Here are today's headlines:

NORTHAMPTON - Less than a day after high winds tore off a section of roof on a building at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, a fire caused extensive damage to the school's forestry education building.No one was injured in the fire at Building E, which was called in shortly after 2 p.m....

Easthampton police get OK for Tesla vehicles

EASTHAMPTON - The city's Police Department is adding two 2022 Tesla Model Y electric vehicles to its fleet.The Teslas will replace two gas-powered Ford Interceptor utility vehicles (2014 and 2016 models) and Conservation Agent Cassie Tragert anticipates the city will save about $5,600 on annual gaso...

Phony signatures on papers for Puello's failed 2019 Holyoke election bid

HOLYOKE - When Wilmer "Will" Puello-Mota first ran for the City Council in 2019, two of the signatures on his nomination papers drew the suspicion of employees of the city clerk's office. That's because those people said they had never signed Puello's papers."It was two people who actually worked in...

Trump spirit, fighting theme runs through Massachusetts GOP convention

SPRINGFIELD - Drifting from their recent moderate roots, Massachusetts Republicans on Saturday opened a new chapter in their party's history, hosting a decidedly pro-Trump nominating convention that keyed off of anger about government mandates, pledges to oppose and fight the "radical left," and cal...

Baseball: Matt Foley notches record-breaking 244th victory as South Hadley blanks Chicopee, 10-0 (PHOTOS)

SOUTH HADLEY – No one on the South Hadley baseball team could secure a Gatorade jug in time.Instead of dousing coach Matt Foley with one glorious orange splash Monday after the Tigers defeated Chicopee 10-0 in five innings, they sprayed him repeatedly with every bottle of water in the dugout. The sh...

Guest columnist Laura Frogameni: Surveys ... another sign of spring?

Have you been asked to fill out an online survey recently? An end-of-program year feedback form, maybe? They seem to be popping up like tulips these days. Not only have I been asked a couple of times just this week, but I'm also part of a team launching a citywide one. That makes me carefully consid...

Raising goats 'not for the faint of heart'

If sheer cuteness and personality were the only factors, we might all have goats in our life.If you are thinking you might want to have some goats and possibly make cheese, Laurie Cuevas of Thomas Farm and Dairy in Sunderland has some good suggestions. Cuevas's husband, Jim Thomas, started the mic...

Softball: Easthampton holds off South Hadley in Class B quarters, 8-4 (PHOTOS)

EASTHAMPTON - After four and a half innings, the Western Mass. Class B softball quarterfinal between No. 3 Easthampton and No. 6 South Hadley was knotted up at 4 and appeared destined for a nail-biter of a finish.South Hadley ace Ella Schaeffer was giving the Eagles trouble at the plate, and the Tig...