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NORTHAMPTON — It’s not every day a city finds itself facing not one, but two prospective multi-story apartment buildings to be built on the site of former churches.

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NORTHAMPTON — A coalition of activist groups plans to come together to protest against L3Harris KEO in Northampton, alleging that the company’s continued presence goes against a city resolution opposing the nuclear arms industry.

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NORTHAMPTON — With municipal elections still six months away, the winds of change are blowing through the Northampton School Committee.

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NORTHAMPTON — The City Council is once again asking the state Legislature for permission to prohibit landlords and real estate brokers from charging prospective tenants a broker’s fee to rent property in the city.

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The Massachusetts congressional delegation is demanding answers from the federal government after hundreds of arts grants under the National Endowment for the Humanities, including dozens earmarked for institutions in the Pioneer Valley, were canceled on the seeming recommendation of billionaire Elon Musk.

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NORTHAMPTON — Grow Food Northampton’s Tuesday Market returns for the season today, with the market’s manager Helen Kahn emphasizing the particular urgency of buying from local farmers this year.

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NORTHAMPTON — Mental health organization ServiceNet has opened a new wellness center in the heart of Northampton, hoping to emphasize the link between physical health and mental well-being.

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NORTHAMPTON — Opposition to a proposed five-story apartment complex at the corner of Phillips Place and Hawley Street continues to mount ahead of a scheduled Planning Board meeting this week to discuss the project.

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NORTHAMPTON — Hundreds of protesters descended on downtown Northampton on Saturday, shutting down traffic as they marched against actions taken by the administration of President Donald Trump.

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NORTHAMPTON — City Council President Alex Jarrett will not seek a fourth term representing Ward 5 this fall, one of several developments that continue to happen ahead of the deadline to file nomination papers for the upcoming municipal election in November.

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NORTHAMPTON — The room on the second floor of the Northampton Music Center reached standing-room only on Monday night as the Northampton Cycling Club hosted a public forum on bringing a pump track to the city.

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SPRINGFIELD — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell issued a stark warning that the country risked moving toward a situation of “authoritarianism versus democracy” under U.S. President Donald Trump, calling on her fellow lawyers to fight against the administration and to protect constitutional rights.

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NORTHAMPTON — Come the upcoming municipal elections in November, at least half of the Northampton School Committee members will be different from the ones who started at the beginning of the current term.

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NORTHAMPTON — As the movement to ban smartphones in schools gains momentum in the state, a new group of local parents and educators has been formed to highlight the dangers kids are facing from the devices, as well as to advocate for school policies and state laws around youth smartphone access.

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NORTHAMPTON — The School Committee on Thursday approved a recommendation for a massive increase in school spending in the upcoming fiscal year budget, although some members acknowledged the prospect of actually doing so represented a nearly impossible financial challenge for the city.

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NORTHAMPTON — ValleyBike Share is adding more than 100 new bikes and welcoming a new city to its operations, thanks to a nearly $1 million state grant.

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NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Education Foundation (NEF) has awarded its first two grants since completing a restructuring that will allow it to fund projects across the city’s school district in perpetuity.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city may soon again ask the state Legislature for permission to prohibit landlords and real estate brokers from charging prospective tenants a broker’s fee to move into a residential unit.

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NORTHAMPTON — A week after nomination papers became available in the city clerk’s office, several candidates have already thrown their hat in the ring for Northampton’s municipal election this fall.

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NORTHAMPTON — For Sarah Ahearn, the movement to legalize overdose prevention centers in Massachusetts is a deeply personal one.

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NORTHAMPTON — After more than five years of sitting vacant, the site of the old Faces store at 175 Main St. will finally have a new occupant, one that’s already established itself as a downtown mainstay of downtown.