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Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund: ‘A little sunshine’ for the holidays
12-02-2024 5:34 PM

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...

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Standing Together: Leaders of international group present solution to Gaza War during visit to Northampton
12-06-2024 5:33 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Standing Together presents a third way to treating the war in Gaza — a solution that neither involves rooting on the Star of David with Zionist ardor, nor endorses Hamas by seeing them as innocent rebels against a colonizing overlord.If...


Bus transit gets a boost to expand, connect routes throughout WMass
12-04-2024 5:32 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Transit services are set to expand throughout the region next year, with more than $3 million in state grants awarded to transit authorities in the Pioneer Valley and surrounding areas to improve connections across routes.These expansions come as part...


Chipotle to open at old Papa Gino’s spot in Northampton
12-04-2024 2:45 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — After years of going without one, it appears a Chipotle Mexican Grill is finally headed to Northampton. Chipotle, expected to be completed in the late spring to early summer, will be located at 301 King St., the site of a former Papa...


With repairs complete, Northampton Bikeway set to reopen Monday
11-29-2024 3:18 PM

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...


Demonstrators: Bring back school jobs in Northampton
11-25-2024 7:00 PM

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...


March for the Food Bank steps off Monday for 15th year
11-22-2024 3:41 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

The 15th annual March for the Food Bank with Monte Belmonte will once again traverse the 43 miles from Springfield to Greenfield over Monday and Tuesday.The march has become known not only for the creative costumes donned by marchers pushing decorated...


Hunger skyrockets in region: Organizations grappling with dramatic increase in need
11-22-2024 3:38 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

While many families are gearing up for their holiday feasts, a large number of Massachusetts residents are struggling to put food on the table. Amid unusually high prices and the conclusion of many pandemic-era supports, local food banks and survival...


Learning the ropes: State labor chief touts apprenticeships in visit to woodworking company Metrica
11-21-2024 3:39 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Dozens of markings on an oval-shaped floor model represent each of Metrica’s meticulously crafted curved furniture pieces, with each piece of concave wood paneling, doors and shelving attempting to do the impossible: turn a...


City ‘character’ remembered: Roy Martin, who ran for mayor 10 times, has died at 81
11-20-2024 5:32 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Roy Martin, a candidate for Northampton mayor 10 times over a 26-year period, died of natural causes last Saturday. He was 81.Likely best known in the city for running campaigns against all four mayors who have won election to City Hall...


Living legends enter spotlight: Young@Heart Chorus to feature 7 performers over 90
11-19-2024 4:20 PM

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — While social media and pop culture may feed the impression that music and dance are monopolized by the young, the Young@Heart Chorus emphatically debunks this as a myth.And according to Bob Cilman, the 42-year-old group’s founder and...


Paying tribute to those served: Williamsburg veteran among those honored at annual parade in Florence
11-11-2024 7:01 PM

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...


Florence man accused of shooting woman on Sunday
11-11-2024 3:11 PM

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...


Northampton council approves resolution calling for arms embargo to Israel
11-10-2024 12:01 PM

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...


Going strong: Visit to Northampton led Kanoujia family to open Indian House 40 years ago
11-07-2024 3:23 PM

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 fire crews contain brush fire in Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area, work to put out blaze that swept through 52 acres
11-03-2024 11:16 AM

By Staff Report

NORTHAMPTON — A brush fire that began late Friday afternoon burned through 52 acres in the Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area over the weekend, but fire crews announced Sunday that a fire line established Saturday successfully contained the fire. In a...


River Valley Co-op members overwhelmingly say no to boycott of Israeli products
10-31-2024 5:04 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After months of emotional debate surrounding a proposed boycott of Israeli goods at River Valley Co-op, the results of an advisory poll among co-op members show overwhelming opposition to the “Apartheid-Free River Valley Co-op”...


Northampton celebrates start of construction of six pickleball courts at Ray Ellerbrook Field
10-30-2024 1:53 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city broke ground on what will soon be six new pickleball courts at Ray Ellerbrook Field, much to the delight of players of the tennis-like sport that has rapidly grown in popularity over the last several years.The city held a...


Tombstone, bones stop work at Florence construction site
10-18-2024 3:22 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — A construction crew unearthed an unexpected discovery while digging at a work site in Florence: an old tombstone, and near it, bones. Workers at the site quickly called the Police Department to investigate what they had found...


Defense challenges key witness in Steven Malloy murder case
10-17-2024 5:49 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The defense attorney for Steven Malloy, a Northampton man on trial for first-degree murder, spent part of Thursday morning attempting to poke holes in the prosecution’s version of events regarding the killing of Joseph Fillio in December...


Key witness describes accused murderer Malloy shooting victim dead at close range
10-16-2024 6:32 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A key witness for the prosecution in the case of Steven Malloy, who is on trial for murder in the killing of Joseph Fillio, testified that he saw Malloy pull the trigger after pointing a gun at Fillio’s temple, and that Malloy later told...

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