Oakton, VA – John (Jack) Ralph Westcott of Oakton, Virginia, passed away peacefully on Thursday September 18, 2025 after 91 years of a well lived life.
It was standing room only outside Roberto’s Restaurant last week, as more than 100 people turned out to meet candidates endorsed by a political group that aims to shake up this year’s municipal ...
Three years after a clash between the city’s former mayor and former superintendent of schools over education funding, the ...
There is wisdom in the old saying, “Make hay while the sun shines.” The basic idea is that when conditions are good, make the most of them. This is true with many aspects of human life, but in my ...
Shanor Rountree was born on June 19, 1931 in New York, NY to Anne (Bellin) and Stanley Mendel Wershof. She died peacefully on April 11, 2025 at her home in Amherst. < ...
GRANBY — The Zoning Board of Appeals will decide whether a Granby winery’s location in a residential neighborhood is permitted by laws protecting agriculture or violated the property’s special permit ...
Many Massachusetts communities already recognize the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day, even though the ...
Judith Laprade Hadley, MA - Judith "Judy" Bristol Laprade, 84, passed away peacefully on October 7, 2025. Born on January 29, 1941 in Northampton, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Bristol and ...
Before the 2020 presidential election, I wrote a guest column in the Gazette warning if we did not defeat Donald Trump that November, “there’s a pronounced risk of fascism in our country.”  (“From ...
Like the flower varieties they grow, LaSalle Florists is a testimony to family heritage. John LaSalle is the owner-operator ...
Western Massachusetts prides itself on community and mutual support, from neighbors to families. But we are reaching our ...