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By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — When Mount Holyoke College researchers Serin Houston and Anatasica Tucker talk about their recently completed database of migrant sanctuary policies enacted across the country, they can’t help but laugh at the sheer amount of work they...

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Give, touch, wait, OK.Winnie, a gray poodle mix with fluffy ears and a puff at the end of her tail, looks at her owner Naomi Rosenberg with big, excited eyes. She had followed each command from Rosenberg enthusiastically to get to her...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...

While I appreciate that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s talking points have gained some currency in the Valley, it still remains that the simplest, fastest way to end the harms in Ukraine is for Russia to cease and desist from its aggressions...

Vice President Kamala Harris has given new energy to the Democratic Party. Harris supports democracy instead of destroying it.Harris supports the poor and middle classes instead of the rich 1 percent. Harris supports women instead of abusing them,...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A porch fire early Sunday was most likely caused by smoking materials, prompting fire officials to remind smokers to use caution when disposing of cigarette butts.Fire District 1 responded to the fire at 3 Warner St., in the town’s...

Anyone who wishes may go to the website of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society to read about the extraordinary sacrifices of the 3,519 Americans who have been awarded the medal since its inception during the Civil War.Then you may also wish to...

I value guest columnist John Berkowitz as a contributor who genuinely wants peace; and, so, I looked up authors whom he cites as informing his views on Ukraine and Russia [“Past time to end wars in Ukraine, Palestine,” Gazette, Aug. 9]. These writers...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Residents who visit the transfer station and compost area will pay more — in some cases more than double — for recycling old electronics, mattresses, ridged plastics and other items.The increases are being implemented to help offset...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A new police staffing study recommends hiring five police officers to fill gaps in patrol coverage caused by a growing amount of specialty services and administrative work, but town officials will wait to make any decisions on public...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — After an emotional two hours of testimony Monday night from witnesses of a local dog’s three attacks from the past year, the Select Board deemed the dog dangerous and unanimously voted that it be humanely euthanized.“What’s really...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Access to books in the early years of a child’s life have proven time and again to boost literacy and ensure proficiency in reading.One two-decade study found that having 500 books at home advanced a child an average of 3.2 years...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — On a woody hillside in a 100-plus-acre private parcel, Phoebe Weinberg, her face blocked by a shield attached to her hard helmet, begins dismantling an autumn olive growing over a red oak sapling. The roar of the chainsaw covers the...

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CHICOPEE — A South Hadley man is being charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol following a two-car crash on Memorial Drive that killed the driver of the other vehicle on the evening of July 25, according to Chicopee...

In wanting peace for Ukraine and for Russia, there are different ways of envisioning what that would look like. Some imagine a dividing line as between North and South Korea, a sort of armed truce that postpones a reconciliation of differences until...

As a Democrat, I’m tired of being threatened with “civil war” by the MAGA crowd if their candidate doesn’t win. As the grandchild of immigrants with “funny names,” I’m tired of being told that I’m somehow less of an American than people with a “better...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A large pile of wood beams, wood panels, metal piping and insulation encased in four dilapidated walls is all that’s left of the historic building on the corner of Carew and West Main streets that partially collapsed last month. The...

By Staff Report

SOUTH HADLEY — A 25-year-old South Hadley man who threatened suicide, before leading South Hadley, Granby, Hadley and State Police on a vehicle pursuit from the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School campus to Route 9 in Hadley Thursday...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The state has temporarily taken over a beleaguered nursing home in South Hadley that came under scrutiny last week after a variety of complaints were lodged against it, including unpaid wages, staffing shortages and unpaid taxes to the...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — With official approval from the Select Board and Massachusetts Historical Commission, South Hadley is moving closer to establishing its first local historic district at the Old Firehouse Museum and Fred M. Smith Memorial Green.“The...