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By RYAN AMES

‘Winning’ and ‘UMass hockey’ were like oil and water before Greg Carvel arrived in Amherst.

By GARRETT COTE

After defeating George Washington in their regular season finale on Feb. 26, the UMass women’s basketball team completed a turnaround for the ages and earned the No. 7 seed in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

BOSTON — With a spot in the MIAA Division 4 quarterfinals on the line, neither Greenfield or the O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science boys basketball teams were giving an inch Tuesday night. 

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Many members of the federal delegation from Massachusetts, including U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, defended the commonwealth and the city of Boston, hours before an address by President Donald Trump before a joint session of Congress they anticipated would serve as an attack on the state.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A dozen residents from the Plain Road East and Mill Village Road neighborhood came before the Planning Board Monday night to express concerns about the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter’s proposed building.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Local political activists are calling for consumers to stop shopping at large corporations that are supporting Trump administration policies.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

AMHERST — When the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report landed on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s desk in June 1981, he had no idea it would be the start of a “dark” period of his career.

By EMILEE KLEIN

HADLEY — The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Department Service’s Northeast regional headquarters in Hadley is proposed to close on Aug. 31 as part of the federal General Services Administration initiative to end leases for 164 federal office spaces nationwide, according to a list leaked by a government whistleblower.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — More people and more money. That’s what first responders say they need to keep up with outdoor recreation tourism, which is straining their departments.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Greenfield’s Gloria McDonald will get to showcase her talent on the field hockey pitch against some of the best players in the state. 

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — They serve the community, have fun doing it and are looking for a few helping hands.

By ERIN LEIGH-HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD – Two Greenfield firefighters were sent to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with minor injuries Sunday morning after a ceiling collapsed on them during an apartment house fire at 75 School St.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM – The nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to increasing public awareness and appreciation of the Quabbin Reservoir and watershed is soliciting donations to help restore a stone arch bridge erected the year after the Civil War ended.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WESTBOROUGH – The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife announced at Thursday’s Fisheries and Wildlife Board meeting it would cease the stocking of rainbow trout in the five-mile stretch of the Upper Deerfield River from the Fife Brook Dam to Zoar Gap, in response to the comments of dozens of anglers in the region.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Getting consecutive stops on the defensive end felt almost impossible for the UMass men’s basketball team through 30 minutes of action. Rhode Island used a 3-point barrage and timely Sebastian Thomas drives to the hoop to build a 77-67 lead with 10 minutes, 53 seconds remaining in the second half.

By RYAN AMES

LOWELL – The road warriors strike again.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The Friends of the Wendell Free Library have agreed to fund $25,000 associated with replacing the damaged play structure removed from its property in September 2023.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

NORTHFIELD — Trinitarian Congregational Church will kick off its 200th anniversary celebration on March 9 with a presentation on the church’s history by local historian Joel Fowler.

By ALEXA LEWIS

AMHERST — Varshini Prakash no longer believes that we can “stop” climate change as she did when she was an undergraduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, when she was staging sit-ins and protests to pressure her school into divesting from fossil fuels.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — Mahar boys basketball coach Chad Softic had been waiting for the kind of performance his team put together on Friday.