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Area property deed transfers, May 23
Making news in business, May 23
Photos: Summer on Strong begins Wednesday
Run for, by its employees: Paragus IT completes 8-year transition to being 100% employee-owned
HADLEY — When the employees of Paragus Strategic IT’s Hadley office stroll into the office on a given morning, they know that they have a good reason to stay there. After implementing the first stages of a plan in 2016 to transfer ownership of the...
Hadley’s Hampshire Mall faces foreclosure
HADLEY — Hampshire Mall, one of the largest commercial properties along Route 9 since opening in 1978, is heading to a foreclosure auction next month.A legal advertisement in Wednesday’s Gazette from Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin P.C. attorneys of...
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Hadley’s Hampshire Mall faces foreclosure
UMass faculty, librarians vote no confidence in chancellor over protest breakup
South Hadley elementary school staff vote no confidence in principal
As Asparagus Festival nears, concerns aired over use of Town Common
Hampshire Regional student-athletes sign letters of intent
Stephen B. Constant: Applauds UMass response to protests
Editors Picks
A Look Back, May 22
M/other’s time to shine: MICAfest runs in three Northampton venues through May
The Beat Goes On: The Iron Horse comes back to life, Joni Mitchell’s music is celebrated in Turners Falls, and more
Rattling those musical bones: Folk/blues veteran Chris Smither releases his 20th album ahead of 80th birthday
Sports
Tatum scores 36, Brown hits 3 to force OT and Celtics edge Pacers 133-128 in Game 1 of East finals
Tatum scores 36, Brown hits 3 to force OT and Celtics edge Pacers 133-128 in Game 1 of East finalsEds: UPDATES: with details. Updates Media.BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum scored 36 points, including 10 in overtime after Jaylen Brown’s tying 3-pointer with...
Opinion
David Gottsegen: Valuable lessons in Belchertown
As a Belchertown resident, I was proud to read about the implementation of the Anti-Defamation League’s No Place for Hate program at Jabish Brook Middle School [“Change for a school’s climate,” Gazette, May 16]. The school reacted to the shocking...
Lois Gagnon: Party disenfranchisement is not what democracy looks like
Steve Mccafferty: Kudos to National Grid
Columnist Razvan Sibii: Should ‘America’ be a synonym for the ‘United States of America’?
Stephen B. Constant: Applauds UMass response to protests

Business
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...
Consumer Corner with Anita Wilson: AT&T breach a cautionary tale
Making news in business, May 16
Area property deed transfers, May 16
Area property deed transfers, May 2
Arts & Life
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
Eli Knapp Abrams
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
Dr. Sydney Helfen
Easthampton, MA - Dr. Sydney Helfen, 80, passed away Friday May 17th at home surrounded by his family. Funeral and burial services were Sunday May 19th in New Jersey. For a full obituary and shiva information, please visit ascherzimmerm... remainder of obit for Dr. Sydney Helfen
Linda J. Mazeski
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
Craig Reynolds
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

Mystery shrouds case of injured moose euthanized in Sunderland
Hatfield voters reject override for Fire Department
Williamsburg school committee seat yet to be filled
Whately’s Rainbow Motel fire was likely accidental, investigators say
Easthampton Media to screen ‘Four Winters’ documentary on Thursday
Guest columnist Rev. Peter Kakos: The saving grace of college protests
High schools: Top-seeded PVCICS boys tennis punches ticket to Class C final (PHOTOS)
UMass baseball: Dayton holds off Minutemen 4-1 in opening round of Atlantic 10 tourney
Hampshire Regional student-athletes sign letters of intent
High schools: Ryanne Dubay tosses no-hitter as Hampshire softball blanks Wahconah in Class B quarters
Rendevous with the paper of record: Northampton artist Katy Schneider paints official portrait of New York Times publisher
Valley artists offer new sounds for spring: Singer-songwriter Lisa Bastoni and folk-rockers Eavesdrop release new records
‘A generational healing experience’: Exhibit documents the struggles of Cambodian families fleeing the Khmer Rouge who found refuge and a new community in Amherst
Speaking of Nature: Surprised by strawberries in the grass: Flowers will bloom whether you pay attention or not