After beginning at a bakery, working as a case manager and pivoting to elder care, Melanie Young — a former Greenfield resident now living in West Springfield — is ready for a new challenge. “I’m ...

SPRINGFIELD — Fewer baptisms, weddings and churchgoers, along with a shrinking number of priests and rising deaths and funerals, are prompting the Diocese of Springfield to rethink how it serves ...

SOUTH HADLEY — A 19-year-old man from Chicopee riding an electric scooter home from work Monday night died of injuries suffered when he was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Hollywood and ...

Grayson Hawthorn, a Smith College graduate and archivist for the town of Cummington, holds a copy of Gustav Wolf's illustrated Book of Job. Wolf was one of 39 refugees who stayed in a hostel in town ...

AMHERST — A year after voting to unionize, part-time tour guides and educators at the Emily Dickinson Museum, who throughout the spring, summer and fall are leading visitors through the historic homes ...

Tom Kane, a employee of Park Hill Orchard in Easthampton, picks peaches Wednesday afternoon. "This is my favorite thing to do here. Last year when we got to pick peaches it was like a special day. The ...

NORTHAMPTON — When primary care physician Dr. Kate Atkinson goes to reunions, she’s usually met with this question from her peers: “Are you still practicing?” And to their surprise, she still is, ...

AMHERST — Closed to swimming for the past two weeks due to high levels of E. coli bacteria, Puffer’s Pond is unlikely to reopen as a place for people to cool off this summer, according to town ...

Now, I am no fan of JK Rowling, the British author of the Harry Potter series. She has spent the last decade and a whole bunch of money vilifying transgender women and claiming that they are a threat ...

A woman walks past the State Center for Standardization, Metrology and Certification, destroyed in a combined Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Aug. 11. Overnight, Russian forces launched a ...

The classic newspaper puzzle is now even better. Our new Crossword is thoughtfully redesigned, with intuitive controls and a Hint button for a second, easier clue. Prompts are clever, and you’ll see ...

AMHERST — The Conservation Commission is considering opening more conservation land to hunting as the panel continues revising its land-use policy and regulations. As the commission begins to look at ...