Lilla Swedish Candy Co-Owners Nic Jansson, left, and Holly Berrigan at their new Thornes Marketplace storefront location in Northampton. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff Photo Sign up for the Gazette's ...

NORTHAMPTON — Around 2,500 area residents with Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage are being notified that their insurance will no longer cover primary care providers affiliated with Cooley ...

Robin GingrasMontague, MA - Robin Rose GingrasApril 19, 1961 – August 7, 2026Robin Rose Gingras died at home in Montague, MA, in the early hours of Friday, August 7, 2026, with her husb ...

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ votes on roll calls from recent sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND ...

Easthampton, MA – Roger A. Longchamps, 76, of Easthampton, Massachusetts passed away on Friday, August 7, 2026 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital after a brief illness. Roger was the son of Arthur and ...

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 ...

AMHERST — A new slate roof for the historic portion of the Jones Library is nearing completion as wood-framed replica windows continue to be installed, part of the ongoing $46.1 million expansion and ...

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 ...

HADLEY — A water main break prompted the closure of the Bay Road bridge over the Fort River for most of the day Friday. The state’s Department of Transportation announced the temporary closure and ...

A recent guest column in the Gazette asserted the time is here to elect someone new in Massachusetts’ 1st Congressional District, where Richard Neal has lingered for 37 years. Agreed! However, voters ...

Florence, MA – It is with unimaginable heartbreak to announce that Jacob “Jake” Ryan Gordon passed away tragically in an accident August 10, 2026, at the age of 30. He was born on November 23, 1995 at ...

NORTHAMPTON — The Planning Board on Thursday rejected a resident’s appeal of the Central Business Architecture Committee’s (CBAC) permit for construction of 91 affordable housing units downtown at the ...