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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Bike riders in the Pioneer Valley are once again able to use the ValleyBike Share system, with transportation stations reopening from Amherst to Springfield after being shut down for more than a year.The city of Northampton held a grand...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Public Library reopened its doors this weekend after the discovery of dead bats in the building prompted its temporary closure. While library staff were still able to offer some services such as curbside hours, Katya...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Public Library, which opened its building in 1881, has had its fair share of small animals find their way inside. It’s what Library Director Katya Schapiro calls an “old building thing,” and isn’t typically cause for...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — Local Burger’s Easthampton location is gearing up to celebrate an exciting new expansion: the opening of Beveridges Cocktail Lounge.Beveridges is already open for business, but its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 6...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — An award of $16,204.87 from the state’s Law Enforcement Body-Worn Camera Program will allow the city Police Department to expand its existing body-worn camera supply and related infrastructure, which will enable it to outfit all officers...
By ALEXA LEWIS
SOUTHAMPTON/EASTHAMPTON — Being “the antithesis to Live Nation” is how Tim Brault describes the mission of The Heavy Culture Cooperative (THCC).THCC, pronounced “thick,” is a Valley organization for musicians and fans, by musicians and fans, that...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — After months of dissent over impending rent hikes, tenants of One Cottage Street now have one week to make a decision: stay in their longtime art studios and small business spaces at a steeply increased rate, or relocate.Now that leases...
By ALEXA LEWIS
NORTHAMPTON/EASTHAMPTON — When Casey Flaherty started working at Nourish Wellness Cafe in 2019, she said she instantly “fell in love” with the cafe’s mission to provide the community with healthy, locally-sourced organic food. Five years later, she...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — Flooded with natural light and adorned with comfortable seating, the elementary school library at the Mountain View School offers young students a space to relax, learn and get excited about reading. But as students continue to recommend...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — After 24 years on the police force, Police Chief Robert Alberti has tendered his resignation and is set to retire in November at the conclusion of his current medical leave period.In a July 15 resignation letter to the city, Alberti...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — When veterans return home from service, they often find that they’ve missed out on valuable family time, and struggle with feelings of isolation that can be hard to reconcile.With this issue in mind, a new summer tradition is coming to...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — After almost three weeks of community collaboration and searching, Kiwi and Bandit, the “wild cows” of Easthampton, have made their way home safely.For weeks, photos, reports of sightings and comments of worry and support flooded...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — As the city’s three former elementary schools are turned into affordable housing complexes in the next few years, the city had initially planned to maintain the Pepin Elementary School gymnasium as a public recreation space. The plan...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — Springfield nonprofit Home City Development Inc. has long been planning an affordable housing project on Ferry Street. Now, they are close to finalizing a construction plan, and could be breaking ground this time next year.Peter...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — Filing through the main hallway of CitySpace, community members stopped to read the stories of One Cottage Street tenants that line the walls, detailing their relationships to the former mill building where they run their art studios....
By ALEXA LEWIS
Thousands of new affordable housing units will be built in western Massachusetts in the next few years, but local housing advocates say this still will not be enough to meet the massive regional demand for housing relief.The lack of affordable housing...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — The city is preparing to take its commitment to combating climate change to a new level now that the City Council has signed off on two key measures that will qualify Easthampton for a Climate Leader Community designation. Councilors...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — A galvanized arts community worried about looming rent hikes for artists who rent space at Cottage Street Studios downtown secured the backing of the City Council on Wednesday.At an emotional meeting featuring crying and shouting, the...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — A day of music, fireworks, food and fun awaits Pioneer Valley residents as Thunder in the Valley returns to Easthampton for its ninth year on Saturday. Thunder in the Valley is a beloved Fourth of July celebration featuring booming rock,...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — Nonotuck Pool has been a prominent facet of Easthampton summer fun for over 60 years, and now it’s better than ever. Children splashed about in the blue water and community members applauded as Mayor Nicole LaChapelle and Andrew Hunter...
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