Amherst Town Council members are calling for more public discussion on potential changes to town waste hauling and transfer station operations.

Smith Academy picked up a crucial win on Friday, defeating Mahar 9-0 on the road to improve to 6-4-3, ensuring the team has a winning record heading into the Western Mass. tournament. Sophia ...

Emma Sheridan, left, Libbey Wade, right, Caitlin McCarthy, upper left, and DSL Saint Louis, upper right, work on noncontact partner drills while Vanessa Chakour, founder and head coach of HEX Boxing ...

AMHERST — The Amherst Town Council is seeking to join Mayors for Peace, the international organization that advocates for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Councilors on Monday unanimously supported ...

Andrea Leigh, left, and Sebastian Barr, right, ride to Tunic Coffee with Happy Valley Coffee Ride on Sept. 11, 2026. / PHOTO BY CAROLYN BROWN Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get ...

Participants at a Fair Wages Now rally at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Thursday afternoon. The collective unions representing thousands of employees on campus are demanding a 30% wage ...

Smith College has announced the planned closure of its Center for Early Childhood Education at Fort Hill in June 2027. Per the college’s letter, the reason for the closure is not financial, and they ...

The Belchertown girls volleyball team will head into the Western Mass. tournament winners of seven straight following its 3-0 sweep against Ware on Thursday night. The Orioles completely controlled ...

Members of Easthampton Divest gather in front of the Municipal Building before the City Council Passed a resolution "calling for the city to divest from entities complicit in human rights violations ...

State Rep. Aaron Saunders, D-Belchertown, testifies at a Municipal Water Resources Authority public hearing in Belchertown in September. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff File Phoo Sign up for the Gazette's ...

From left: Smith College post-doctoral researcher Giulia Ribeiro, UMass Amherst doctoral candidate candidate Godwin Ani and Smith College biology professor Laura Katz at Smith College's Burton Hall in ...

BOSTON — Alongside dozens of people calling on government to “freeze” frontier AI, the president of the state’s largest teachers union told a crowd Tuesday that “our schools are not feeding troughs ...