Daily Hampshire Gazette

Holyoke’s Yasani Thompson runs the 200-meter dash during the Western Mass. Division 1 Track & Field Championships on Saturday in Agawam. STAFF PHOTO/JEFF LAJOIE

For the first time in over a decade, the UMass baseball team is Atlantic 10 tournament bound.

AMHERST — Continued worries about single-family homes being turned into student rentals in Amherst is prompting a Planning Board member to draft a letter to University of Massachusetts Chancellor Javier Reyes appealing for creation of a committee,...

NORTHAMPTON — Strong Avenue in downtown will once again be pedestrian traffic-only beginning on Wednesday, marking the return of the “Summer on Strong” season in the city. The closing of the street to vehicle traffic is meant to encourage outdoor...

I noticed the city of Holyoke has a fund people can donate to in support of their local schools, and receive a tax deduction.

A school of baitfish swims off the coast of Biddeford, Maine. The Portland, Maine-based Gulf of Maine Research Institute reported in April that the Gulf of Maine experienced its fifth warmest year on record last year. AP FILE

Austerity. This is what you as a city are proposing. Do more with less. You are proposing this for a cohort of students who did not receive a year of education. Let's be real: Zoom school was a failure for most.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, fist bumps House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., right, as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, prepares to talk to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Johnson and other Republicans are calling for an end to the student protests over the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) J. Scott Applewhite—AP

Bernie Forgea, second from left, and his brother Dennis Forgea, both of Cummington, received 50-year service plaques at the Hampshire County EMS awards dinner Wednesday in Easthampton. With them are Denise Perkins, left, and Dee Calvert, Dennis Forgea’s daughters. STAFF PHOTO/JAMES PENTLAND

Tommie Riggins, 51, spends much of his free time fishing off the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge connecting South Hadley and Holyoke. The two fingers indicate the number of fish he caught that morning. BOB FLAHERTY