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NORTHAMPTON — More than 30 students held a sit-in Thursday morning at JFK Middle School to raise awareness about sexual harassment they say students have experienced from their peers.Those involved said participants — boys and girls — sat in a hallway...

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NORTHAMPTON — The school district is moving ahead with new training, reporting and curriculum strategies to address concerns about sexual harassment in JFK Middle School following three recent student-led demonstrations on the issue.Superintendent...

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NORTHAMPTON — Demonstrations to raise awareness of sexual harassment continued Friday at JFK Middle School. As about 100 seventh-graders walked to Look Park for a school trip, about 10 in the group held signs with messages like “Our bodies, our...

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NORTHAMPTON — As preschool students ran around the gym inside Sunnyside early child care center Tuesday afternoon, they were trailed by special visitors: board members of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care.The group stopped by...

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BELCHERTOWN — Joe Arpaio, former sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County who has styled himself “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” will be a guest speaker this weekend at a Second Amendment rally in town.Arpaio, who turns 85 this week, will speak at...

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EASTHAMPTON — Fairies on stilts, goats, fencers, mystical energy healers and much more took over Cottage Street on Saturday afternoon for the fourth annual Cultural Chaos street festival. The event, run by Easthampton City Arts with the Cottage Street...

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It’s going to start feeling like summer — the dog days of summer.It will be a pleasant weekend to attend farmers markets and other outdoor events. Those who visit Easthampton’s Cultural Chaos, an outdoor festival from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday,...

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EASTHAMPTON — Preparing for her commencement speech as salutatorian of Easthampton High School’s class of 2017, Angela Nardi created a Google document where her classmates could leave anonymous shout-outs to one another.Though Nardi said she worked...

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SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley High School’s salutatorian Bertram Thomas had a message for his graduating peers: None of them are special.“None of us,” he said, “are statistically likely to make a mark on the history of humanity.”About 140 seniors...