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Mask measures return to Northampton schools
01-01-2023 8:20 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Students and staff members returning to Northampton public schools will return to temporary masking for nine days, as the school looks to add precautionary measures in light of climbing COVID-19 and flu cases across the country.In a...


Grateful for delivery of Children’s Tylenol 
01-01-2023 7:59 PM

I had to write a letter of thank you to an incredibly thoughtful community member. After reading my letter in the Gazette about my difficulties finding children’s fever relief, she dropped off two bottles of Children’s Tylenol and a very kind card at...


Jonathan P. Levin: Republicans silent on Santos ‘distraction’
01-01-2023 5:31 PM

Regarding the article, “Santos ‘distraction’ sours GOP triumph,” (Gazette, Dec. 30), one is left in awe of the press’s desire to present the Republican Party as if it were a party of reason and sensibility, even a party with ethics. The writers of...


Rally to mark 2nd anniversary of Capitol insurrection
01-01-2023 5:31 PM

This January 6 marks the second anniversary of the insurrection. The bipartisan January 6th Select Committee has shown that Trump and his MAGA allies planned, promoted, and paid for a criminal conspiracy to overturn an election they knew they’d lost....


Is pot pie shrinking? Advocates, store owners assess whether cannabis market oversaturated
12-30-2022 7:58 PM

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...


Amherst man gets 5 to 7 years in death of infant son
12-28-2022 8:07 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A former Amherst man will serve five to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty in Hampshire Superior Court on Wednesday to a criminal charge stemming from the 2019 death of his 4-month-old baby, according to the Northwestern...


Northampton purchase of former First Baptist Church advances
12-25-2022 10:37 PM

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...


One life saved as another begins: How a Northampton mother survived near death giving birth
12-22-2022 8:16 PM

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...


Swim preview: Defending state champion Amherst turns to new coach
12-19-2022 4:02 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Amherst’s blockbuster girls swimming season ended with its first state championship in 2022. The Hurricanes will shoot the sequel with a new director.A four-time conference swimmer of the year in the mid 90’s at New Hampshire, Denise Leckenby took...


South Hadley man pleads not guilty to charges of murder, arson in death of his father
12-19-2022 1:37 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

BELCHERTOWN — A 35-year-old South Hadley man charged with the September killing of his father in Hampshire County’s second homicide of the year, pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted arson of a dwelling in Eastern Hampshire District Court on...


Maryland man gets 4 years in prison for statutory rape of Amherst girl
12-14-2022 5:46 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A Bel Air, Maryland man will serve four years in state prison for sexually assaulting an Amherst teenager last year, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.David Gray Jr., 42, pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court...


The defense rests: Alan Rubin, a public defender for five decades, is winding down his prolific career this month
12-13-2022 9:18 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — After 50 years of service, Alan Rubin’s career as a prolific public defender is finally coming to an end.Rubin, a graduate of Harvard Law School, has seen a lot in his long career, from scandalous judges to serial killers to an...


New principal named at NHS
12-12-2022 3:56 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — An experienced educator with local ties has been tapped to lead Northampton High School after a monthslong search.Interim Superintendent Jannell Pearson-Campbell announced Friday that William Werhli will assume the role as principal of...


Finalist for NHS principal job makes his case in daylong visit
12-02-2022 6:59 PM

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...


Northampton zeroes in on home for Resilience Hub with option to buy former First Baptist Church downtown
12-02-2022 6:57 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL 

NORTHAMPTON — A planned Community Resilience Hub in the works since 2019 may finally have a building to host it.Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra announced Friday that the city has executed an option to purchase the former First Baptist Church building,...


Best Bites with Robin Goldstein: Western Mass Indian food worthy of a pilgrimage
12-02-2022 3:56 PM

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...


Northampton man gets 5 years in fatal 2021 hit-and-run in Shelburne
11-29-2022 8:18 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Northampton man was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to three charges related to the 2021 hit-and-run death of Shelburne Falls resident Rhonda Thompson.Peter Toomey, 53, appeared in Franklin County...


Changing its tune: The Parlor Room, now 10 years old, to transition to nonprofit model
11-13-2022 7:54 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — In 2012, Signature Sounds, the acoustic music record label, set up shop in Northampton after Jim Olsen, the label’s president, had largely run the business from the basement of his home in Whately for 17 years.Taking over a former...


Daily Hampshire Gazette to move headquarters, will remain in Northampton
10-31-2022 6:43 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — When 2023 begins, the Daily Hampshire Gazette will operate from a new location for the first time in more than 47 years.The company’s move to a 7,000-square-foot building at 23 Service Center Road, only a few hundred yards from the 115...


Back Porch Festival in Northampton set for big expansion in 2023
10-31-2022 2:11 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — The Back Porch Festival, Signature Sounds’ late-winter showcase for American roots music, is poised to return in 2023 — in a much bigger format.Incorporating elements of First Night Northampton, the Back Porch Festival will expand to...

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