The Amherst boys lacrosse team dominated its first rivalry matchup against Northampton of the season, winning 16-1 at home on Thursday night. Offense came easy for the Hurricanes, getting out to an ...

An award-winning chef at UMass pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in Eastern Hampshire District Court Thursday morning in ...

Three months into the job, Police Chief William “Billy” Bissell is settling in, and said some department improvements are in ...

AMHERST — Faculty and staff at Hampshire College are extending their days and adding to their workloads as the last regular semester on campus winds down, offering students more office hours and ...

A week after voters rejected two tax overrides by a 2-to-1 margin, more than 200 residents packed the Senior Center Tuesday ...

A section of the Norwottuck Rail Trail between South East Street and Station Road is closed to walkers and bicyclists for safety inspections and repairs. The state’s Department of Conservation and ...

A University of Massachusetts History Department lecturer is seeking a preliminary injunction in Hampshire Superior Court to keep administrators from filling an assistant professor position, alleging ...

In the community room of the Hampshire County Jail on Friday morning, one inmate after another approached a podium and together read all 44 stanzas of Frederick Douglass’ classic speech, “What to the ...

BOSTON — Crisp, cold air and a welcome tailwind produced excellent finishing times on Monday in the 130th Boston Marathon. While defending champion John Korir of Kenya set a new all-time record for ...

Doctoral programs are “mission critical” at the University of Massachusetts, but Provost Fouad Abd-El-Khalick is advising academic departments to use caution in how they go about admitting Ph.D.

A Hadley animal sanctuary owner is facing 21 felony counts of animal cruelty and seven misdemeanor counts of unlawful possession of wildlife, a result of the seizure of 317 animals from a Lawrence ...

Drinking water wells for both private homes and the Shutesbury Public Library are not being impacted by petroleum contamination from an underground storage tank removed more than 30 years ago from 66 ...