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In September and October of this year, I worked on a proposal regarding protections for transgender health care in Northampton. Health care protections that were inclusive for trans children. It was eventually presented by the Ward 7 council member to...

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — Each year, the R.K. Finn Ryan Road School donates a portion of their Sunshine Fund to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund, with hopes of brightening the holiday season for children and families in need.“We have a lot of children here who might...

GILL — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the 29-year-old man whose body was found in the Connecticut River near the French King Bridge on Nov. 25 as Northampton resident Daniel Esrick.No foul play is suspected, according to...

Gazette readers could be forgiven for thinking last weekend was a disaster for local sports teams. Last Monday’s Page B1 headlines announced losses for the Patriots, UMass men’s hockey, UMass football, and UMass men’s basketball — regular season...

On this Thanksgiving weekend, I would like to say “thank you” to all the people who make my life not just easy but possible. I don’t know them. I rarely see them. They are the people who:Make sure there is water when I turn on the faucet.Make sure...

By RUTH C. LEUENBERGER

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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — It’s late morning inside Laura Mangones’ kindergarten classroom at Bridge Street Elementary School, and the children have all gathered around attentively on a small carpet in front of the classroom, small strips marking where each...

By Staff Report

NORTHAMPTON — The city will officially reopen the Northampton Bikeway on Monday after the 2.5-mile section of the Mass Central Rail Trail had been closed for the last month for repairs. The stretch of trail extends from the rotary in front of Look...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — The past decade has felt like an entire lifetime for the Easthampton football team, each crushing Thanksgiving Day loss to rival Northampton making the food slowly lose its appeal.But after nine straight losses to the Blue Devils in the...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — There wasn’t a more thrilling Thanksgiving Day game across western Massachusetts in 2023 than the battle between Northampton and Easthampton at Mountain View School in Easthampton.The Blue Devils entered winless on the season, and the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The Florence Holiday Parade will returns again this year on Saturday, kicking off the Christmas season in Northampton.Beginning at Trinity Park at 10 a.m., the parade travels through Florence before ending at the Florence Civic Center....

By CARRIE N. BAKER

On Friday, Oct. 25, at Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, President Joseph Biden delivered a formal apology on behalf of the United States to an assembly of Native American leaders for the genocidal impact of 150 years of U.S. Indian boarding...

Where it all beganMost artists host shows of their work in galleries, but one potter, a native of Hatfield, will soon host one at a different venue: her childhood home.Potter Amy Clark, who currently works in Maine but started her pottery career in a...

NORTHAMPTON — The Gazette will publish on Thanksgiving with a delivery deadline of 7:30 a.m. Customer service will be available from 7 to 10 a.m. at 586-1925.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — City Hall will be closed throughout December for an asbestos abatement, with all city departments and staff located within the building to be moved to alternate locations, likely until the new year, according to city officials.During the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A pedestrian who died after being hit by a car in the Big Y parking lot on North King Street has been identified by the Northwestern district attorney’s office as Paul Surgen of Florence.Surgen died from injuries sustained in the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Northampton, Amherst and Hadley are among area communities that have lifted the outdoor burning ban that has been in effect for most of November.The ban was enacted during drought-like conditions that set the stage for numerous brush fires — including...

By HELEN SEIDLER

 Here’s a proposition: Climate is a nonpartisan issue. It was, after all, not on the November 2024 ballot. Instead, climate change was a backdrop to the cultural and political fights playing out on central stage.But as we have seen, climate is...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The weather may have been cold and wet, but that didn’t stop local labor groups and supporters from rallying in front of Northampton City Hall on Thursday, as they continue to call for the restoration of the more than 20 positions cut in...