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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...

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...

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,...

A roundup of Veterans Day-related events published Thursday wrongly stated the time for Florence’s Veterans Day parade as Saturday [“Veterans being honored around county”]. The parade will take place on Monday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. Participants are...

By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL

NORTHAMPTON — In 1984, Omprakash Kanoujia was living in Cambridge when he drove out to Northampton and fell in love with the city.He loved it so much that he bought a vacant storefront on State Street that August, and two months later opened India...

Northampton’s effort to destroy and evict those experiencing homelessness from their encampment known as Moose Camp is wrong. It is unfair to treat those experiencing homelessness as trash, as they are people too.Recently the Supreme Court ruled that...

Last week the Israeli parliament voted to ban UNRWA from Gaza — the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East — thereby eliminating the only secure mechanism for safely bringing water, food, medical supplies, and fuel to 2...

By CAROLYN BROWN

When Northampton artist Charlie Miller died this summer at the age of 92, he left an enduring legacy. This weekend, a gallery show will honor him and benefit an art space he called home.NEVAmuseum/Anchor House of Artists, a local art gallery and...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — After passing a resolution in February calling for a cease-fire in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the city of Northampton will now consider whether to pass another resolution advocating for an arms embargo to Israel....

By SCOTT MERZBACH, EMILEE KLEIN and ALEXA LEWIS

On the final day of voting in the presidential election between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican President Donald Trump, a steady stream of voters made their ways to polling locations throughout the area Tuesday, both...