Venus venture: Mount Holyoke professor among leaders for first mission to planet in 30 years
SOUTH HADLEY — A planetary scientist has a mix of expertise in history, science and politics.But it took more than 300 papers and 40 years in astronomy research for Mount Holyoke Chair of Astronomy M. Darby Dyar to tackle the latter.Dyar is the deputy...
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A Look Back: April 15
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Sports
High schools: Holyoke boys volleyball sweeps Athol for 5th straight victory (PHOTOS)
HOLYOKE — Already down two sets to none against Holyoke, the Athol boys volleyball team was in a do-or-die situation late in the third set. With the frame tied at nine apiece, the Bears used a 7-2 run to storm ahead 16-11 and capture all momentum...
Opinion
Guest columnist William Lambers: Boston Marathon winner inspires action against hunger
In 1946, running legend Johnny Kelley, upon finishing second to Stylianos Kyriakides in the Boston Marathon, remarked “How can you beat a guy like that? He wasn’t running for himself. He was doing it for his country.”Stylianos Kyriakides was from...
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Business
Recognizing an ‘inspiring force’: City business owner honored with Black Excellence award
NORTHAMPTON — A “good soul” and “inspiring force” who enriches western Massachusetts by bringing African culture to her new downtown store recently garnered some attention from the eastern part of the state.Aimee Salmon, the founder and operator of...
Black business group presses demand for Amherst relief funds
Black business association contests Amherst’s final $3.8M in ARPA spending
Arts & Life
Weekly Food Photo Contest: This week’s winner: Nicholas Horton of Northampton
This week’s winner, Nicholas Horton of Northampton, made Ethiopian food at home with his daughter Nari Horton (also of Northampton) “with injera provided by a daughter visiting from Minneapolis.”Submit pics at features@gazettenet.com.
Obituaries
Kathleen A. Dunn
Northampton, MA - Kathleen Ann (Spellman) Dunn, 79, of Northampton, MA, passed away on April 8, 2024 surrounded by family, at Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH. She was born in P... remainder of obit for Kathleen A. Dunn
Joseph Walter Walas Jr.
Joseph Walter Walas, Jr. East Haddam, CT - Joseph Walter Walas, Jr., 73, of East Haddam, formerly of Durham, and husband of the late Linda (Good) Walas, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2... remainder of obit for Joseph Walter Walas Jr.
Rose C. Trojanowski
Northampton, MA - Rose C. Trojanowski, 103, of Agawam, formerly of Northampton, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at Agawam North Nursing Home. She was born in Chicopee Falls on Janu... remainder of obit for Rose C. Trojanowski
Raymond P. Drewitz
Greenfield, MA - Raymond Drewitz, 40, of Greenfield, MA passed away peacefully with his wife and family by his side on April 10th 2024 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. Ray gre... remainder of obit for Raymond P. Drewitz

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Sublime Systems lands $87M federal award for low-carbon cement plant in Holyoke
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