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By AMY NEWSHORE
It’s that time again for thinking about the new year ahead and what aspirations we may have for ourselves. The beginning of a new year can awaken motivation to engage in habits, activities and goals that are good for us. For example, we might want to stop drinking or smoking, exercise more, be more patient with our spouse and children, eat healthier, treat ourselves with more kindness, or carve out more opportunities for fun and pleasure.
By JIM BRIDGMAN
Twenty-four employees at Pro Brush Division, Vistron Corp. were notified this week that today is their last day at work there for an indefinite period. The figure brings to 146 the number of fulltime employees who have been laid off since the plant began a trial cutback Dec. 1, personnel manager Charles Gaudry said today.
By JOAN AXELROD-CONTRADA
Life is like a washing machine – complete with cycles and plenty of agitating to get at the messy stuff. If I were a songwriter (spoiler alert: I’m not), I’d pen a catchy tune about that simile, weaving together verses and a killer refrain set to the...
By BILL DANIELSON
The final week of 2024 was particularly calm and delightful for me. After the hustle and bustle of hosting a family gathering, my wife and I were able to nestle down into the “holiday bunker” and enjoy some much-needed R&R. For one solid week we were...
By MOLLY PARR
After frying and freezing dozens of latkes in preparation for Chanukah this year, I am now convinced anything can be latke’ed. Of course there were the typical potato with-a-little-grated-onion latkes, and then typical-for-me were the broccoli and...
By EVELINE MACDOUGALL
A rollicking group who bonded through a class at Franklin County’s YMCA in Greenfield have produced a calendar for 2025 that celebrates beautiful humans in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Let’s meet some water nymphs who could grace your wall if you get...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago■The Northampton National Bank became the first in the city to sell gold bullion to the public, following new regulations that allow United States citizens to own gold bullion for the first time in more than 30 years.■Ryback’s Pastry...
By MELISSA KAREN SANCES
Five years ago, Muriel “Monik” Johnson watched her friend transform. Leah was a vibrant artist who loved going dancing. Though only 4-foot-9, she delighted in kissing Johnson’s face, starting at her chin, working clockwise to her forehead while she...
By RICHARD MCCARTHY
I was biking in the countryside of Montague one summer day (remember those?), and I pedaled past a house with a substantial side yard furnished only with a small table and two simple chairs. Later, when I was home, I watched the sunset from my back...
By BILL DANIELSON
Happy New Year everybody! I was delighted to have a snowy celebration for this iconic winter holiday and I hope that you are sitting happily with your feet up and a warm beverage in your hand. I am just finishing an hour of bird watching at my kitchen...
By AUSTIN CHEN
Massachusetts has long been at the forefront of providing and protecting access to reproductive health care. Its role in doing so — in a national context — will likely increase once President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.Throughout...
By MOLLIE DOYLE, AMI DEL BENEand MAEVE KEENAN HAFF
NORTHAMPTON — Becca Frank, a clinical social worker at ServiceNet in Springfield, keeps careful boundaries in place to prevent career burnout.“My phone is off at 5, which is why you couldn’t get ahold of me,” Frank says. “And then I have a...
By GREG VINE
Local officials and members of the area’s congressional delegation say Jimmy Carter, the nation’s 39th president, left a legacy of public service that will live on.In a statement issued Sunday night, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern said, “Jimmy Carter, both...
By BOB FLAHERTY
Jimmy Carter, the nation’s 39th president, died at 100 on Sunday, and for Valley residents, he may be remembered for a great deal more than four bruising years in the White House.“He was the greatest former president in the country’s history. Lived a...
By ZICHANG LIU
For decades, Massachusetts’s adoption procedures have been a catalyst for happy endings for families across the state, including out-of-state birth parents who just want their child to be smoothly transferred to a new, welcoming home.However, within...
By MELISSA KAREN SANCES
Glitter. Sparkle. Bedazzle. Shine.When Mara Levi and Nova Wehman-Brown started dreaming of a Winter Ball, these four words came to mind. The executive director and the board president of the Queer Joy Collaborative wanted their inaugural event to be...
By HANNAH EDELHEIT
The night before electors for the 2024 presidential race were announced, 19-year-old Kaveesh Pathak wasn’t sure he was going to win. He had spent the last two weeks calling and campaigning to become one of the 11 Massachusetts Democrats to serve on...
By STEVE PFARRER
During my last several years as the Gazette’s arts and features writer, I compiled a list of my favorite books of the year each December, given that newspapers all do that best-of-the-year thing and I thought it would be fun to get on board...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago■By 8:30 this morning more than 100 people were lined up, stretching around Pleasant and Armory Streets, waiting to sign up for unemployment checks. These were some of the 2,000 Hampshire County workers who have been temporarily or...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
200 Years Ago■Jonathan Smith, agent, respectfully informs the inhabitants of Northampton and vicinity that he has taken the shop opposite the house of the Hon. Samuel Hinckley, where he will keep constantly on hand a complete assortment of school and...
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