Turtles aren’t the only species endangered by cars as spring arrives: Frogs and salamanders face automotive peril, as well. For years, the Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock has run ...

I have written in these pages that the demolition and rebuilding of Amherst’s Jones Library is based on a design that is already out-of-date. The Covid pandemic changed how we create, store and ...

Shortly after dawn on Thursday, May 22, the Republican-held House of Representatives approved, strictly along party lines and by a single vote, a budget bill that is cruel, anti-democratic, and ...

HADLEY — Beneath rows of glowing lanterns and string lights, students of the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School bustled about Wednesday evening — untangling multicolored cords, securing ...

In the end, the dispute came down to about 15 tents and a fence loosely constructed of wooden pallets that had collectively been up for less than a day. But this small encampment was enough to trigger ...

Eric Spofford, founder & CEO of The Granite House in New Hampshire, speaks June 1, 2017 on behalf of former UMass graduate student Jesse Carrillo during Carrillo's sentencing at Hampshire Superior ...

Everybody says they want to hear good news but that desire doesn’t necessarily pay the bills, as they’ve just seen in Andover. The Beacon is a monthly local newspaper that personifies the opposite of ...

Winding a plastic spider around the yarn web strung by his teacher, Chip Deroharian wasn’t just making a “garden friend” but practicing the fine motor skills he’d need next year in kindergarten. For a ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first ran in September 2024. On June 1, the Attorney General’s office issued another alert about this problem spreading in New Hampshire. Consider this scenario: You go away ...

SHUTESBURY — Police Chief Kristin Burgess has been placed on administrative leave, according to a message sent to the community by the Select Board on Friday. The correspondence from the board states ...

HADLEY — Describing the 2025 Hopkins Academy senior class as one that persevered, innovated and always gave back, those who spoke during Friday evening’s graduation ceremony recognized the support ...

While distrust in elections has metastasized across the nation, New Hampshire residents still have a high degree of confidence in the Granite State’s election procedures. Eighty-four percent had ...