Search Results

Keyword search: northamptonma

By Maddie Fabian

NORTHAMPTON — Florence resident Tarah Dunn is on the road to a more liberated life after receiving a car donation from a nonprofit whose mission is to give away cars to people who need a boost.Dunn’s “new” blue 2013 Ford Fiesta, delivered this month...

By Sydney Ko

BOSTON — Despite the 2020 passage of the ROE Act and a multimillion-dollar investment in reproductive health care access, infrastructure, and security last year, advocates say Massachusetts still faces a threat from efforts to restrict interstate...

By Maddie Fabian

NORTHAMPTON — Plans to build an open-air gymnasium, or “airnasium,” are underway at the Hampshire Regional YMCA. The $1.5 million project will create an open pavilion and outdoor container gym with exercise equipment stored inside garage doors.The...

By OLIVIA PETTYand SARA STILLITANO

Editor’s note: This story was reported and written by two students for a Journalism Principles & Practice course at Smith College taught by writer and journalist Naila Moreira.NORTHAMPTON — On a warm spring day in May 1980, five young artists elevated...

Staff Report

SPRINGFIELD — Over 400 people walked on Sunday to end homelessness in western Massachusetts as part of the inaugural Winter Walk for Homelessness. The Winter Walk is a year-round organization that hosts an annual homelessness walk to raise awareness...

By Maddie Fabian

NORTHAMPTON — The camaraderie between 40-year-old Seth Lawrence-Slavas and 70-year-old Jonathan A. Wright is clear within minutes of speaking with them. During a recent interview to discuss a changing of the guard at Wright Builders Inc., the...

By BOB FLAHERTY

NORTHAMPTON – Eight fahrenheit. The number on the thermometer Saturday morning read EIGHT. The wind chill read as something not fit for a family newspaper. But a call for revolution rang forth from the stone-cold steps of City Hall, and justice was...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra announced the creation of a new climate action department, following on the heels of the city’s climate stabilization fund, at a joint meeting Tuesday with the City Council and the School Committee. At the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra will not sign an ordinance approved by the City Council earlier this month that limits the number of cannabis dispensaries in the city to 12, although the ordinance may still take effect this week as the mayor...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — On what would have been the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion across the country before being overturned by the court last year, women from generations old and new rallied Sunday at...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Capping the number of cannabis retailers citywide is coming before the City Council Thursday night for a final vote, and councilors appear divided on the issue.The proposed ordinance is in its second reading, after receiving a neutral...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL 

NORTHAMPTON — On the 21st anniversary of the opening of detention camps at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, activists in Northampton marched down Main Street Wednesday afternoon to call on U.S. President Joe Biden to close down the camp and free the...

Staff Report

NORTHAMPTON — Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane officially started his second, six-year term on Wednesday after being sworn in during a ceremony in the old courtroom at the Hampshire County Superior Court.Cahillane’s election in November...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In the old courtroom at the Hampshire County Superior Court, Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan took the oath of office Wednesday for the fourth time after being reelected to the position.As in the previous two elections for...

By MAX BOWEN

November 2018 was a momentous time for Massachusetts. That’s when the state officially opened the retail marijuana business, some two years after voters said they were cool with recreational cannabis sales by overwhelmingly approving a ballot...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — After exercising an option to purchase the former First Baptist Church building on Dec. 2, the city of Northampton has officially listed a price tag for the building at $3.3 million.The city held a first reading at its Dec. 15 City...

By Ed Stannard

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the Hartford Courant. It has been edited slightly for timing purposes. HARTFORD — Northampton couple Sara Farber and Esther Smigel have a beautiful, healthy baby girl with a full head of hair.But...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The only finalist for the job as principal of Northampton High School fielded questions from the community Wednesday, saying that he was committed to support students of color, diversity and equity, while also working with the schools...

By MAX BOWEN

NORTHAMPTON — Cedar Chest, one of downtown’s longest-running businesses, is celebrating two important occasions this month — its 75th birthday and the opening of a sister business.Known as Stay Golden, the recently-opened shop features a wide array...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — In an effort to fill up some of the vacant storefronts that dot the downtown landscape, the city and state have partnered to offer tax credits to new businesses that open in certain spaces that are currently sitting empty.The city’s...