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Emotional testimony as Easthampton council backs psychedelics ballot initiative
EASTHAMPTON — At an emotionally charged meeting full of deeply personal stories from community members and officials, the City Council voted to approve a resolution supporting Question 4 on Election Day next month. The proposed law would provide...
Fresh start for familiar restaurant: Former Taipei and Tokyo reopens in Northampton as Taipei Hibachi
NORTHAMPTON — Tucked on the steep hill of Crafts Avenue across from City Hall downtown, Taipei Hibachi is trying to make a new name for itself.Inside the newly opened hibachi restaurant, a renovated open floor plan invites customers to a counter...
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Football: Easthampton earns first win of the season with 20-19 victory over Belchertown
EASTHAMPTON — The Belchertown football team had a chance to erase its previous mistakes with under four minutes to play, as the Orioles trailed Easthampton 20-19 but had possession of the ball and hopes to drive down the field for the win.After...
Opinion
Guest columnist Richard Szlosek: Chopin on the ocean
All four of my grandparents were born in Poland, and my father’s parents actually lived with us. Because of that fact, there was often polka music playing on the radio in our house when I was a young boy in the late 1940s.The most popular station was...
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An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
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Business
Making news in business, Oct. 11
Hager joins Market Mentors as PR execSPRINGFIELD — Market Mentors, LLC, a marketing, advertising and public relations agency, recently welcomed Christina Hager of Granby to its team as a public relations account executive. The two-time New England...
Arts & Life
‘One sentence can change the course of a relationship’: Valley Players stage first full production, ‘Constellations,’ this weekend and next
Valley Players, a local volunteer theater group formed earlier this year, will perform their first full production in Amherst this weekend and next.The show, “Constellations,” by playwright Nick Payne, will be at Munson Memorial Library in Amherst...
Obituaries
Raymond Edward Marois, Jr. Pinehurst, NC - Raymond E. Marois Jr., 83 of Pinehurst NC passed peacefully to our Lord on Sunday, October 6, 2024 at Peak Resources Pine Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, NC. Raymond was bor... remainder of obit for Raymond Edward Marois Jr.
Granby, MA - Barbara A. (Nicholoplus) Tetrault, 70, died October 4, at her home. She was a longtime resident of Granby, and was a paraprofessional in the Granby Public School System for 31 years. Her favorite moments were those spent pu... remainder of obit for Barbara A. Tetrault
East Longmeadow, MA - Thomas Theodore Roman, 81, passed away on October 5, 2024 at Baystate Medical Center. Born in Torrington, CT on February 23, 1943, he was the son of the late Theodore and Emily (Radocy) Roman. He attended Becker Co... remainder of obit for Thomas Roman
Northampton, MA - Keyvan Karbasioun, deeply loved by all who knew him, passed away peacefully on Wednesday October 2, 2024, in Northampton surrounded by his loved ones after a long and courageous battle with an illness. Born on Dece... remainder of obit for Keyvan Karbasioun