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Stella Jane McHugh: Draining Paradise Pond — a necessary but painful ritual
11-04-2024 8:09 PM

For students, faculty, and residents of Northampton, Paradise Pond is more than a picturesque landscape; it’s a natural haven offering respite from daily stresses. Each winter, however, this serene body of water is drained, and sediment is scraped...


Decision time: Big day expected at Pioneer Valley polls
11-04-2024 5:44 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Even as about a third of eligible voters in the region and across the state have already cast their ballots in the presidential election, many more voters are expected to come out to the polls on Tuesday to decide national, state and local races, as...


Fire danger remains high statewide: Fitzgerald Lake blaze in Northampton one of 200 statewide in last month
11-04-2024 4:25 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON – As the threat of a brush fire that scorched 55 acres of wilderness in the Fitzgerald Lake Conservation Area waned on Monday, state fire officials say Massachusetts is not out of the woods yet when it comes to fires that have proliferated...


Dale Melcher, Martin Wohl, and Megan Rubiner Zinn: NEF is G-R-A-T-E-F-U-L for our community!
11-04-2024 4:16 PM

Northampton Education Foundation’s 22nd annual Adult Spelling Bee on Oct. 22 was a great success! Thanks to our generous community, we raised more than $12,000 for NEF’s Small Grants to Educators program, which supports innovative teaching and...


Amy Jo Mitrani: Wishing hope and renewal
11-04-2024 4:16 PM

“So glad to be with you Sam Ganges, here at the end of all things” For all you Lord of the Rings fans, you will recognize this quote from “The Return of the King” when Mordor is destroyed and it seems as though our protagonists have no way out and it...


Julie Brand Asbornsen: Schools deserve better
11-04-2024 4:16 PM

I have been following with great interest Northampton Superintendent of Schools Portia Bonner’s “road show” of community meetings where she touts the benefits of an austerity school budget to stakeholders.The feedback I have heard from attendees is...


Easthampton woman pleads guilty to fatal stabbing of ex-boyfriend, sentenced to 16-19 years for manslaughter
11-04-2024 4:03 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton woman originally facing murder charges for the death of her ex-boyfriend in March 2023 pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter on Monday and was sentenced to 16 to 19 years in state prison.Jean Marie Echevarria,...


State doles out $3.4M to regional farms for infrastructure work
11-03-2024 10:30 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Still recovering from a devastating fire that destroyed its barn and farm store at 7 Carver St., Red Fire Farm in Granby is receiving $500,000 from the state’s Farm Security Infrastructure Grant program, money that will go some of the...


‘Everyone is nervous’: Anxiety high as many Valley residents worry about voting results, fallout as election nears
11-01-2024 8:00 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Halloween may have come and gone, but residents across Hampshire County still find themselves with feelings of fear and dread as the U.S. presidential election nears.“I’m so scared,” said Becky Morris of Easthampton. “I think our whole country, our...


Northampton gateway properties near I-91, primed for development, bought as group
11-01-2024 5:50 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Nine properties within a gateway area to the city, bounded by Pleasant and Conz streets and including Service Center Road, were recently purchased by a West Springfield property management company.The sites, which include buildings with...


How free speech is won: Former NHS teacher, others turn book-banning case into documentary ‘Banned Together’ at Bombyx
11-01-2024 5:18 PM

By CAROLYN BROWN

When director Kate Way, a current UMass Lowell assistant professor and former Northampton High School teacher, had just finished teaching a course on book banning in the fall of 2022, the very subject she was teaching became, to her surprise, the...


Feral cat in Northampton tests positive for rabies
11-01-2024 3:40 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city is issuing a caution to local residents after a feral cat found in the city tested positive for rabies. The cat, described as large, black and with long hair, was found in the area around Clement Street in Florence on Saturday,...


Guest columnist Leigh Graham: Yes on 2 — MCAS is a benchmark, not a barrier
11-01-2024 3:20 PM

By LEIGH GRAHAM

 I’m voting yes on Question 2 because I value the MCAS as a benchmark, not a barrier. For students with disabilities, MCAS scores are an essential measure of academic progress that help with setting goals and measurable objectives in Individualized...


Chris Harper: Grateful for community support
11-01-2024 3:19 PM

On behalf of Whole Children, I want to extend a heartfelt appreciation to our community for the overwhelming support shown at our 20th anniversary celebration last week. A sold-out crowd gathered at the Northampton Center for the Arts for an evening...


Guest columnist Roni Gold: Join me in voting ‘no’ on Question 2 to ensure statewide equity in education
10-30-2024 4:31 PM

By RONI GOLD

 As a Springfield public school teacher, proud Massachusetts Teachers Association member, parent of two kids in the Northampton schools, and a former Northampton School Committee member, I am voting “no” on Question 2 because a statewide graduation...


Northampton only municipality in WMass invited into state fossil fuel-free building pilot program
10-30-2024 4:15 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city has been selected as the 10th and final municipality in the state — and the only one in western Massachusetts — to participate in a state pilot program that would require all future construction and major renovations to be...


Highlands operetta: Valley Light Opera staging Gilbert and Sullivan classic ‘Mikado,’ Scottish-style
10-30-2024 2:12 PM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic operetta “The Mikado” is coming to the Academy of Music — this time, with a Scottish twist.Amherst-based Valley Light Opera will present “The McAdo,” an adaptation of “The Mikado,” on the weekends of Nov. 1-3 and 8-10....


South Hadley man gets 5-7 years for stealing $130K from Northampton, Deerfield antique businesses
10-30-2024 12:13 PM

By Staff Report

NORTHAMPTON — A South Hadley man was sentenced to serve five to seven years in state prison after admitting in Hampshire Superior Court Tuesday that he stole more than $100,000 in goods from antique businesses in Northampton and Deerfield in 2023,...


Guest columnist Jeff Napolitano: Genocide, apartheid on the ballot at co-op
10-29-2024 8:00 PM

By JEFF NAPOLITANO

 This Wednesday, our local co-op grocery store will have a membership meeting to discuss a petition and poll asking the store to boycott products from Israel. The petition was brought by members of the co-op as part of a worldwide effort to...


Plowing ahead: DCR agrees to keep Norwottuck trail cleared of snow from Northampton to Amherst
10-29-2024 2:41 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Biking year-round from his Northampton home to teach at Amherst College, Nicholas Horton can face major challenges in using a nearly 5-mile section of the Norwottuck Rail Trail following snowstorms, having to detour from the dedicated...

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