Scott Merzbach

NORTHAMPTON — National political analyst Bill Scher, who is married to Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra, is apologizing for an incident in which he verbally accosted a member of the Northampton School Committee while at a King Street grocery store. On Thursday e... See more

AMHERST — Area residents looking to transition from renting to owning have a new window of opportunity this week. Starting Thursday, Valley Community Development will host the first of two information sessions for a lottery that will award 30 families the... See more

HATFIELD — Hatfield planners are beginning a process to modify the town’s zoning bylaws to regulate so-called Battery Energy Storage Systems. The Planning Board on Jan. 7 spent nearly two hours discussing the possible contents of a bylaw to address these ... See more

PELHAM — A portion of the Quabbin watershed that was once part of Pelham features land that today could be ripe for development. In a small community with limited opportunities for building new housing and pursuing more commercial activity, the need to pr... See more

AMHERST — On Wednesdays, the only weekday when lunch is not served at the Amherst Survival Center in North Amherst, a breakfast is available at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst. Since July 2014, when a partnership was first developed between ... See more