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By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...

By POLICE CHIEF JENNIFER GUNDERSEN

 At a recent Community Office Hours, I had the opportunity to hear from longtime South Hadley resident Ray Rondeau. Mr. Rondeau explained to me, like many other residents have during my community conversations, that the aggressive driving in South...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Town Meeting members will discuss eight bylaws to update the flexible development zoning bylaw, create animal impoundment guidelines and remove lawn care requirements during a special Town Meeting on Wednesday.The meeting at the Pioneer...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Expanding the senior housing overlay district to accommodate a development off North Maple Street, adjusting the accessory dwelling unit bylaw and providing funding for a protective area beneath the new playground at Hadley Elementary School...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Within the first few minutes of Robert Mandeville’s arrival at Loomis Village each day, 30 to 40 seniors crowd into the mailroom to chat with “Bob the Mailman.” “They (Loomis Village residents) don’t have visitors coming in all the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — More than three months after the city of Northampton ordered a regional auto dealer to remove some 300 vehicles being stored at a vacant King Street lot it owns, the dealership’s owners have zeroed in on a spot in Hadley to keep the new...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Whether filled with cheese, chicken or chocolate, or served at breakfast, lunch or dinner — or for dessert — both savory and sweet crepes are a great food concept, says The Skinny Pancake founder Benjy Adler.“It is an unusually versatile...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A group purchasing program for electricity, designed to increase renewable energy use while also providing electricity supply options that help residents and businesses manage their costs, will be extended another three years.Hadley officials...

On Nov. 6, Donald J. Trump Sr. won election to a second term as president of the United States. With this development, the work of those who value democracy in this country has entered a new phase.In a Sept. 30 letter to the Gazette, I wrestled with...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A proposal to construct a new Mosier Elementary School building is moving forward after the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s board of directors approved the project to begin its feasibility phase. “We’re pretty thrilled,”...

I am writing to express my concern regarding proposed Article 9, which the South Hadley Planning Board intends to bring to a vote at the special Town Meeting on Nov. 13. In talking to my neighbors and people I know in town, many are totally unaware...

The article on new and amended zoning bylaws being voted on at the Nov. 13 South Hadley Town Meeting just scratches the surface of residents’ alarm over the harm they will cause. The zoning hands our town to developers.Even the chairs of the Tree...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Despite a recent police staffing study suggesting South Hadley hire five more officers to fill in patrol gaps, residents at a recent forum had a different idea — reduce the workload of existing officers by spending more to address the...

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 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...

I have been both puzzled and disappointed by the Kamala Harris campaign’s failure to put strengthening Social Security at the center of its message. This is an issue that transcends race and region, and appeals to a large majority of voters.Currently,...

By ANDY MORRIS-FRIEDMAN

I have to confess that a little part of me (the satirical part) is a little sad to think that this election, if he loses, will be the last hurrah of the Trump presidency. Time sure flies by when you’re great again. Soon I’ll be making fun of a new...

By JACK CZAJKOWSKI

 About 30 years ago I moved back to Hadley after working as an engineer at a textile mill in New Hampshire. I went to UMass to earn my license to teach middle school science while working part time on my brothers’ farm. My sisters were all teachers,...

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 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...