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01/11/2026

Three was the magic number for Smith Voc’s Domeniq Sanchez on Friday night. The senior on the Vikings’ boys basketball team needed three points to join the 1,000-point club in their Tri-County North contest against Mohawk Trail and Smith Voc fans who made the trip to Buckland were rewarded right...

01/11/2026

AMHERST — The UMass women’s basketball team held on through a late Central Michigan comeback attempt to take home a 74-72 victory at the Mullins Center on Saturday afternoon. Up by nine points with 90 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Chippewas forced two turnovers, helping put together a ...

01/11/2026

AMHERST — The UMass men’s basketball team earned its first Mid-American Conference (MAC) victory of the season over Ball State on Saturday, winning 79-71, at the Mullins Center. Heading into the halftime break, the Minutemen held a 28-25 lead. UMass built upon its early success as the second hal...

01/11/2026

BOSTON — Michael Hrabal has arrived. UMass hockey’s junior netminder turned aside all 26 shots he faced in the Minutemen’s 2-0 win over No. 19 Boston University at Agganis Arena on Saturday night. Hrabal’s play throughout his first shutout of the season is more of what UMass head coach Greg ...

01/09/2026

The search for a new offensive coordinator for the UMass football team seems to be over. The Minutemen are expected to hire Max Warner to take over the offensive play-calling duties, plus serve as the team’s quarterbacks coach, according to his public Twitter/X account. UMass’ former OC, Mike Ba...

01/09/2026

CUMMINGTON — The town is close to having the first full-time police chief in its 247-year history. Pending contract negotiations scheduled for Wednesday, William “Billy” Bissell, has been chosen as the man for the job. Interim Police Chief Brian Cioffi addressed the Select Board on Thursday ni...

01/09/2026

Natalie Blais, the state representative for the 1st Franklin District, announced her resignation effective Jan. 19 to take a position as associate vice chancellor of government relations at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

01/09/2026

HOLYOKE — Rev. Rachael Hayes stood in front of hundreds of people outside City Hall Thursday night craving a sense of comfort, following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. “I am sad and angry a...

01/09/2026

NORTHAMPTON — On a cold morning last January, the Rev. Anna Woofenden greeted two people on the steps of the St. Johns Episcopal Church who had not found a warm place to sleep and had spent the entire night walking the city to keep from freezing. When Woofenden told this story to her congregation ...

01/09/2026

HADLEY — It’s been a place for rescued farm animals that are abused, neglected or otherwise uncared for to live out their lives in a compassionate setting, providing room for them to heal and to also meet up with human visitors. On Wednesday afternoon, though, an investigation into animal neglec...

01/09/2026

HADLEY — Stretching and posing on mats as they follow instructions from their yoga teacher, with soft music playing in the background, members of the Smith College basketball team can’t help but smile, laugh and giggle as several puppies nearby occasionally bark. The players diligently follow th...

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