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By AMY NEWSHORE

What is great about you? Do you believe you are lovable, just as you are? Are you proud of having gotten through some struggles? Can you express your feelings and needs, and say “no” when needed? Do you believe you deserve to be happy?You may have...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■The fangs of winter are slowly sinking in. The weather these days is enough to make anybody want to take permanent refuge near a crackling fireplace as Hampshire County residents remained locked in a deep freeze. Last night below-zero...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■The Rev. Robert Scott Denig will be ordained to the priesthood at St. John’s Episcopal Church Saturday at noon. Denig began serving as curate of St. John’s last July. ■With four vote commitments in hand, City Councilor Robert Patenaude...

By MONYA RELLES

Have you heard about gay penguins? You may remember Ray and Silo, the gay penguins of the Central Park Zoo of 2004, proud parents of their own adopted chick. Since then, there have been dozens of gay penguins in zoos, in news articles, and even on...

By RICHARD MCCARTHY

This past fall, I was bicycling in Hadley and I came up on a dead squirrel in the road. I got off my bike and used the instep of my foot to move the remains to the edge of a field on the side of the road. Two other cyclists approached me as I was...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Professor William E. Heronemus at the University of Massachusetts believes he has found a practical, economical and pollution-free source of energy which could service the entire world, and which would never run short. His answer to an...

By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN

In the universe of Asian cuisines that are widely available in America, Korean is an anomaly. Chinese, Japanese and Thai restaurants came of age earlier in the 20th century — and with them, the sticky-sweet, Americanized dishes that became associated...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Long waiting lines were the order of the day yesterday as the Registry of Motor Vehicles suffered its usual hectic first day of business for a new year. However, the massive delays anticipated because of the state’s tardiness in sending...

By BILL DANIELSON

Welcome to 2023! Another calendar has been used, another red journal finished and safely tucked away on a shelf and newness has taken over. I place a brand new desk blotter calendar on my office desk, I unwrap a brand new red journal and begin to...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Electric power has been restored to at least 12,000 homes in 18 Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire County towns after a new year came in under the shroud of darkness. A major ice storm on Sunday wiped out electricity in homes in various...

By ANNA GUARACAO

As the temperature drops and Bay State residents spend more time indoors, public health experts and health care professionals are concerned about an increasing viral mix of COVID-19, RSV, and the flu, while staffing shortages and overflowing emergency...

By JIM BRIDGMAN

50 Years Ago■Five cows valued at $4,000 and owned by Clark Joyner of Cummington Hill were electrocuted sometime Monday following restoration of electric power after a major ice storm during the weekend. Details of the electrocution remain unclear....

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 ROBIN GOLDSTEIN

In Amritsar, India, on the banks of a shimmering pond called AmritSarovar (Pool of the Nectar of Immortality), sits the Sri Harmandir Sahib. It is the Adobe of God, known colloquially as the “Golden Temple,” and it is one of the most important sites...

By Max Bowen

HOLYOKE — The Paper City Clothing Company is gearing up for a big move, and in the process will revitalize a High Street downtown building once destined for the wrecking ball.The business, which designs and prints clothing in-house, is in the process...

By JACOB NELSON

WORTHINGTON — “Agriculture is going to have to look different,” says Lincoln Fishman of Sawyer Farm in Worthington, given the climate crisis. “And I’m just not interested in farming the old way.”Well-read and well-spoken, Fishman has a keen ability to...

By JACOB NELSON, Zoraia de Jesus Barros and Dan Burke Perez

HOLYOKE — Maiz (corn). Pimientos (peppers). Ajo (garlic). Berenjena (eggplant). Calabaza (squash). Gandules (pigeon peas). Habichuelas (beans). Tomate (tomatoes). These are just some of the crops grown by farmers at Nuestras Raices’ 30-acre community...

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 MELISSA KAREN SANCES

At 9 p.m. on a balmy Friday, my friends and I stood outside Tellus & the Satellite Bar, while the host checked our IDs and welcomed each of us by name.“You’re the second group here,” she said proudly. “We just opened a few minutes ago.” Dark curls...

By REBECA PEREIRA

In Worthington, tucked behind a kempt grassy landscape of standard backyard detritus and outdoor furnishings, cushioned lawn chairs and an above-ground pool, is an undulating race track befitting the small town’s biggest bike enthusiasts.It’s a...