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Friends tap into a dream: Arcpoint brewery opens Belchertown
08-21-2024 2:40 PM
By EMILEE KLEIN
BELCHERTOWN — Brewed with tenacity, poured with purpose.The two slogans of Arcpoint Brewing Company, Belchertown’s first brewery located at 30 Front St., stand out in bright red letters against the blue grey walls painted the same color as the skins...
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An old garden’s revival: Path at former Belchertown State School a labor of love for the volunteers who maintain it
08-19-2024 4:55 PM
By EMILEE KLEIN
BELCHERTOWN — The only structure that appeared still intact from the first superintendent’s home at the Belchertown State School was a century-old stone wall outlining a small grassy plot at 47 State St.At least that’s what residents believed until...
High school football: An opening-day tour of Hampshire County camps ahead of 2024 season
08-16-2024 8:35 PM
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY — Ear-ringing whistles, low grunts and wide smiles marked the first day of high school football camp on Friday, as Hampshire County teams held their first practices in advance of the upcoming season.Full-contact practices don’t begin...
Frontier School Committee declines to dedicate volleyball court to longtime coach Sean MacDonald
08-14-2024 7:29 PM
By CHRIS LARABEE
SOUTH DEERFIELD –Citing precedent set last year, the Frontier School Committee declined to dedicate its volleyball court to longtime coach Sean MacDonald, who retired after the 2023-24 school year, capping off 21 years and a whole slew of sectional...
Northampton School Committee says Superintendent Bonner ‘needs improvement’ on evaluation
08-13-2024 6:09 PM
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Fretting over one’s grades is a universal part of the public education experience, a worry that even school superintendents sometimes find themselves having to go through.After Superintendent Portia Bonner’s first year, the Northampton...
‘She’s that fast:’ Williston teammates, coaches recount Olympian Gabby Thomas’ athletic excellence
08-02-2024 5:00 PM
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
Of all the stories of Olympian Gabby Thomas’ athletic prowess during her six years at the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, possibly the most revealing came in cross country, a sport the sprinter competed in for just one season.Thomas chose...
Frontier Regional School student directs short film ‘Averted’
07-21-2024 9:00 AM
By CHRIS LARABEE
SUNDERLAND — As the middle of summer vacation approaches, most Frontier Regional School students are likely working, taking trips with friends and enjoying all their free time.For Connor Mabius, however, this break serves as a chance to sit in the...
Bay State Games: Hampshire County contingent powers Central girls soccer to gold medal finish
07-15-2024 5:15 PM
By GARRETT COTE
All but one sport featuring local players has crowned a gold medal winner at the Bay State Games this summer, with several medals given out over the weekend. Only girls basketball remains (July 19-21), as softball, baseball, girls soccer, boys soccer,...
South Hadley Selectboard OKs $140K for school counselor to prevent youth substance abuse
07-12-2024 12:53 PM
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY —The Select Board approved adding an adjustment counselor at Micheal E. Smith Middle School using 0pioid settlement fundsto prevent drug and alcohol use among youth but not without push back from board members about the sustainability...
Locals lift West to softball gold medal at 2024 Bay State Games
07-11-2024 6:35 PM
By GARRETT COTE
DEVENS —When the best-of-the-best from around the state gathered to play in the gold medal gameof the 2024 Bay State Games, high-level performances are expected.And through seven innings of Thursday’s softball finale at Willard Field Complex,...
Gazette Boys Tennis Player of the Year: Reilly Fowles, Northampton
07-11-2024 4:24 PM
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
Newly-minted junior captain Reilly Fowles of the Northampton boys tennis team headed to the tennis courts at John F. Kennedy Middle School to get some extra practice in.He had noticed a large improvement in his play from his freshman season to his...
Gazette Girls Tennis Player of the Year: Ava Shea, Belchertown
07-10-2024 4:20 PM
By GARRETT COTE
BELCHERTOWN — Heading into this spring, Belchertown girls tennis star Ava Shea needed 15 victories to reach the 50-win plateau for her career. The senior sat down before the season started and created a list of goals for herself, trying to figure out...
Gazette Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year: Logan Alfandari, Amherst
07-09-2024 12:52 PM
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
LEVERETT — Logan Alfandari was cleaning his attic in late February when he stumbled upon a DVD set he hadn’t seen in years.He popped the disc for “Avatar: The Last Airbender” into his brother’s PlayStation and started watching.Alfandari had just come...
Gazette Baseball Player of the Year: Liam Flynn, Hopkins Academy
07-07-2024 2:01 PM
By GARRETT COTE
HADLEY —Hopkins Academybaseball head coach Dan Vreeland was torn between whether or not he would keep a freshman with potential on varsity to be a plug-and-play guy, or stick him on junior varsity where he would play every inning of every game.But...
School arts nonprofit Enchanted Circle pauses to regroup, refinance
07-05-2024 2:56 PM
By JAMES PENTLAND
HOLYOKE — Enchanted Circle, a regional arts nonprofit that has worked for decades with area school districts on integrating performing arts into their curricula, has announced it is going dormant for a year.The 48-year-old arts organization cited...
Gazette Softball Player of the Year: Ella Schaeffer, South Hadley
07-05-2024 12:01 PM
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
SOUTH HADLEY – On April 15, South Hadley pitcher Ella Schaeffer reached 500 career strikeouts, normally a milestone reserved for the very best seniors at the end of their careers. She was just a junior, and at 16, a year young for her grade.By June...
Gazette Boys Volleyball Player of the Year: Michael Swanigan, Granby
07-04-2024 2:01 PM
By GARRETT COTE
GRANBY — During the Granby boys volleyball team’s run through the Western Mass. Class C tournament, it seemed to have one plan of attack when it needed a clutch point.Any time the Rams’ backswereagainst the wall, they would feed their star senior,...
Gazette Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year: Cedar Conrad, Amherst
07-03-2024 3:52 PM
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
AMHERST — Cedar Conrad led the girls lacrosse team into a math classroom on a Wednesday afternoon at Amherst-Pelham Regional High School and started class.Every player took a seat and put their head down on their desk. Then, Conrad and Amherst’s other...
Northampton School Committee backs Superintendent Bonner in wake of union no-confidence vote
06-27-2024 5:21 PM
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee affirmed its support for Superintendent Portia Bonner on Wednesday, some two weeks after the school union voted no confidence in their school leader following a tumultuous budget season this spring.Emerging from a...
Northampton fifth in nation to approve Green New Deal for Schools resolution
06-27-2024 4:47 PM
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The city’s school district became the fifth in the nation to adopt the Green New Deal for Schools Resolution, a measure written by Northampton High School students that calls for advocating for ambitious climate-related goals for school...
Northampton School Committee to discuss no-confidence vote in superintendent on Wednesday
06-25-2024 6:22 PM
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee has called a special meeting for Wednesday afternoon at which members will go into executive session to discuss and possibly vote on a response to a vote of no-confidence the school union recently issued against...
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