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By MARY BYRNE and JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — After years of rising through the ranks of municipal government, Virginia “Ginny” DeSorgher will serve as the city’s fourth mayor with a convincing victory in Tuesday’s election.DeSorgher defeated incumbent Roxann Wedegartner for a...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The city’s public schools were closed Tuesday as the high school became the sole polling location for Election Day voters looking to have their voices heard regarding who should lead the city.Sign-wielding residents lined Kent Avenue and...

U.S. Sen. Markey endorses Wedegartner for mayorGREENFIELD — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has endorsed Mayor Roxann Wedegartner for reelection. Wedegartner is seeking a second term as mayor of Greenfield.“Mayor Roxann Wedegartner has proven to be both an...

DA endorses Wedegartner for mayor GREENFIELD — Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan has endorsed Mayor Roxann Wedegartner for reelection. Wedegartner is seeking a second term as mayor of Greenfield.“Mayor Wedegartner has been a tireless...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Candidates in the Nov. 7 city election were joined by residents and former elected officials Tuesday evening for a panel offering voters a chance to learn more about those seeking elected office.Greenfield Candidates’ Night, which drew a...

By VIRGINIA DESORGHER

One of the most rewarding aspects of my campaign for mayor has been getting out every day and connecting with voters in Greenfield — hearing directly about concerns, fielding important questions about the community, and listening to citizens’ big...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A majority of candidates for contested races in the city’s upcoming election participated in a candidates’ forum this week organized by three local groups.“It’s exciting to see a room full of people, for a lot of reasons,” said Doug...

Political group releases candidate questionnaireGREENFIELD — A local political group has released the responses it garnered from a questionnaire to candidates in the upcoming November election.The responses, which were solicited by the Progressive...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Pointing to a shooting in Holyoke last week that left a pregnant mother critically injured and killed her baby, House Democrats have resurrected their campaign to overhaul the state’s firearms laws, rolling out a redrafted bill that continues...

Three groups join forces to host candidates’ forum GREENFIELD — The Progressive Blueprint for Greenfield, Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution and the Greenfield People’s Budget will host a candidates’ forum in advance of the Nov. 7...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Weeks of research into a change they would like to see in the world prompted students at Fort River School in Amherst to champion the idea of Indigenous Peoples Day becoming a state holiday. This week, three sixth graders brought their expertise on...

By MADDIE FABIAN

WASHINGTON — After a historic week on Capitol Hill involving a near government shutdown and the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, both western Massachusetts representatives in the U.S. House criticized the former speaker and the Republican Party...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — In an hour-long debate that covered economic development, housing and the future of downtown, the city’s two mayoral candidates were perhaps most at odds when discussing police and school funding.“It’s a false narrative that [Precinct 3...

By DOMENIC POLI

Four years after chronicling the stories of 50 Gold Star families across the country, Heath native Keith Sherman has started another mission to ensure the legacies of service members killed overseas are not lost to the shrouds of time.Sherman, who now...

By SOPHIE HAUCK

NORTHAMPTON — Federal workers and welfare program beneficiaries in the Pioneer Valley scrambled this week to shutter research projects, seek out food assistance programs and brace for an indefinite government shutdown that starts at midnight on...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Two upcoming events will offer voters a chance to pose questions to the two mayoral candidates, as well as candidates in races for City Council, School Committee and the Board of Assessors ahead of the city’s Nov. 7 election.The first...

By DOMENIC POLI

LEYDEN — The state attorney general visited town on Wednesday to follow through on a promise to ensure western Massachusetts residents don’t feel left out of the political conversation.Andrea Joy Campbell spoke inside Town Hall for about an hour,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With a statewide push for renewable energy and electric vehicles, how will the Massachusetts Legislature approach modernizing the grid that would be supplying all this power? The answer, at this point, is unclear, but state Sen. Paul Mark...

By MERCY LINGLE

NORTHAMPTON — The Western Massachusetts Policy Center could have been called the “Eastern Massachusetts Policy Center,” or even the “Washington D.C. Policy Center,” but founder and CEO Lauren Rollins chose western Massachusetts as a base location for...

LAURA WASHINGTON

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. Anxious Democrats are taking note.The longtime environmental lawyer is the son and namesake of Robert F. Kennedy Sr., a former U.S. attorney general who was assassinated...