NORTHAMPTON — As the city weighs whether to implement a year-long moratorium on the development of commercial data centers, the City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to form a 10-person committee ...

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DEERFIELD — Following the death of lifelong South Deerfield resident David White last month, Fred Beckta and Alex Herchenreder are making sure that his legacy of honoring local veterans continues.

Construction workers dig along North Elm Street in Northampton last Thursday. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff Photo ...

AMHERST — Private wells will get the same protections as public drinking water supplies from construction of solar arrays and installation of battery energy storage systems in Amherst’s bylaw that ...

AMHERST — A partnership between the University of Massachusetts and a private developer to rehabilitate existing dormitories and build new on-campus student housing is raising concerns for town ...

At an annual luncheon in Amherst on Friday to honor first responders on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Sen. Jacob Oliveira said he continues to seek changes in the state's Heart Law adopted in 1950.

I can just hear my “friends” — and many others for that matter — saying, “Finally, it took him 81 years to recognize what we’ve all known for a very long time, and have often told him so to his face.” ...

Guest columnist Dan Ordorica, the chair of the Amherst Democratic Town Committee, writes in the Aug. 26 Gazette [“The case for partisanship“] that the declining share of voters enrolled and engaged in ...

Tucson, AZ – William (“Bill”) David Madara, 76, died September 1, 2026 in Tucson, AZ. He was born on October 7, 1949 in Erie, Pennsylvania, the oldest of eleven children of the late William and ...

UMass football quarterback William "Pop" Watson III prepares for a snap during the game against Rutgers in Piscataway, New Jersey on Sept. 4. Credit: UMass Athletics Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

The UMass softball team practicing Thursday morning soon after the start of the new school year. CAROL LOLLIS / Staff Photo Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day ...