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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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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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