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By MOLLY ARONSON and LOUAI ABU-OSBA

 We are a Palestinian parent of two children in the Northampton school district and a Jewish educator formerly residing in Northampton. We were upset to learn that at a recent professional development training for NPS teachers and staff, supposedly to...

By TOM WEINER

 Swastikas in the hallway. “Burn the Jews” at a fire drill. Could this happen in the Northampton schools? It turns out it could and … it did, as I learned from the parents of a student.So that question is tragically answered already this school year,...

By BILL NEWMAN

Many of Donald Trump’s most adamant supporters acknowledge that he is a disgusting racist and misogynist, an inveterate liar, a grifter, and a fraud. But many don’t care or worse, venerate him for exactly these, what shall we call them —...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Repair and removal of existing dams in Hampshire and Franklin counties, along with improvements to Holyoke’s levee control system and repairs to the pump station, are being supported by more than $1.04 million from the state’s Executive...

By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL

If you follow national politics, then you know how dysfunctional Congress is. The 118th congressional session has been one of the most unproductive in history; it only passed 27 pieces of legislation in 2023.While some may be quick to blame...

By RICHARD SZLOSEK

 All four of my grandparents were born in Poland, and my father’s parents actually lived with us. Because of that fact, there was often polka music playing on the radio in our house when I was a young boy in the late 1940s.The most popular station was...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Opening arguments in the trial of a city man accused of murder in 2021 are set to begin on Tuesday, as selection of the 12 jurors for the case wrapped up in Hampshire Superior Court on Thursday.Steven Malloy, 35, of Northampton, was...

In a recent guest column, a writer wrote in support of “de-shelving Israeli products” from River Valley [“Co-op deshelving campaign part of global anti-apartheid movement,” Gazette, Sept. 28]. For those who aren’t familiar with the BDS movement — it...

I want to thank the Daily Hampshire Gazette for your coverage of Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s recent topping-off ceremony for the new Emergency Department and the community members who made it possible. I started working at Cooley Dickinson 40 years...

Perugia Press Prize winnerPerugia Press, a Florence-based feminist poetry micro press, recently announced that the book “Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms” by Joan Kwon Glass is the winner of their Perugia Press Prize, which honors poetry books written...

Much of what Gazette columnist Susan Wozniak recently wrote about newcomers in this country resonated with me and likely many others [”Newcomers will become part of fabric of country,” Sept. 26]. Wozniak emphasizes the importance of families...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, Ronny Almog awoke and checked Facebook and Israeli news on his computer and quickly realized something was wrong.“I called my mom in Israel, and I told her, it seems like there is a very intense war,” said Almog, who...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In a small wooded area off of Cooke Avenue, people living in camp tents spent Monday morning scrambling to collect whatever belongings they had in anticipation of what the day might bring, and writing phone numbers on their forearms in...

Our street is one huge poorly filled pothole! It’s bone-jarring to drive on the street. There are also many drainage issues. One half of Crescent Street was repaved about 20 years ago and it would be good to have the other half done. We pay taxes...

In the Oct. 2 guest column ”Backroom deals, false climate fixes,” there is a strong attack on nuclear power generation, saying “Nuclear power is not clean. It is absolutely filthy.”There are no carbon emissions in operation, the carbon issue is the...

By MANSOUR GHALIBAF

 We do things a little differently here in Northampton.It’s true. Traveling down Main Street on any given day, you don’t have to look far before you notice a retail store selling some funky clothes or a new piece of public art on the street. There are...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

One year since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, professors across the Five Colleges specializing in the Middle East, international relations and world security cast a dour view on the future of the conflict, with recent Israeli incursion...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers at the Smith College Center for Early Childhood Education at Fort Hill found themselves facing staffing shortages, high turnover rates and anxiety over whether they would have enough sick...

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — A former Northampton man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Hampshire Superior Court to the assault and rape of a Ware child younger than 14, as well as possession of child abuse material on his computer over a four-year period, an official...

By CAROLYN BROWN

A New England filmmaker will make his directorial debut later this month with a film about a local painter known for his unique style.Evan Goodchild, a Connecticut-based director originally from Springfield, will hold a sneak preview of “The Painted...

By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN

 Imagine this: a high-paid, Ivy League-educated lawyer and nonprofit executive from Los Angeles shows up in Massachusetts and claims that our restaurant workers are being paid a “sub-minimum wage” that’s below the state minimum wage. To solve this...