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By STEVE PFARRER
War has been a regular horror in Lebanon for nearly half a century, flaring most recently this fall with Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon in attacks against the Iranian-backed paramilitary group Hezbollah, a spillover in turn from the brutal,...
By DON STEWART
She’s the first woman, and the first Canadian, to present a solo exhibit of her work at the Library of Congress, and two of her paintings can be found at Washington’s National Portrait Gallery. You’d recognize Anita Kunz’s often satirical works from...
By ALLYSON SMITH
Throughout my 16-year educational career, I have been asked countless times to think about a memorable teacher. Any number of professors, administrators, and professional development instructors have asked this of participants to get at their...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago■The new 16-member Pleasant-River Urban Development Steering Committee will determine proposals and guidelines in the city’s urban renewal project which will shape for many years “the character and quality of life” of Northampton’s...
By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL
On most weekday nights, the ticking of a metronome rings out across the University of Massachusetts Amherst athletic fields, followed by the music of the “Power and Class of New England,” the UMass Amherst Minutemen Marching Band. The students in the...
By BILL DANIELSON
Thanksgiving is here and I couldn’t be happier. 2024 has been an “interesting” year and I, for one, just need a break. Even the hustle and bustle of the holiday (the shopping, cooking, traveling, or hosting) can be a delightful distraction from the...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago■Mrs. Charles Glickman was honored by members of The Cooley Dickinson Hospital Auxiliary, volunteers and colleagues at a recent tea in the McCallum Residence. After 15 years of service, Mrs. Glickman has resigned as director of volunteer...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago ■A petition bearing some 500 signatures and protesting the closing of the Northampton State Hospital geriatric unit was sent Friday to several state officials, including Gov. Francis W. Sargent. The petitioners “strongly oppose the...
By Zichang Liu
BOSTON — A day ahead of World Pancreatic Cancer Day this week, lawmakers and advocates gathered to bring hopes to a promising bill aimed at improving survival rates and treatments for pancreatic cancer patients.Pancreatic cancer ranks as the...
By JACOB NELSON
In South Deerfield, the North Main Street bridge over the railroad tracks has been closed for repairs since May. “I was joking that we’re probably the only ones on this street happy about the detour,” laughs Kelly Kicza.That’s because cars have been...
By MOLLY PARR
My two kids started a whisper campaign about my baking. Bea, my 9-year-old, insists I burned the bottoms of their cupcakes at their fourth birthday celebration. I honestly don’t remember doing so, but they are insistent. Note: My husband just read...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago■Teenage drinking, sanctioned by the reduction in the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 in March 1973, has reached problem proportions in Hampshire County. “Alcohol is the number one drug problem on campus,” reported Bob McCarthy, a young...
By BILL DANIELSON
It was Veteran’s Day and I was sitting at my kitchen window. I had a delicious mug of freshly brewed coffee, a comfortable seat to sit in and freshly washed windows to look through. The feeders had been stocked and I was all ready for a session of...
By HOWARD HERMAN
AMHERST — The finish wasn't what Frank Martin and the UMass men’s basketball team might have hoped for.The Minutemen dropped a 75-71 overtime thriller to undefeated Hofstra Saturday night at the Mullins Center. But it wasn't the final five minutes,...
By HANNAH BEVIS
EASTHAMPTON — The Cheshire Academy football rumbled into Sawyer Field ready to prove something against Williston Northampton School in the annual NEPSAC Danny Smith Bowl. The two teams had clashed earlier in the season and the Wildcats had snagged a...
By HOWARD HERMAN
AMHERST — The decision was the right one. It did not pay off.In a tie football game, UMass kicker Jacob Lurie had a chance to be the hero. All he had to do was boot a 43-yard field goal as time expired to give his team a hard-fought victory over...
By JULIAN MENDOZA
Making his way from Springfield to Greenfield during his annual walk to raise money for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, local radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte looks to increase the visibility of one of the country’s greatest...
By MONYA RELLES
I got on a train headed from Albany, New York to Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 14. Then I endeavored to walk home.I followed the Appalachian Trail for two months and approximately 650 miles. I carried around 45 pounds of stuff, ate about a pound...
By LISA GOODRICH
Upon walking in the door at Puza’s Pure Food Market in Southampton, a commitment to fresh, local produce is on display. Visually, produce appears to fill a substantial portion of the store. As the harvest season eases toward the holidays, bins and...
By TINKY WEISBLAT
“The Bridge of Flowers” by Phil Billitz (CreateSpace, 91 pages, $24.95).Phil Billitz of Shelburne Falls published his picture book “The Bridge of Flowers: A Garden of Inspiration” in 2020. At that point, COVID-19 had shut down most local businesses...
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