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By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Under new organizers and a nine-week planning schedule, Pride returned to the queer capital of Northampton last year after a three-year hiatus, and it’s back to stay.Hampshire Pride, the nonprofit that revived Pride in the Pioneer Valley...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — When Jeremy Macomber-Dubs was growing up, he was the first physically disabled person to attend his high school, with a wheelchair ramp having to be installed in the building. He has defied his condition, known as brittle bone disease,...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Amid a backdrop of frivolity complete with music, a 360-degree photo booth, and rainbow-colored beer cans, the city on Thursday raised the Progress Pride flag in celebration of the LGBTQ+ community as part of its ongoing efforts to be a...

By Sophie Hauck

NORTHAMPTON — Judy “JR” Raphael wore a bag over her head when she marched in the Northampton Pride parade during the 1970s, plainly decorated with two holes where her eyes could scan the cheering crowds without exposing her identity. Working in...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — For the first time in three years, Pride returns to the city on Saturday to celebrate the LGBTQ community with a parade, performances, vendors and a bar crawl.A new organization called Hampshire Pride is fronting the event, which will...

By Emily Thurlow

NORTHAMPTON — Pride is making a colorful return to the city this May complete with a small festival and parade courtesy of a new organization called Hampshire Pride.Picking up the rainbow-colored baton to lead this year’s festivities is Clay Pearson.A...

By HANNAH BEVIS

NORTHAMPTON — Not content with back-to-back titles, the Smith basketball team is going for the trifecta. For the third straight year, the Pioneers (25-1) punched their ticket to the NEWMAC championship with a 61-49 win over Springfield College. Morgan...

By EMILY THURLOW

NORTHAMPTON — One of state’s largest and longest-running celebrations of queer jubilance, the Noho Pride parade and festival, has been canceled this year as a new crop of organizers look to rebuild for 2023.“The plan for this year is rebuilding this...

By SHELBY ASHLINEand AVIVA LUTTRELL

GREENFIELD — With goals of promoting unity and togetherness, volunteers have organized Franklin County Pride, a burgeoning gay pride event to be held downtown on Saturday.The event will begin at 1 p.m. with a march from Greenfield Middle School on...