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NORTHAMPTON — Tony Ryan has been many things over the past 50 years — a special education teacher, a youth soccer coach, a beekeeper, a marathon runner and a teacher of transcendental meditation.Now Ryan can add one more thing to his resume: parade...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Rally Day, one of Smith College’s oldest traditions, returned in full force on Thursday, the first time since February 2020 that it had been held fully in person.The event is a celebration for the school’s graduating senior class, who...

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NORTHAMPTON — Ventilation systems, pickleball courts and manhole covers honoring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are just some of the projects awarded grants by the city of Northampton, using $4 million the city received in American Rescue Act Plan...

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NORTHAMPTON — After 35 years of service, Joe Cook is retiring as the city of Northampton’s chief procurement officer, as the position becomes a part of the newly-created Climate Action and Project Administration Department.A native of Arkansas, Cook...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON – More than 60 organizations in the city will receive a portion of $4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to be divvied up by the city, based on recommendations made last week by Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra.The mayor designated the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city is moving ahead with plans to create a joint commission to investigate racial harms against Black residents and workers in Northampton, making a statement as part of a nationwide conversation on reparations in the country.The...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital is getting a rebranding that emphasizes the Northampton hospital’s ties with the Mass General Brigham health care system.New entrance signs leading into the hospital at 30 Locust St. now display the Mass General...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Firefighters and EMTs at Northampton Fire Rescue are hoping to secure a new contract with the city and avoid arbitration ahead of a scheduled mediation on Monday.The union representing Northampton Fire Rescue, Local 108, has been without...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Only two months removed from their invitation to the White House, Gina and Heidi Nortonsmith found themselves once again on a train to Washington, D.C. this week, this time to serve as guests for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union...

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NORTHAMPTON — Some $1.23 million in Community Preservation Act money approved by the City Council last week will go toward 11 projects, including affordable housing downtown and in Leeds, outdoor recreation and improvements to the Northampton...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Kyle Anderson has a vision that one day his downtown pub will be a place for people to get a full cocktail experience, something he feels is lacking in the area.“We look at it as an opportunity to draw people in the mixology field to...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council is generally supportive of granting a prominent businessman a $100,000 tax break over the next eight years on a hotel he plans to build that city officials estimate will bring in $3.4 million in new tax revenue.Some...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — When Garrick Perry told his grandmother 25 years ago that he was moving to Northampton from Washington, D.C., she reacted with skepticism.“I remember my grandmother when I was deciding to move here, she had a fear that I was going to the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council is expected to introduce a resolution to create a commission that would look into racial injustices perpetrated against Black residents and workers in the city, part of ongoing nationwide efforts to explore the idea of...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The former home of the Daily Hampshire Gazette may soon be the site of a new 109-room hotel that the developer says would bring 50 new jobs to the city.Hotelier Mansour Ghalibaf wants to build an extended-stay hotel with two additional...

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CHESTERFIELD — A 27-year-old Northampton man found dead in Chesterfield more than a month ago died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and torso, along with multiple blunt force injuries, according to a copy of the death certificate obtained by...

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NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra will not sign an ordinance approved by the City Council earlier this month that limits the number of cannabis dispensaries in the city to 12, although the ordinance may still take effect this week as the mayor...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

GREENFIELD — When they opened their most recent utility bill, Dianne and Robert Rode couldn’t believe that they were being asked to pay $500 for a month’s worth of heat, the highest they’ve ever had to pay in 35 years of living at their home in...

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NORTHAMPTON — The facade of Sticks and Bricks new King Street building, lined with long, dark, wooden planks, matches perfectly with the store’s theme of making customized furniture. But owner Liz Karney says the appearance is just a happy...

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Massachusetts could become the third state in the country to decriminalize the use of several psychedelic plant-based substances, such as psilocybin mushrooms, should state lawmakers approve bills recently introduced in the Senate and House.The bills...