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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Next fiscal year will bring several significant developments for the city, including the creation of a new climate action department, the opening of a new Resilience Hub, a proposal to hire student officers to address a staffing shortage...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The brace on Tai Pettiford-Rowan’s right knee weighed her down.For a gymnast used to flying, the titanium apparatus that weighed roughly three pounds burdened her mind as much as her lower extremities. It reminded her that her surgically repaired knee...

By RICHARD SZLOSEK

I am a volunteer docent at the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Museum in Forbes Library and, as a result, random ordinary things often trigger thoughts about Calvin and Grace Coolidge to my mind. An example of this is Bill Danielson’s column on raccoons...

The Northampton Agricultural Commission is an advisory group, composed of farmers who represent and advocate for the farming community in greater Northampton. Over the years we have heard again and again from struggling farmers that the city of...

We like our coffee strong and our women stronger. We also like allowing fossil fuel-ridden companies to occupy the corner of our historic streets. As a city that prides itself on being a leader in creating a more sustainable and equitable future, it...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A new Mexican restaurant is coming to downtown, taking over the Main Street space formerly occupied by Mama Iguana’s. Mexcalito Taco Bar, a restaurant and bar serving authentic Mexican tacos that opened in Amherst in 2021, expects to...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Property magnate Eric Suher has until the end of September to either reopen five downtown entertainment venues or transfer their liquor licenses to a third party before the city revokes the licenses, according to an agreement he reached...

Dear Northampton Community: It was such a joy to have the annual Letter Carriers Food Drive back this year and to see the outpouring of generosity from across the community. People support the Northampton Survival Center in many ways and for many...

By SYLVIA STAUB

I find myself, lately, in a mood of despair about the future of our species. We humans, as a whole, have still not grasped the seriousness of the situation we have created for ourselves.Since the early 19th century, we have used our highly evolved...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

WESTHAMPTON – Hampshire Regional catcher Reagan Dubay trotted over to Raiders coach Brian McGan.He called timeout and waved her over. “If Joss strikes this next girl out throw me the ball,” McGan said. He knew his pitcher Jocelyn Mettey sat at 499...

By JOHN PARADIS

May is National Military Appreciation Month. Designated by Congress in 1999 to honor past and present military members and their families, the month includes several commemorations, including Loyalty Day, VE Day, Military Spouse Appreciation Day,...

Editor’s note: The following column is in response to recent letters and guest columns about J.M Sorrell’s May 3 column “Misogyny as entertainment and entitlement.” By J.M. SORRELL I was a guest columnist for the Daily Hampshire Gazette for many...

The student journalists for the Amherst Regional High School newspaper The Graphic are to be commended for their reporting, which has ultimately resulted in an apparent investigation into alleged transphobic behavior by three school counselors at...

Around the valley, we are seeing a growing number of hardworking people lose their jobs and face punishment when their actions and words are deemed threatening to the politically correct agenda. The most notable of these incidents is the withdrawal of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — PFAS contamination from using treated sludge as a fertilizer, leaving the so-called forever chemicals in the soil and groundwater, has forced the closure of dairy farms in Maine and impacted more than 50 farms in that state.While similar...

We are frequent visitors to Northampton’s beautiful Rocky Hill Greenway and the old golf course, now city conservation land, on Old Wilson Road. It is a wonderful place to enjoy nature and bask in the beauty of the outdoors. It is Northampton’s...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A perceived lack of transparency, a need for child care support and a fear of having to conform to prevailing ideologies were some of the reasons given by residents surveyed by the city to evaluate potential obstacles to serving on...

By THE REV. PETER KAKOS

Amid the ruinous aftermath of the first Civil War, in 1868, Anne Reeves Jarvis of West Virginia conceived the idea of setting aside a day for a badly wounded nation to begin to heal, by arranging for grieving mothers of the Confederacy and of the...

By THOMAS WEINER

I recently learned of a troubling incident. A Black man was teaching his wife how to drive in a parking lot and a white woman called the police. Sound familiar?Such reactions didn’t begin with the Central Park, N.Y. story of that particular “Karen”...

By JOYCE TOUSEY

According to the American Library Association, a common definition of hate speech is “any form of expression through which a speaker intends to vilify, humiliate, or incite hatred against a group or a class of persons on the basis of race, religion, …...