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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Mental health and community support nonprofit Clinical & Support Options (CSO) gave a walking tour of their new homeless shelter and support site in Northampton on Thursday, although the organization isn’t expected to move into the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In both Hadley and Northampton, as well in as other communities throughout the Connecticut River Valley, Black women were among those enslaved by the region’s European settlers in the 1600s and by those living in Massachusetts until slavery...

A ‘Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular’The Academy of Music will host “The Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular with Zara Bode” on Sunday, Dec. 22, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.Bode, one half of the country duo The Sweetback Sisters, is a powerhouse...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick J. Cahillane will be following state law and the Massachusetts Constitution by not responding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers based solely on people’s immigration status.In a recent...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Two Hampshire County organizations that provide support for individuals struggling with homelessness during the cold winter months are receiving a combined $1.25 million from the state to expand services.The recipients, Craig’s Doors of Amherst and...

On Thursday, Dec. 19, the U.S. Senate will vote on a bill to crush First Amendment rights protecting free speech and peaceful protest. The “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act” has been described by constitutional scholar...

Karen Bercovici’s argument in her Nov. 14 guest column on gender-affirming care is nothing more than transphobia dressed up as rationality [“We need to rethink ‘gender  care’ for children,” Gazette, Nov. 14]. The writer focuses on a single study, the...

This is not a letter of appreciation like other letter writers sent. I’m writing because I’m sick to death that half the time I open up my hometown paper, I see my human rights being debated in the opinion section.By showing persistently that trans...

ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee is looking for a new member after the abrupt resignation of one of its members on Monday.Karen Foster-Cannon, who represents Ward 2 on the committee and had previously served on the City Council, announced she was...

This is a letter to the mayor and to all those who make Northampton such a great place to spend the rest of my life.Six days in Las Vegas last week have deepened my already robust appreciation of what we have here. Coming home, I saw with new eyes and...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Nearly two years after its creation, the Northampton Commission for the Study of Reparations has released its preliminary report on how to address historic wrongs against Black residents and workers in the city, which proposes both...

By BILL NEWMAN

First, they came for people they called “illegals.” There was initial resistance, but many people who were not at risk did not speak out because they felt exhausted and distraught, could barely watch or read the news and believed nothing they said or...

By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL

If you look at American public health data from the past few decades, one thing will be very clear: Americans are sicker now than perhaps at any time in our history.An estimated 129 million people in the U.S. have at least 1 major chronic disease,...

By KEVIN LAKE

After spending too much money and too many hours on the campaign, I felt stunned at the outcome. But as I thought more, I realized that the outcome had really been decades in the making and all the “inside baseball” Democratic commentary about the...

Musical theater karaokeCan you sing some “Sweeney,” croon some “Cats,” or belt some “Beetlejuice?”Easthampton Theater Company will host Musical Theater Karaoke at New City Brewery in Easthampton on Saturday, Dec. 14. Sign-ups start at 7 p.m.; singing...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — More than a year after putting it on the market, the city still hasn’t been able to sell what should be a covetous piece of downtown real estate. The property, 33 King St., is located across from Hotel Northampton and 150 feet from The...

In his Dec. 5 guest column (“Hard truths or easy lies after the election”), Joe Gannon laid out important context for us to consider regarding developments in Washington. However, although he made it clear that Trump’s claim of a “sweeping mandate”...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

CHESTERFIELD — A Chesterfield man died early Sunday morning after being critically injured when his snowmobile hit a tree. Derek Graves, 37, was snowmobiling with a friend around 1:30 a.m. near Smith Road in Chesterfield. Graves’s friend, who was not...

Most people I know are upset by the reelection of a convicted felon who scapegoats immigrants to further enrich himself and the billionaire class while pretending to represent working-class people. Sadness, fear, and anger are natural reactions to the...

We write in strong opposition to the requested expansion of the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School, and ask that you consider these significant financial and equity concerns.A primary issue is financial. In the years since PVCICS last...