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Columnist Carrie N. Baker: Protecting access to contraception: A winning issue for Democrats in November 2024

03-27-2024 3:04 PM

By CARRIE N. BAKER

In the wake of growing Republican restrictions on reproductive rights, Democrats in many states are introducing bills to protect access to contraception. In response, Republicans are blocking these bills, going on record as opposed to contraception....


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Guest columnist Rev. Julie G. Olmsted: Is everything holy?

03-27-2024 3:02 PM

By REV. JULIE G. OLMSTED

Springtime, Holy Week, Passover. It’s all about looking deeply.Palm Sunday kicked off what is the holiest time of the year for Christians, Holy Week. For many years I have meditated on this week, starting first and foremost with the question, “What...


Peter M. Haas: A scary national program

03-27-2024 3:01 PM

Recent Republican initiatives reveal an insidious systematic and escalating grand campaign aimed at a demographic transformation and even ethnic cleansing in the United States. It is becoming increasingly clear that the conservative republicans are...


David Arbeitman: A second Trump term?

03-27-2024 3:01 PM

If you’re as horrified as I am that Donald Trump could become our next president, I urge you to work now to ensure that never happens. Instead of being paralyzed by feelings of dread, I recommend acting together to protect our freedoms, including...


Guest columnist Shalini Bahl-Milne: Beyond empathy — A compassionate approach to polarizing issues in Amherst

03-26-2024 3:29 PM

By SHALINI BAHL-MILNE

The recent Amherst Town Council meeting exposed deep rifts within our community over a resolution concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These divisions highlight the formidable challenges we face when approaching complex issues: we often...


Guest columnist Bonnie Harrison: Taxes are a wake-up call: Welcome to your ‘Golden Years’

03-26-2024 3:28 PM

By BONNIE HARRISON

I’d like to respond to the letter “Where will it end?” [Gazette, Feb. 7] regarding the writer’s taxes in Northampton. Welcome to what all senior citizens are enduring on our fixed incomes. Come on over to your neighboring city of Easthampton, where...


Cynthia Schaedig: Take care of the city’s dying trees

03-26-2024 3:27 PM

I am responding to the March 21 letter to the editor titled “City trees, city responsibility.” I agree with the writer, but perhaps the solution lies with the City Council rather than just the Department of Public Works. When I purchased my house in...


Andrew Ely Morehouse: Why Colombia matters to you

03-26-2024 3:27 PM

According to the Washington Office on Latin America, in a world filled with war, violence, and extreme human suffering, Colombia is a model for how protracted complex conflicts can be resolved through political negotiation. The historic 2016 peace...


Virginia Rechtschaffen: Support Black businesses

03-26-2024 3:27 PM

If only Shawn Rochester were here to voice his views on the March 22nd Gazette article "Final ARPA spending contested." Mr. Rochester has written “The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America.” The Black Tax shows the extent to which Black...


Guest columnist Karen List: A legend made in Iowa

03-25-2024 4:14 PM

By KAREN LIST

The thousands of women who played high school basketball in Iowa over the years look at the adulation surrounding University of Iowa star Caitlin Clark and think: “That’s about right.”Clark, as you probably know, is the NCAA Division 1 all-time...


Guest columnist John Bos: With trust gone, cult seems bad choice

03-25-2024 4:12 PM

By JOHN BOS

My regular column was missing last Saturday because the metastatic cancer that has taken up residence in my lower back got in the way of my writing. Now, on a new regimen of infusion of radioactive isotopes designed to target my unwelcome cancer...


George Boucher: Riverbank environmental threat in Easthampton

03-25-2024 4:11 PM

Easthampton officials are pulling another bad move. On the property of 282 Loudville Road there is a steep 100-foot bank that goes down to the north branch of the Manhan River. On this bank is an old dump with a couple of dump truck loads of...


Dr. L. Ricard: A monumental lack of vision

03-25-2024 4:11 PM

The arrogantly ugly Ideal Moving and Storage facility built alongside the bike path is a monument to the breathtaking lack of vision of the town of Hadley for permitting such a monstrous structure. How could the town of Hadley foist such a hideous...


Leslie Sharr: They call these seedlings replacement trees?

03-25-2024 4:11 PM

With regard to Eversource cutting trees on Loudville Road in Easthampton before receiving permission, I find the requirement that they provide “tree replacements of at least 1½ inches in diameter and 12 inches in height” to be laughable at best. These...


Columnist Richard Fein: Too many realities that can’t be ignored

03-24-2024 11:18 AM

By RICHARD FEIN

This column is about Israel, especially in the context of its war against Hamas in Gaza. I am an ardent supporter of Israel who believes that it is necessary to look at all the facts, not just those that make me comfortable.Some facts: Israel has been...


Lee Armstrong: Understanding GPS

03-24-2024 11:17 AM

This is in response to the March 21 Associated Press article entitled “GPS is a covered bridge’s worst enemy.” It refers to the use of GPS as a navigational tool. I have had many friends also say that they use GPS to find a route to the desired...


Summer Cable: It is Smith College's duty to financially support the city

03-24-2024 11:17 AM

In July of 2023, outgoing UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswammy committed to pay $5.5 million to the town of Amherst over the next five years to help support its infrastructure, including the public schools. Similarly, Amherst College has...


Jim Reis: Local Legendary Heroes

03-24-2024 11:17 AM

How fortunate were all the hundreds and hundreds of runners every spring and summer for 36 years straight to have Don and Sue Grant establish and organize the Tuesday night Northampton Community Gardens 5K Cross Country Race Series from April –...


Larry Hunt: Hope for the future

03-24-2024 11:17 AM

Olin Rose-Bardawil’s inaugural column in the Gazette was masterful [”Demonization won’t help heal divisions,” March 19]. It made me optimistic that a young mind like his had perspective on our polarized country that many lack. His ideas for promoting...


Theo Matthias: Why Support Ukraine?

03-24-2024 11:17 AM

In 1991, the three greatest nuclear powers were the US, USSR, and Ukraine. The USSR’s break-up had left nuclear stockpiles in Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Ukraine possessed so many nukes, it became the world’s third largest nuclear power.In 1992,...



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