednesday night when Town Meeting votes on a $61 million fiscal year 2027 budget and a supplementary budget contingent on a September Proposition 2½ ...

NORTHAMPTON — Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, appearing before City Council last week, presented the state House’s proposed $63.41 billion budget, highlighting aspects of the budget intended to bolster ...

Maybe you were one of the many people who began playing chess because you watched The Queen’s Gambit during the pandemic. Or maybe you attempted to play chess and realized: oh yeah, chess is actually ...

Patrick Larson led the Easthampton baseball team to a narrow, 2-0 victory over Ludlow on Monday night, dominating his opponents on the mound. Through seven innings of work on the mound, Larson picked ...