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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Longtime Mahar boys basketball coach Chad Softic reached a milestone few achieve on Tuesday. Softic, who took over the Senators program in 2007, entered Tuesday’s showdown with rival Athol sitting at 199 career wins. After making a name as a defensive...

By CHRIS LARABEE

For their continued dedication to serving patrons, including adapting operations on the fly in response to the pandemic, two local libraries were awarded 2022 Star Library ratings by Library Journal, a prestigious librarian journal.Royalston’s...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Youth didn’t serve the UMass football team last season, so head coach Don Brown sprinkled in some experience.The Minutemen announced 13 transfers joined the program Wednesday as part of national signing day. Three are graduate transfers with one year...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Just two games separate the No. 4 team in the Atlantic 10 Conference men’s basketball standings – surprising Fordham –  and No. 12 Rhode Island.UMass and its Wednesday opponent George Mason (7 p.m. ESPN-Plus) are among the glut of six teams with 4-5...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

GREENFIELD — When they opened their most recent utility bill, Dianne and Robert Rode couldn’t believe that they were being asked to pay $500 for a month’s worth of heat, the highest they’ve ever had to pay in 35 years of living at their home in...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — Greenfield hockey coach Adam Bouchard’s message between the second and third periods on Monday night against Amherst must have been well received.The Green Wave and Hurricanes found themselves knotted 2-2 going into the final 15 minutes...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GRANBY – Eliza Speek raced down the stairs and launched herself into her father John’s arms. His wife Christine tipped the Mahar wrestling coach off with a text from Granby’s wrestling dual match against Franklin Tech.Eliza earned her first...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – RJ Luis turned out the lights, locked the door, and sent Duquesne home.The UMass freshman guard sank eight free throws in the final 1 minute, 13 seconds against the Dukes on Saturday, as the Minutemen sealed an 87-79 victory at the line....

By DOMENIC POLI

The Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region hosted a virtual training on Wednesday led by the overdose survivor and researcher who made headlines recently after the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles reversed its...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Area legislators are joining with more than 90 of their colleagues across the state in appealing to the state Department of Public Utilities to reconsider its decision that allowed utility companies to increase customer rates for the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Wildens Leveque’s right index finger pointed to the Mullins Center roof twice in less than a second.Dyondre Dominguez eyed it through the Richmond defense as he pump faked a 3-pointer in the final two minutes of a tie game. After a dribble...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

If you’ve noticed the lack of news about a 1,000 point basketball scorer in Franklin County the last few years, it’s because there hasn’t been one. It's been three years since anyone in the area has eclipsed the coveted mark. Anthony Peterson engraved...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The trip to UMass Lowell’s Tsongas Center has never been a pleasant or simple one for the UMass hockey program, even when it was firing on all cylinders.UMass has beaten the 18th-ranked River Hawks just twice there in the past decade. That...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GREENFIELD – Size didn’t matter much to the Greenfield boys basketball team Tuesday against Frontier Regional.The Green Wave controlled the Hampshire League South matchup from the opening tip in a 73-45 victory at Nichols Gymnasium despite giving up a...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Richmond’s offense might be one of the last things a struggling UMass men’s basketball defense wants to see. The Spiders, which visit the Mullins Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday (NESN), use a version of the Princeton offense with constantly churning...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

AMHERST — Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked classified information pertaining to the Vietnam War known as the “Pentagon Papers,” was awarded an honorary degree from University of Massachusetts Amherst in a ceremony held in San Francisco...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

STORRS, Conn. – Ryan Lautenbach marked the UMass hockey program’s first visit to UConn’s Toscano Family Ice Forum with a goal just 12 seconds in on Saturday.He skated up the right boards unmolested after winning a puck battle at the blue line and...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

An identity crisis cost the UMass men’s basketball team another Atlantic 10 road game.The Minutemen fell 74-68 at Saint Joseph’s in Philadelphia on Saturday, squandering late opportunities in a tight game.“Our individual attention to detail on games...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Greenfield hockey player Matt Lavoine has a flair for the dramatic. It’s not often you get a near buzzer-beater on the ice, but the Green Wave senior captain has done so not just once, but twice in a mere 11 games so far this season. Just before the...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – A pair of Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers replica pads seduced Henry Graham.Graham’s parents had finally allowed the UMass junior goalie and his brothers to play hockey. His mother Victoria eventually convinced his father Mark, and they...