The rights listed in the Declaration of Independence did not apply to enslaved people like Caesar Cambridge, but the South Hadley man saw the fight for American freedom from Britain as a path to his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new traffic pattern for where Bay Road goes over the Fort River begins Monday as part of a bridge replacement project. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will be closing the southbound ...

Easthampton and Northampton are once again reiterating their support for limiting local municipalities cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, with each moving forward with resolutions that ...

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.

The Northwestern district attorney’s office has released the names of dozens of employees working in the district, mainly police officers, that were a witness to or accused of crimes and misconduct.

AMHERST — Hampshire College will close at the end of the calendar year, bringing to an end an institution that enrolled its first students in 1970. “This is an extremely painful, deeply sad day for ...

HATFIELD — As a high school junior, Smith Academy student Anna Tunstall participated in a faith-based outreach program providing food and clothing to homeless people in downtown Holyoke, her hometown.

Abracadabra” is a phrase that escapes a single definition, often relating to magic and stereotypically thought to be said by magicians after a trick. It also happens to be the name of one of ...