A recount of the city’s $6.9 million Proposition 2½ override vote Thursday did not change the results of last month’s special election, but showed the winning margin narrowing from 239 votes to 234.

Chesterfield once again rolled out the red carpet for the Fourth of July over two days this weekend, first on Friday with a block party followed by its annual parade and related festivities on ...

STURBRIDGE — A pregnant Belchertown woman drove her vehicle into a hotel in Sturbridge before shooting a man and then herself, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office. Sturbridge, ...

According to the Greek myth, young Narcissus, widely admired for his extraordinary physical beauty, fell in love with his own reflection, which he glimpsed one day in a pool of water. Unable to ...

Elaine Wood, back left, Tara Brewster, the vice president of philanthropy and business development at Greenfield Savings Bank, Melvin Coleman, branch manager at Greenfield Savings Bank, Sharon Aubin ...

State public health officials said Thursday that West Nile virus was detected in mosquitoes in Berkshire County, marking the first positive sample of the year. The virus is transmitted to people ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA – Lorna Rosemary Blake, 96, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at Linda Manor Extended Care Facility in Northampton. Lorna was born in Belfast Northern Ireland on ...

FLORENCE, MA – Douglas Wayne Renick, 87, passed peacefully at home in Florence surrounded by family, friends and flowers on June 23, 2026. A special thanks to the kind care of the Cooley Dickinson VNA ...

Amherst, MA – Richard "Luke" Berman, age 78, passed away peacefully at home on June 25. Luke was born on February 5, 1948, in Brooklyn, NY, to Sydelle and Morton Berman. While in elementary school he ...

Thanks to Northampton’s Tree Warden Richard Parasiliti and the contracted Bartlett crew who did a great job of tree trimming on Crescent Street. We had damage from falling limbs — so this was a big ...

Leverett, MA – Petriana Monize, dearly loved by a wide community of family, friends, and colleagues, died peacefully in her sleep, at home with her husband beside her, at the age of 61, on June 22, ...

State legislators Sen. Paul Mark and Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa listen to The Maples residents in Worthington last summer. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/SAMUEL GELINAS Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter ...