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NORTHAMPTON — Over the summer, Will Swyers and Ximena Salmerón, both actors, were looking for a new project. Something bold, they said. But it wasn’t an acting endeavor they turned to.They ended up taking over downtown cafe Iconica Social Club, “which...

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NORTHAMPTON — When Roy Martin announced he was running for mayor in 2017, it was his ninth — and at the time he said his last — bid for the corner office at City Hall. His name never made it onto the ballot that year. But this spring, he took out...

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NORTHAMPTON — About five years ago, Perry Cohen moved to Northampton with his family. “We basically moved to Northampton because it was so queer,” he said. “What an amazing place.”But, he found his family was driving to Providence and Boston to get...

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NORTHAMPTON — Longtime downtown business owner Bill Muller thought he had a plan — consolidate his Northampton businesses, Guild Art Supply and Pierce’s Frameshop, and his Easthampton printing business, Big Wheel Press, into one space in the old...

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NORTHAMPTON — Rue Walther moved to the Bay State Village neighborhood in 2004, drawn to it in part because she could afford it. She bought an 840-square-foot home for $185,000.She knew her next-door neighbor had a large lot, but when it was sold, she...

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NORTHAMPTON — When Diva’s Nightclub closed in 2016 after a 16-year run, the city was left without a gay venue.But that’s no longer the case. In September, the Majestic Saloon, which opened as a craft beer and wine bar last year, became a “fully popped...

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NORTHAMPTON — After an independent investigation found that the principal search committee’s work was “proper,” Lori Vaillancourt will be the new principal of Northampton High School, subject to contract negotiations, Superintendent John Provost...

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NORTHAMPTON — Advanced Placement chemistry will not be offered at Northampton High School in the fall.In a July 11 letter sent to AP chemistry students and their parents and guardians, interim principal Lori Vaillancourt wrote, “We have a change in...