Every morning I watch the same thing happen. The sun rises over our home in western Massachusetts and begins pouring energy onto the solar panels we installed more than a decade ago. For 14 hours they ...

Gardner resident Christine Cummings swims with Holyoke resident Jackson Edwards in Lake Mattawa in Orange. Credit: PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo Award-winning coverage on breaking news and today’s top ...

BOSTON — The Six Town Regionalization Planning Board made its case for special legislation that would allow Gill, Northfield, Bernardston, Leyden and Warwick residents to join Montague in voting at ...

AMHERST — Lev BenEzra, who has overseen the Amherst Survival Center since January 2019, will depart this fall to lead Community Action Pioneer Valley, the nonprofit antipoverty agency located in ...

Move over, July Fourth! You’ve had your turn, once again, actually for the two hundred and fiftieth consecutive year. The calendar says it’s time to move on, and I concur. Whatever your family, ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people. The court’s ...

ORANGE — The town’s fire chief has another month on the job before starting an identical position in a neighboring state. James Young Jr. will finish in Orange on Feb. 13 and take over as the chief in ...

The Selectboard voted to authorize the town’s chief procurement officer to spend up to $20,000 in emergency funds to address the Orange Armory’s persistently flooded basement, which has caused ...

Orange voters approved an additional $200,000 to fund the town’s assessment to the Ralph C. Mahar Regional School District, bringing the town’s FY27 budget to nearly $29.3 million, while also honoring ...

ATHOL Matthew R. Bernier and Paula P. Bernier sold to Jonatan Robertson, 1478 Conant Road. $491,000. Boudreau Revocable Trust and Dianne R. Brown sold to V&J Real Estate Inc., Gage Road. $38,650. Raul ...

The Wickford Art Festival in Rhode Island will feature two Franklin County artists, Sue Fontaine and Mary Walsh-Martel, whose work draws heavily from landscapes and communities in New England, and ...

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold the 14th Amendment, rejecting President Trump’s executive order that sought to deny birthright citizenship to children born to people living in the US illegally ...