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By JIM BRIDGMAN

Coretta Scott King, widow of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, told Smith College women yesterday that they should become part of the “creative, dedicated minority” that is seeking to alleviate poverty, war, racism and other injustices in the world. Speaking at Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Mrs. King told the students that as “privileged women” they had a special obligation to help their fellow human beings.

By CAROLYN BROWN

EASTHAMPTON — The city will bid farewell to its outgoing poet laureate, Carolyn Cushing, and welcome its new poet laureate, Carolyn Zaikowski, this weekend.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — More than 100 residents at Applewood Retirement Community made their voices heard on the Saturday morning before Easter, appealing to preserve democracy and fight against actions by the Trump administration during a “No King” protest.

NORTHAMPTON — Sunday April 27, 2025 marks the 188th anniversary of the death of August Malczewski vel Jakubowski, an exile from a revolution in Poland. To mark the occasion, the Polish Heritage Committee of Northampton will gather on Sunday at noon at the gravesite for a brief memorial service at Bridge Street Cemetery to commemorate his death in Northampton. The public is invited to attend.

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — As the weather warms up and the outdoors become lush with greenery again, Cyrus Copen is looking forward to tidying up overgrown spaces.

NORTHAMPTON — Northampton Jazz Festival Board President Ruth Griggs, of Northampton, has been named a Jazz Hero by the Jazz Journalists Association in its 25th annual recognition of “activists, advocates, altruists, aiders and abettors of jazz” across the United States.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Several Amherst Regional High School students recently had the opportunity to travel to the State House to offer testimony to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means hearing, explaining to legislators why funding formulas for state aid to local school districts should be revised.

HAYDENVILLE — Haydenville Congregational Church is having its annual Easter Soup & Bake Sale on April 19, the Saturday before Easter, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church.

Former director of development and alumnae relations at Smith College, Herbert Heston, has agreed to volunteer his services to help the St. Michael’s Alumni Association and the Mr. and Mrs. Club, an organization of parents, mount a capital funds campaign to provide continuing support to families of children enrolled at St. Michael’s schools.

By Alison Kuznitz

With three state-funded youth mental health programs at risk of closing, lawmakers and providers ramped up their opposition this week to Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed budget cuts that come as Massachusetts continues to grapple with a behavioral health care crisis.

NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Center for the Arts (NCFA) announces the inaugural Main Street Banner Project, an opportunity for artists of all ages and experience levels to showcase their work in the heart of downtown Northampton. Local talent is invited to submit their creative images for this community initiative.

By AMY NEWSHORE

Our thoughts and beliefs about ourselves greatly impact how we feel and act in our close relationships. Humans are the only species that engage in “self-talk.” Many of us find ourselves having both positive thoughts about ourselves (for example, “I feel proud for what I just accomplished”) and other times negative and self-defeating thoughts (such as, “I am not attractive enough”). In my work with couples, it is often the derogatory self-talk that each individual engages in that contributes to the difficult and painful dynamics between partners.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Using project-based learning in the classroom, building a supportive and welcoming place and treating all students fairly and equitably are how culture is built intentionally at Wildwood School.

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By SAMUEL GELINAS

REGION — Pent-up frustration boiled over in Hampshire County on Saturday, where some 5,000 people in as many as six communities eschewed a bitter rain to send a message to President Donald Trump and Elon Musk: stop pursuing cruel policies that attack American rights and freedoms.

HOLYOKE — Job seekers across western Massachusetts are invited to a “Get Hired Job Fair” at Holyoke Mall on Wednesday, April 9, from 1 to 4 p.m., on the lower level in Macy’s Court.

By CAROLYN BROWN

NORTHAMPTON — Several Gazette staff members were honored this weekend in the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s 2024 Better Newspaper Competition, which held its awards ceremony in Portland, Maine.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Believe it or not, something good for all ages can come out of a liquor store — and one of those things has arrived on the Gazette’s comics page.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — The Florence Community Band has put on many concerts in its nearly quarter-century of existence, but the longtime group of volunteer musicians is about to embark on a first as it prepares for this spring’s annual concert.