Scott Merzbach

Voters at a special Town Meeting in Hadley on Thursday approved funding to pay for a rubber surface to go below a new playground at Hadley Elementary School. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO

Staff Writer Published: 11-17-2024 2:59 PM Amherst MA facebook jones library

AMHERST — The deteriorating clubhouse building at the former Hickory Ridge Golf Course, bought by the town when it acquired the 150-acre property in March 2022, will soon be demolished.Town officials put out bids last week for razing the building at...

NORTHAMPTON — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement action in the city last Thursday, which led to the arrest of a Brazilian man in Framingham who is also facing two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, is prompting both...

AMHERST — An overhaul of the Amherst Family Center is underway to provide better intervention and support for families of children missing a significant amount of school days and causing them to struggle academically.

The University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst. STAFF FILE PHOTO

AMHERST — A brush fire that consumed more than 1½ acres of woods on the Orchard Hill section of the University of Massachusetts campus Monday evening, and approached equipment associated with a cellphone tower, appeared to be fully extinguished...

AMHERST — A modern Department of Public Works headquarters, with operations spread among multiple sites, and a new fire station in South Amherst at the former Hickory Ridge Golf Course, could both be under construction within the next three years,...

AMHERST — A financial order to transfer $1 million from free cash to improve the town’s roads and sidewalks is being rejected by the Town Council, in part as a response to families worrying about diminished support for Amherst’s public schools.With...

NORTHAMPTON — Roy Martin, a candidate for Northampton mayor 10 times over a 26-year period, died of natural causes last Saturday. He was 81.