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Protesters at rally at Baystate hospital highlight plight of health care in Gaza, call out Neal, American Medical Association
SPRINGFIELD — Calling for an end to the destruction of hospitals and health care in Gaza, a dozen protesters gathered with songs and banners in front of Baystate Medical Center Tuesday morning.“If this were Palestine, we wouldn’t have this hospital,”...
UMass faculty, librarians vote no confidence in chancellor over protest breakup
AMHERST — Nearly 500 members of the faculty and librarians are expressing no confidence in the leadership of University of Massachusetts Chancellor Javier Reyes stemming from the breakup of a pro-Palestinian encampment on May 7 that led to the arrests...
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High schools: Ryanne Dubay tosses no-hitter as Hampshire softball blanks Wahconah in Class B quarters
With the postseason officially underway throughout western Massachusetts, the Hampshire Regional softball team felt right at home on Monday.The defending champion Raiders opened their title defense in fine fashion, as Ryanne Dubay tossed a six-inning...
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Julie Cavacco: Big things in little Goshen
Last year I became the director of Goshen Free Library. I’m a faithful subscriber to the Gazette so I knew there was a town called Goshen. There are plenty of Goshen stones used in the town I live in. In the last year I have learned that there is more...
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Multiverse of style: Volante Design in Easthampton has a mission to make jackets that anyone can wear anytime
EASTHAMPTON — When David Volante posted a photo to his blog of a custom jacket he was working on in 2012, he wasn’t expecting it to go viral.The interest in his design made him realize that people wanted what he was selling, and he could sell even...
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Speaking of Nature: Wilson’s warbler sighting my first in a decade: The story of a bird named after the ‘Father Of American Ornithology’
In 1794, a Scot named Alexander Wilson arrived in the newly-independent nation of the United States of America and got to the business of starting a new life for himself. He had been employed as a weaver back home and thought he could make a go of it...
Obituaries
Florence, MA - Eli Knapp Abrams, of Florence Massachusetts, passed away suddenly on Monday, April 22nd, 2024 in Goshen, MA. Eli was born in Beverly, MA on March 19th, 2003. He is the cherished son of Jennifer and Maury Abrams, and belov... remainder of obit for Eli Knapp Abrams
NORTHAMPTON, MA - Linda J. Mazeski,76, of Coles Meadow Road in Northampton passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 16, 2024. She was a resident of Western Massachusetts for many years and had also resided in West Palm Beach, Florida. Li... remainder of obit for Linda J. Mazeski
Sebastian, FL - Thomas "Craig" Reynolds, 74, passed away on Friday January 5, 2024 after a brief and sudden illness. He was born on May 14, 1949, in Northampton, Massachusetts to the late Thomas Reynolds and Justine Nash. Craig graduate... remainder of obit for Craig Reynolds
Springfield, MA - Sarah J. Cox, passed away on May 13, 2024. She was a resident of Springfield, Massachusetts. She was born on April 25, 1950, to the late Barbara K. (Kelton) Boyton. Sarah graduated from UMASS with a bachelor's degree a... remainder of obit for Sarah J. Cox