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By EMILEE KLEIN
A $12.6 million grant will build out broadband internet for almost 100 underserviced communities across the state, including customers in nine Hampshire and Franklin cities and towns.
By JONATHAN KAHANE
By RAYMOND FONTAINE
Every year at New Year’s, my wife and I watch Woody Allen’s wistful and loving tribute to the golden age of radio, “Radio Days.” The narrator of the film, Mr. Allen, reminisces about the fleeting sounds of his youth through a somewhat...
Rep. Jim McGovern deserves credit for expressing, on Dec. 17 to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, his disapproval of their continued support for what Amnesty International concludes is genocide. In a letter,...
By JONATHAN KAHANE
I voted for Kamala Harris in the recent presidential election, and I’m very “disappointed” in the result. I chose that word carefully because it, and not the outcome of the vote per se, is the focus of this essay.From the moment this campaign began...
The folks of greater Northampton are lucky again to be treated to another season of the Pioneer Valley Ballet’s Nutcracker! Thomas Vacanti and Maryanne Kodzis (with a little help from Lisa Baldyga) have been busy preparing this season’s performances...
By KURT HEIDINGER
The postmortem has arrived, concluding voters elected Donald Trump because of “the economy.” After campaigning against him with the red alert message that he is a fascist, Kamala Harris lost all seven swing states. The “economy” message, not the...
Come Nov. 6, campaign anxiety will turn to joy or disappointment. Now is a good time to consider how we would handle each.In doing so, please consider this: We will still need to deal with each other. We know our differences, but do we realize how...
By JONATHAN KAHANE
I don’t watch much television, mainly the news/weather broadcasts and a baseball game now and then if the Sox are on. Unfortunately it has become too painful to watch them recently, so instead I root against those Boys from The Bronx. Regrettably, my...
By JONATHAN KAHANE
A couple of weeks ago an alternative universe must have been created, and by some combination of supernatural forces I met up with my two college roommates at a nondescript diner somewhere in rural (very rural) Maine. We hadn’t seen each other in...
I will be 80 in November. My life experiences give me some wisdom, but they can also stilt my views. So, I increasingly lean on the wisdom of younger generations. They are the future, as I fade. With the rise of Kamala Harris, recent Mideast peace...
Peachy keenStone fruit season is in full swing and this Sunday, Aug. 18, there will be an opportunity to celebrate at the Outlook Farm Peach Festival in Westhampton. Located at the scenic Outlook Farm winery and brewery, the event will include a pig...
By JONATHAN KAHANE
I really tried this time. I gave it everything I had. I even trained for months before it began — before the flame was lit.I did my utmost to watch the Olympics on TV this year. If I watch just one more point of beach volleyball, I will go stark...
By JONATHAN KAHANE
I don’t like braggarts. I seem to find myself in their company more and more these days. It makes me feel quite uncomfortable, whether I’m in their midst or simply reading about them in a book or journal, or even listening to them drone on during...
By JONATHAN KAHANE
I admit at the outset that I have a lot of nerve to write an essay complaining about how people are using the English language these days. My teacher in high school used to put comments in the margins of my papers like “primer prose,” “dangling...
By Alexa Lewis
WESTHAMPTON — The Hampshire Regional School District may have a new permanent superintendent this week.The All-Districts Committee announced last week that they had ended discussions with Albert Ganem, who was offered the interim superintendent...
By Alexa Lewis
WESTHAMPTON — The fraught debates surrounding the Hampshire Regional Education Association’s contract have come to an official end, with the School Committee voting to ratify a new three-year contract during at its Monday meeting.The contract, already...
By Alexa Lewis
EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton City Arts (ECA) Public Art Committee will host an unveiling on Saturday of its newest sculpture on the Nashawannuck Pond Promenade. The sculpture has been years in the making, with the initial idea proposed in 2019 by...
By Alexa Lewis
WESTHAMPTON — At Westhampton’s annual Town Meeting this Saturday, voters will consider a $7 million budget for fiscal 2025 and decide whether to fund a solar installation project atop the new Public Safety Complex.The budget represents a modest 4.4%...
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