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AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – A grieving Massachusetts family is trying to bring awareness to the dangers of a social media challenge that caused the death of their eighth-grader this week. Amherst Regional Middle School student Nate Squires was found unresponsive at home Monday after attempting the “blackout challenge,” his family...

ATHOL - Officials are looking to determine the identity of the body of a woman found Wednesday in the Millers River near the center of Athol. Michelle Richotte, spokeswoman for Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan said no identification has been made. The body was discovered in the water near...

It has been referred to as “the most imposing structure in Gardner.”. The 110-foot Romanesque tower stretching toward the heavens has overlooked the “French section” of Gardner as well as the downtown section of the city for the past century. On Oct. 3, 1915, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary...

Amherst-Pelham Regional Middle School student Nate Squires died on Monday after attempting the TikTok blackout challenge, which invites people to intentionally choke themselves until they are unconscious. Squires was found unresponsive at home on Monday and passed away later, succumbing to injuries. His family created a GoFundMe page to offset...

‘DEFUND’ EFFORT IN NH. The “Defund the Police” movement has come to the Granite State. The progressive grassroots New Hampshire Youth Movement will hold its third visibility event Thursday evening in Keene as the city council takes up its budget proposal. Tristam Patoine, NHYM’s director of communications, says the group...

This weekend will be just like the good old days of swimming in Gardner. Cars will snake their way down and around Park Street, swimming enthusiasts will flood the town and the outdoor pool at the Greenwood Memorial will again be swarming with events. The Greenwood Specialty Meet, open to...

GREENFIELD — Five finalists have been named in the search for a new superintendent of the Greenfield School Department. “Of eight people who applied, we chose five,” School Committee member Jean Wall told fellow members on Wednesday evening at the committee’s first in-person meeting since March 2020, held at the John Zon Community Center. “This is remarkable to have five strong candidates going forward for the School Committee to choose from.”

Gary has the latest forecast. Essex High School celebrates 50 years of graduates. Essex High School is celebrating a big milestone this morning -- it's 50th class has now graduated. National. 78-year-old cancer survivor earns black belt in taekwondo. Updated: 7 hours ago. |. Tom Gustafson is a 78-year-old veteran...

Around midnight on April 1, after five hours of public comment and deliberations on everything from climate change to decriminalized psychedelics, the Northampton City Council turned its attention to a pair of zoning ordinances. The first dealt with affordable housing — city planners wanted to make obtaining permission for projects...

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The North Adams SteepleCats Wednesday split a double-header with the Upper Valley Nighthawks at Joe Wolfe Field. In the opener, Wilfrido Valenzuela scattered five hits and allowed just one earned run in five innings to earn the win on the mound. Jeremy Lea doubled, and John...

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A three-day series of free concerts, featuring North Adams musicians playing improvised music, will take place at three locations throughout the city starting June 18. The concerts will be among the first sets of live music to be played in the Northern Berkshires since the lifting...

Have a day, David Bryant. The junior from Radford University had a three-hit, two-RBI day for the Keene SwampBats in the team’s 5-2 win over the Winnipesaukee Muskrats Wednesday at Alumni Field. “He’s steady Eddie,” said SwampBats manager Shaun McKenna. “That guy just hits. He’s always on time. He’s a...

BrattRock, a youth rock festival organized by Youth Services, is seeking bands and solo musical artists from around New England to take the stage at 118 Elliot in downtown Brattleboro on Saturday, Sept. 25. This is BrattRock 2021, the sixth annual Brattleboro Youth Rock Festival and the first live festival since before the pandemic.

East Longmeadow - St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will hold a giant tag sale on Saturday, June 19, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on church grounds. There will be something for everyone, 1 Porter Road, East Longmeadow. Online Devotions. Easthampton - The Baha’i Community of Western Mass./Southern Vt. invites everyone to its regular,...

My name is Bill Hodgeman, and I’ve been gardening on my property in Sunderland, Massachusetts, since 2015. My neighborhood was a swamp for thousands of years, then before it was developed, a lot of clay was brought in from Connecticut. So the ground is very nutritious, somewhat poorly draining, and difficult during periods of drought. I have brought in a lot of composted manure to make the soil more pliable. As a result, things grow very well—often quite a bit larger than advertised! But I love gardening here.

MONTAGUE, MA (WGGB/WSHM)-- A vigil was in Turners Falls, in honor of a victim of a deadly hit and run in Shelburne last week. 100 people came out to remember the life of Rhonda Thompson, who was remembered by many for her work during the COVID-19 pandemic as the director of nursing at a nursing home in Turners Falls.