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In the spring of 2013 at an empty sober house in Boston, Jason Pascucci came to in his own private hell. A brown leather belt lay next to him, still wet with his own saliva, after he’d tied it around ...

“Raphaella – Queen of Healing,” by Martha May, a member of The Fiberistas, on display at the Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library in Northampton, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff Photo ...

Alex Morse has a new pup — a goldendoodle that answers to Oliver. Can you say inseparable? The Holyoke mayor brought him home from Pennsylvania and claims that the quarantine has afforded him a bit ...

The Oz (pronounced ounce) Club is the newest cannabis dispensary in Easthampton, a new branch from two owners who are already familiar with the cannabis industry. Volkan Polatol and Kevin Perrier, ...

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“Ever Denim,” by Barbara Kline, a member of The Fiberistas, on display at the Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library in Northampton, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. DANIEL JACOBI II / Staff Photo ...

Will Matthews, an Amherst native, is the co-creator and co-showrunner, along with Jeffrey Addiss, of the Netflix series “The Boroughs,” whose first season of eight episodes was released on Thursday, ...

Despite certain advances in medieval historiography, there is still a general assumption that the middle ages were a period of despair, a time when the innovations of the Roman Empire crumbled, a ...

STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Not that long ago, right here in our Valley, a woman, thought to be a witch, was brutalized and left for dead. But she survived. She is buried in the Old Hadley Cemetery. I ...

Founder and CEO Mayrena Guerrero, right, talks with executive assistant Kerrie Wert on Wednesday afternoon at Colorful Resilience in West Springfield. Founder and CEO Mayrena Guerrero, right, talks ...