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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — A Florence man who allegedly shot a woman in his home last weekend pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Hampshire District Court to a string of charges, including armed assault with intent to murder.Michael Janik, 65, appeared before Judge...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...
In Gazette reporter Alexander MacDougall’s story on the City Council’s recent discussion regarding the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School’s request to expand [“Resolution: No to charter school plans to expand,” Nov. 9], he does not...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
FLORENCE — According to Vietnam War veteran Russ Warriner, the keynote speaker at Monday’s Veterans Day parade, “Veterans know better than anyone else the price of freedom, for they’ve suffered the scars of war.”The Williamsburg native, who joked that...
Both of my parents were in World War II. My mother was an army nurse, my father, a lieutenant colonel. They are both buried in Arlington National Cemetery, each having met the criteria for eligibility on their own.When asked why they would choose to...
I want to thank Rhonda Wainshilbaum for her letter to the editor regarding her response to the petition to deshelve Israeli products at the River Valley Co-op [“Deshelving campaign misinformed, antisemitic,” Oct. 31]. I appreciated her well-researched...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
Police arrested a 65-year-old Florence man on Sunday for allegedly shooting and wounding a woman at her home, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office. The woman, who is 50, was shot in the stomach and was treated for non-life...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton City Council has approved a resolution that endorses an embargo on U.S. arms to Israel in an act of protest against the war in Gaza, although only after the inclusion of a single word during its second reading.The...
By JOHN SHEIRER
I spent part of Election Day in my community college classroom with introductory literature students. We watched videos of Richard Blanco’s and Amanda Gorman’s 2013 and 2021 inaugural poems. The students loved Blanco’s powerful imagery depicting the...
By GARRETT COTE
BOLTON — Playing toe-to-toe with the No. 7 seed in Division 2, the No. 23 Northampton girls soccer team had a flurry of chances to jump ahead and command control early in the second half on the road against Nashoba.In the opening minutes of the latter...
By GARRETT COTE
DEVENS — Following the Amherst girls cross country team’s Western Massachusetts Class A title two weeks ago at Stanley Park in Westfield (its third in a row), co-head coaches Elena Betke-Brunswick and Ron Jacobs said they felt like they had the team...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton City Council has introduced a motion opposing the planned expansion of the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley, saying it would further burden a Northampton Public School system that is already...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — More than three months after the city of Northampton ordered a regional auto dealer to remove some 300 vehicles being stored at a vacant King Street lot it owns, the dealership’s owners have zeroed in on a spot in Hadley to keep the new...
By BILL NEWMAN
On the daily WHMP radio show that I co-host, the first part of the show on the first Thursday of the month is reserved for our congressman, Jim McGovern. I’d been happily anticipating this week’s scheduled post-Election Day conversation with him.For...
By RICHARD SZLOSEK
OK folks, it’s time to take a little break from the intense coverage of the 2024 presidential election. To relieve our mental and emotional fatigue during this little respite, I thought I would write about the far less contentious election of 1924....
By JOAN AXELROD-CONTRADA
Taylor Swift’s song “I Can Do It with a Broken Heart” has turned me into a full-on Swiftie. Yes, you read that right: This 60-something widow is now belting out lyrics about pain and power with a vigor that could rival any teenage girl wrapped in...
By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL
NORTHAMPTON — Children’s books open new worlds for young readers, letting them explore magical lands or gain a deeper understanding of their own communities. This year, Lander-Grinspoon Academy’s BookFest will celebrate children’s literature and give...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Since Gombo’s opening in May 2023, Cassidy Bowman has been a regular at the New Orleans-inspired cajun restaurant and bar on Northampton’s Main Street, frequently seen sitting outside together with his Siberian husky dog Lucy. Bowman...
By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL
I know that many reading this were shocked to find out that Donald Trump managed to pull off a victory on Tuesday. Many are bewildered as to how someone with such a criminal record and history of disrespecting democratic ideals could land in the White...
By CLAUDIA LEFKO
The day was crisp, sunny and cool — perfect for walking or moving around the city in a wheelchair. Good weather to kick off the National Week Without Driving campaign.A few of us, residents concerned about walkability/moveability in Northampton,...
Maybe the Republicans can learn a lesson from the Democrats and others, like Liz Cheney, on how to lose with dignity and grace and, not like the MAGA crowd, go into a meltdown just because they lost an election, and then excuse the loss by...
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