HISTORY

Interpretations of the life of Amherst poet Emily Dickinson continue, even as Apple TV's show comes to an end.

In this time of harvest, I remember the weekend I came home from divinity school to the words of a fourth century monk on my parents’ refrigerator.I…

A statue is planned for the Berkshires depicting an 18th century Black woman who was once enslaved and who sued for her freedom and won.Bett, later known…

Months after the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, voted to return historic documents to the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe, town officials have mailed the…

For the first time in a decade, residents of Holyoke, Massachusetts, will pick a new mayor this Election Day. The race is between former business owner…

Along the Connecticut river, an oxbow in Northampton, Massachusetts, has long been a source for landscape paintings of tranquil beauty.One famous 19th…

Charlie Ryan has died. He served as mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, during two distinct eras in the city’s history about 40 years apart.Ryan, a…

Updated on Oct. 15, 2021The Massachusetts Legislature held a hearing last week on a proposal that would lay the groundwork for a Black heritage museum and…

That’s life. Reuben Klamer has reached the end of his road.The creator of the six-decade-old The Game of Life died recently at the age of 99.Friends said…

The fight against systemic racism in the United States isn’t new. Some of its roots can be traced back to the activism of Black residents in western…