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Should Massachusetts keep its 2024 gun law? Question 9 supporters, opponents make case at Amherst forums

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Should Massachusetts keep its 2024 gun law? Question 9 supporters, opponents make case at Amherst forums

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Community Action braces for record heating assistance applications as state expands eligibility

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Community Action braces for record heating assistance applications as state expands eligibility

by Johnny Depin

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Former Smith Academy teacher, AD pleads not guilty to indecent assault charges

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State extends public comment on Quabbin water plan withdrawal

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Domb questions Baystate’s ‘warm handoff’ of transgender patients

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Making room for play: South Hadley mom creates meetup group to connect local families

Cue the music: Dancer turned novelist Molly Terrill finds her story in her luthier father’s workshop

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Leverett resident aims to bring the Pledge of Allegiance to Town Meetings

Unveiling a treasury of classical art: Clark Art Institute displays 150 antique works from Aso Tavitian collection

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Woman, 21, killed in single-vehicle crash in Easthampton

Woman, 21, killed in single-vehicle crash in Easthampton

Three Publicans to raise the bar with new Northampton music venue

Three Publicans to raise the bar with new Northampton music venue

Sports

H.S. Roundup: Multi-goal performances lift Smith Voc boys soccer over Holyoke

Sports

H.S. Roundup: Multi-goal performances lift Smith Voc boys soccer over Holyoke

HOLYOKE — Nearing the end of the regular season, the Smith Vocational boys soccer team knows it needs every win it can get if it wants a shot at the…

by Jack Belanger

H.S. football: South Hadley suffocates Pathfinder, 34-0, for fifth straight win

Boys Athlete of the Month: Will Senn-McNally

UMass hockey aims to turn the page at home against RIT

Sports Briefs: Smith Voc one step closer to $1 million field upgrade

H.S. Roundup: Smith Voc girls volleyball returns to win column, thumps Science & Tech, 3-0

Business

South Hadley grandmother’s Citrus Sky Boutique aims to fill gap in fashionable children’s clothes

South Hadley grandmother’s Citrus Sky Boutique aims to fill gap in fashionable children’s clothes

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Three Publicans to raise the bar with new Northampton music venue

Arts & Life

For whom the bale tolls: Jae Silverman’s grassroots mission crops up in Conway

For whom the bale tolls: Jae Silverman’s grassroots mission crops up in Conway

by Eveline Macdougall

What’s the story? As the Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop celebrates 10 years, founder Joy Deva Baglio takes us back to the beginning

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‘Born to be free’: Kimaya Diggs shakes hands with destiny in album release of ‘Green’ at the Academy of Music

Outdoors

Speaking of Nature: A pale white dot: A longing look down at the Thinking Chair

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Guest columnist Jeff Gold: On the aftermath of Oct. 7 anniversary: American Jewish identity and its discontents

by Jeff Gold

Letters

Jerren Chang: Democracy is on the ballot

Columns

Guest columnist Janet Q. Nelson: The Protect Act: Will it protect us?

Columns

Guest columnists Bob Durand and Emma Ellsworth: Make nature a priority — Vote ‘yes’ on Question 6

Local Government

Ferry Street shut down in Easthampton after sinkhole reveals water pipe failure

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Ferry Street shut down in Easthampton after sinkhole reveals water pipe failure

by Sam Ferland

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Panel to review proposal to designate East Amherst village center a historic district

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Schools, overrides take center stage in FACT Force hearing

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South Hadley Town Hall to shutter on Fridays

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PETA public records lawsuits seek identities of UMass animal research panel members

by Scott Merzbach

Paradise City Arts Festival returns to Northampton this weekend with 200 artists, live music

Paradise City Arts Festival returns to Northampton this weekend with 200 artists, live music

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