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By HOWARD HERMAN

AMHERST — The finish wasn't what Frank Martin and the UMass men’s basketball team might have hoped for.The Minutemen dropped a 75-71 overtime thriller to undefeated Hofstra Saturday night at the Mullins Center. But it wasn't the final five minutes,...

By JACOB NELSON

Jared Duval built his farm around Massachusetts’ innovative Healthy Incentives Program (HIP). Since 2017, HIP has helped tens of thousands of lower-income households buy fresh produce grown by local farmers. By most accounts, it’s been a wild success,...

By JOSHUA SPAULDING

NEW YORK — Gabby Thomas has an Olympic experience under her belt and two Olympic medals she can wear around her neck. And as she gears up for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials ahead of the Paris Olympics, she took part in the Team USA Media Summit on...

By HOWARD HERMAN

AMHERST – There have been former National Football League players and All-Americans all over the history of the Amherst-Williams rivalry.Saturday afternoon, a first-year member of the Mammoths put his name squarely in that prestigious...

By GEORGE MILLER

AMHERST — It's been quite a while – five years, to be precise – since UMass football could allow itself to think and talk about winning streaks.The Minutemen put up 31 consecutive points Saturday against their FCS opposition from Merrimack,...

By GEOFF SMITH

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With the chance to secure a spot in the state playoffs Friday night, the Belchertown football team took care of business on both sides of the ball in a 26-7 win over Frontier on the road.The Orioles got inspired running from Chris...

By MIKE WALSH

SOUTH DEERFIELD — In a swift and rainy contest Friday night, gotta-have-it plays were made all the more crucial as Lee paid a visit to a Frontier team coming off three straight losses.Seemingly every time a one-score game hinged on a single play, the...

By GEORGE MILLER

AMHERST – UMass was clearly at its best very early in the game and coming down the end of the first half Saturday, with its first halftime lead of the season, but the Minutemen couldn't sustain that level over the final two quarters at McGuirk Alumni...

By BILL DANIELSON

Although summer has only really just begun it feels like “deep summer” has already arrived. We already have the heat and the humidity and the almost daily threats of thunderstorms, but if you go out into nature and use your eyes and ears, then it...

By MICKEY RATHBUN

One of the many casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic was the series of annual spring gardening symposiums hosted by the Western Massachusetts Master Gardeners Association (WMMGA). These popular events helped gardeners of all abilities expand their...

By JACOB NELSON

‘We call it liquid gold,” Erik Lively says of maple syrup. This is his favorite time of year at Sunrise Farms in the hills of Colrain, when they reap the sweet amber rewards of a year’s hard work.Lively and his brother Jordan, who both work full time...