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By Bob Flaherty

It’s a grand old flag, a high-flying flag, as the song goes — or is it? With public interest in flags on the rise, many cities and towns across the U.S., including a handful from these parts, have redesigned their flags in the last few years....

By Bob Flaherty

Editor’s note: This column written by Bob Flaherty, then a Gazette reporter, originally ran in November 2009.NORTHAMPTON — So he was cool after all. Calvin Coolidge, our 30th president, whose stern gaze is forever fixed on the comings and goings of...

By Bob Flaherty

NORTHAMPTON — “There’s wickedness in this place!” “I am innocent and God knows it! “Goody Parsons, I am not the source of your despair — you have been entertaining Satan in Northampton!”The shrieks pierced the air inside the ballroom of Hotel...