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By WILLIAM LAMBERS
By WILLIAM LAMBERS
With so many wars taking place, the world needs the gift of peace more than anything this holiday season. The world needs the peace of Christmas Eve. It has happened before.On Christmas Eve in 1814, thousands of American, British and Canadian...
By CHRIS LARABEE
From 1952 to 2008, children in Deerfield had an opportunity to write letters to Santa Claus and, after some time, a letter from the big man himself would be sent back to the child.Now, decades later after many of the letters were likely forgotten, a...
By CHRIS LARABEE
SUNDERLAND — In what is becoming an annual tradition for community service, the South County Senior Center and the Sunderland Men’s Club are once again coming together to offer Christmas Day meals to older adults in Deerfield, Sunderland and Whately...
By AMY NEWSHORE
Shame is a topic not easily talked about. And that is why I feel enthusiastic about writing about it. That’s my thing — discussing and writing about topics that we often hold at arm’s length and don’t dare think or talk about.But why am I choosing to...
An ‘anti-holiday spectacular’Prefer rudeness to Rudolph, getting blitzed to Blitzen, or X-rated humor to Xmas? The show “F*ck That! Erin McKeown’s Anti-Holiday Spectacular,” which will be at the Iron Horse on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m., might be for...
By WILLIAM LAMBERS
Thanksgiving brings families together and gives us wonderful memories. Turkey is on the menu in most homes that celebrate the holiday. But actually, the first Thanksgiving held by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag in 1621 likely had no turkey at all....
By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN
Passover has always been my favorite Jewish holiday. The Passover Seder my parents host annually in my childhood house in Northampton has been the most festive and joyous meal of the year for as long as I can remember.My dad’s childhood Seders were...
By JAMES PENTLAND
HUNTINGTON — Presents, clothing, books and other items were delivered over the holiday season to local children under the Hilltown Holiday Help program.The Hilltown Community Health Center, along with the Gateway Regional School District National...
By CHRIS LARABEE
AMHERST — As the holiday season comes to a close in the next few weeks, students from Deerfield Elementary School’s Out-of-School-Time Program have gotten into the giving spirit themselves.Earlier this month, students put together small, handmade...
By EMILEE KLEIN
NOTHAMPTON — Anne (Seman) Lello was “cookie lady” to the children in her Chicago neighborhood: any child who came knocking for a cookie was greeted with a sweet treat, and Anne stockpiled cookies just for them.But Anne’s daughter, Denise Lello of...
By MADDIE FABIAN
HOLYOKE — On Wednesday evening, Holyoke veteran Kurt Bluemer arrived home to twinkling white lights lining the porch rail, roof and bushes outside his house and a prominent wreath hanging from the top window.The decorations were hung earlier that day...
By MADDIE FABIAN
NORTHAMPTON — A lifelong resident of Northampton, the late Ed McMahon had always donated to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund, “wanting to help the kids and their families,” said his daughter, Kara McMahon.When he died in 2013, his family continued the...
By MADDIE FABIAN
EASTHAMPTON — For the past 40 or so years during the holiday season, the city has sparkled with icy-white lights lining the gazebo, bright colors circling trees and, of course, the dazzling star atop Mount Tom.So when Patrick Brough heard that the...
By EMILEE KLEIN
HOLYOKE — The Holyoke Community Cupboard, United Way of Pioneer Valley’s newest food pantry with Holyoke Community College, seeks to tackle stigmas of emergency food supplies by offering refrigerated and frozen staples to anyone who needs to...
By EMILEE KLEIN
AMHERST — While many families struggling with food security search for meals and programs at local soup kitchens and food pantries, the Bridge Family Resource Center addresses food security from inside households by providing boxes full of vegetables,...
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