James Pentland

HOLYOKE — A man who police say was involved in a shooting Thursday afternoon that damaged the City Hall Annex building faces a raft of weapons and drug charges following his arrest soon after the shooting.

HADLEY — Elements Massage studio in Hadley closed recently after it was issued a stop-work order by the state for operating without workers compensation insurance.

NORTHAMPTON — Sublime Systems Inc. has announced an agreement to reserve 2,000 tons of its low-carbon cement for use in Vineyard Offshore’s planned wind farm.The reservation agreement depends on state approval of the company’s 1,200-megawatt Vineyard...

The former Berkshire Trail Elementary School in Cummington. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO

Deepika Shukla of Northampton, an assistant U.S. attorney, has been nominated as a Superior Court judge. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Retired Superior Court Judge Bertha Josephson, pictured at a retirement ceremony in 2016, has agreed to return to the bench to fill in when she’s able. A shortage of judges is slowing down courthouse work throughout the state, including in Hampshire Superior Court. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO

HADLEY — Elements Massage studio in Hadley closed recently after it was issued a stop-work order by the state for operating without workers compensation insurance.

Little Feat’s latest release is “Sam’s Place,” an album of mostly blues covers that puts the vocal spotlight on longtime percussionist Sam Clayton. PHOTO BY FLETCHER MOORE

Well into its second half-century as a touring and recording outfit, the “freight train comin’ atcha,” — in late guitarist Paul Barrere’s phrase — that is Little Feat will roll into Deerfield for an Aug. 20 show at Tree House Brewing Co.The band’s...

Graham Nash has been looking back as well as to the present on this year’s touring dates, some of which were dubbed the “Sixty Years of Songs and Stories Tour.” He is at the Academy of Music in Northampton on Oct. 4. CONTRIBUTED