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.

The site of the former Notre Dame du Bon Conseil Church at 27 Pleasant St. has been approved by the city for the creation of 43 units of housing. The project known as Riverview Place, contracted by ...

Almost 26 years into the new millennium, as most of the country gears up for an AI revolution, one in six Americans still lack access to high speed internet — a resource that could today be considered ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern will be holding a discussion with Leverett residents and other constituents at the Leverett Elementary School, 85 Montague Road, on Friday, Oct. 17. “A Conversation with ...

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. < ...

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 ...

Analytical thinking has never been a problem for Amherst native Will MacLeod, a longtime chess player and Cornell University senior majoring in applied mathematics. As a college freshman, though, ...

Three years after a clash between the city’s former mayor and former superintendent of schools over education funding, the ...