Pain management through music, addressing the effects of Parkinson’s disease with dance instead of exercise and lowering mortality risks by getting senior citizens out to museums are ways the power of ...

Fewer people are having kids — they’re having dogs. That shift, among other factors, led Hadley resident Paul Phifer from negotiating a $1 billion federal deal to becoming a dog trainer. He teamed up ...

When Arab American and Easthampton resident Merriam Ansara heard President Donald Trump’s threats on Tuesday that “a whole civilization will die tonight” amid the ongoing war with Iran, she resorted ...

Lyracle to perform its spring concert on April 18 The historical music performance ensemble Lyracle, which specializes in music for viol and voice, will perform its spring 2026 concert at Lyman Hall ...

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The citywide group dedicated to creating a permanent memorial to honor the lives lost from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks is closing in on a location and design concept for such a monument in Easthampton.

The Global Village Festival, an Amherst event that celebrates cultural diversity, is returning for its second year. The festival will take place on Saturday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at ...

A plan for relocating all Department of Public Works personnel from the main headquarters at 586 South Pleasant St. will be due to the Town Council by the end of June, with the expectation that all ...

A work of art at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will be gone on Friday afternoon — not relocated elsewhere intact, but physically destroyed. Throughout this week, as part of their “Mystical ...

Simmons died peacefully March 28, 2026 after a sudden, but brief, illness at Mease Countryside Hospital in Oldsmar, Florda. Jean lived in Greenfield, MA for most o ...