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Popular jeweler signing off: Ted’s Creative Jewelers owner says it will be ‘heart-wrenching’ to close store after 27 years
11-08-2024 2:30 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — After 27 years as a beloved community staple, Ted’s Creative Jewelers Inc. is closing its doors. After decades of creating jewelry cherished by members of the Southampton community and beyond, the store’s owner, Ted Blais, is looking...

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Gomez ready for Beacon Hill: Easthampton City Council president set to replace Dan Carey as state rep for 2nd Hampshire District
11-10-2024 1:00 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Easthampton City Council President Homar Gomez is ready to make the leap to Beacon Hill after concluding his uncontested bid to represent the 2nd Hampshire District in the State House.Once he is sworn into office in the new year, Gomez...


Pease fends off challenge, will serve third term as state rep for Southampton and Westfield
11-06-2024 3:55 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — Incumbent state Rep. Kelly Pease experienced a sweeping victory at the polls on Tuesday and will continue his tenure on Beacon Hill for a third term. In one of just a handful of contested local elections this year, Pease, a member of the...


Around the Hamptons: Easthampton family seeks help after car crashes into home
11-03-2024 12:00 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Vanasse family, left shaken and without a place to live after a speeding car crashed into their home last month, is raising funds to get back on their feet. Jason Vanasse was washing the windows of his work vehicle at night on Oct....


Gravel pit plan near Montgomery-Southampton town line worries homeowners
11-03-2024 11:01 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON/MONTGOMERY — Residents along Montgomery Road in Southampton — which becomes Southampton Road upon entering Montgomery — chose their homes for the quiet, rural feel of the community.This is why so many homeowners along this road near the...


CHD sets up shop in heart of Easthampton
11-01-2024 3:23 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Center for Human Development (CHD) has moved its outpatient behavioral health clinic from Northampton Street to a bigger, more central location in the heart of Easthampton.The clinic’s new location at 65 Union St. not only nearly...


River Valley Co-op members overwhelmingly say no to boycott of Israeli products
10-31-2024 5:04 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After months of emotional debate surrounding a proposed boycott of Israeli goods at River Valley Co-op, the results of an advisory poll among co-op members show overwhelming opposition to the “Apartheid-Free River Valley Co-op”...


Easthampton’s digital access, literacy gets nearly $100K boost
10-31-2024 3:13 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The city has been awarded a $99,515 grant by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) to increase digital literacy and access among residents. The funding comes as part of a $1.33 million MBI...


In lawsuit, Perrone says Easthampton School Committee wrong to rescind superintendent offer over ‘ladies’ controversy
10-31-2024 1:10 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Vito Perrone, whose 2023 offer to head Easthampton Public Schools was rescinded over his use of the word “ladies” in an email, is suing the city and the five members of the School Committee who voted to take back his offer.The lawsuit,...


Around the Hamptons: Easthampton seeks comment on Envision Main Street project; Southampton responds to brush fire, issues warning
10-30-2024 11:59 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The city is seeking feedback from the public on the proposed concept design for its Envision Main Street project. This re-imagining of Main Street was presented to over two dozen members of the public at a public meeting last Thursday,...


As number of health care workers in Valley dwindle, experts at UMass summit brainstorm ways to reverse trend
10-29-2024 4:49 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

AMHERST — As rural western Massachusetts watches its populations steadily age, reliable, accessible health care only becomes more important. But since the COVID-19 pandemic, workforce shortages in the industry have been more pronounced than before,...


Southampton voters face choice for state representative for 4th Hampden District
10-29-2024 9:59 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — Southampton residents have likely spotted the splashes of blue and white or purple and green signs posted on various lawns, endorsing one of two candidates for state representative. Over the course of this campaign season, some may have...


Easthampton property owners appeal city’s OK of Growing Green affordable housing project
10-27-2024 2:34 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — An affordable housing development recently granted a comprehensive permit by the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals has been called “a beautiful vision gone awry” in a legal complaint now filed in Land Court by the property’s abutters.The...


Easthampton treasure to close: Sonnet and Sparrow’s owner to retire at end of year
10-26-2024 3:19 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Sonnet and Sparrow, a familiar part of the Cottage Street Cultural District filled with handpicked selections of sweaters, jewelry, home furnishings and more, will soon close its doors. The store’s owner, Cynthia West, said that it is...


$25M Mass Audubon grant will fuel Connecticut River watershed conservation
10-25-2024 5:44 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Mass Audubon has received the largest federal grant in its 128-year history — $25 million to protect 10,000 acres in the Connecticut River watershed, which will include projects in Pioneer Valley municipalities up and down the river.The funding from...


Around the Hamptons: Easthampton’s Rag Shag Parade set for Tuesday
10-24-2024 11:09 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The city’s annual Rag Shag Parade invites all friendly neighborhood ghosts, goblins, witches and other characters to gather for a night of community and candy on Tuesday. The event is a beloved part of the Halloween season in...


Southampton police issue ‘bail scam’ alert
10-22-2024 10:20 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — The Southampton Police Department has issued a scam alert and is requesting information from the public after a local family was recently targeted and lost a “significant amount” of money.According to the Police Department, the family...


Feelings run high at River Valley Co-op over ‘de-shelving’ campaign targeting Israeli products
10-21-2024 5:07 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — River Valley Co-op’s more than 16,000 member-owners are being asked to participate in an advisory poll regarding the removal of Israeli products from its shelves at its Easthampton and Northampton locations.The petition supporting this...


Friends, family recall South Hadley teen, 17, as ‘just the sweetest person’
10-19-2024 12:21 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Community members are rallying to celebrate the life of Elise Ollmann-Kahle, a Williston Northampton School student and South Hadley resident who died earlier this month at the age of 17 of complications from cancer. Friends and family...


Easthampton family left shaken, houseless after car crashes into home
10-18-2024 8:06 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Jason Vanasse stood in his driveway, washing the windows of his work vehicle, when a car came speeding down the road, jumped the curb, and crashed into his home. He says the vehicle missed him by only a few inches, and the anxiety it...


Tombstone, bones stop work at Florence construction site
10-18-2024 3:22 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — A construction crew unearthed an unexpected discovery while digging at a work site in Florence: an old tombstone, and near it, bones. Workers at the site quickly called the Police Department to investigate what they had found...

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