Greta Jochem

They played “This will Be,” a song released in 1975 by Natalie Cole — a UMass Amherst alumna — while in the Macy's Herald Square where cameras captured the parade and broadcasted it live to living rooms across the country.

| SPRINGFIELD — In May, Mary Sheehan drove past a property on Eastern Avenue she bought in 2017. The house was vacant, but she saw that the front door and gate were open.

| NORTHAMPTON — The state Department of Public Health recently approved a closure plan that Highview of Northampton submitted to voluntarily close by early February.

| By Dusty Christensen | New England Public Media

Compared to all other states, Massachusetts has the lowest burden in civil court for taking property that prosecutors allege is connected to a crime.

A joint investigation between The Republican and New England Public media obtained and examined the police records.

At least 140 recorded deeds in Northampton contain or reference previous documents that include explicitly racist language restricting the sale of property based on race, a new report says.

His complaint says the city breached contract and city officials engaged in a civil conspiracy. The city says it will fight back.

Now, the municipalities have less than two weeks, until Dec. 31, to allocate the funds. If any funding is not dedicated to projects by the end of the year, it will be sent back to the federal government. Funds must be contracted by then, but don't have to be fully spent on projects until the end of 2026.

| CHESTER — In an otherwise quiet part of the Hilltowns Wednesday morning, more than 80 people gathered in a muddy parking lot.