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NORTHAMPTON — City Hall will be closed throughout December for an asbestos abatement, with all city departments and staff located within the building to be moved to alternate locations, likely until the new year, according to city officials.During the...

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NORTHAMPTON — A pedestrian who died after being hit by a car in the Big Y parking lot on North King Street has been identified by the Northwestern district attorney’s office as Paul Surgen of Florence.Surgen died from injuries sustained in the...

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NORTHAMPTON — The weather may have been cold and wet, but that didn’t stop local labor groups and supporters from rallying in front of Northampton City Hall on Thursday, as they continue to call for the restoration of the more than 20 positions cut in...

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NORTHAMPTON — After an ordeal lasting nearly two years, Brian Camp finally heard the two words he’d been waiting to hear that entire time: “Not guilty.”Camp, 24, of Southampton, smiled in the Hampshire Superior Court courtroom on Monday shortly after...

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At the Walter Salvo House on Thursday, residents of the affordable senior living complex lined up inside the building’s community room, perusing several crates full of produce such as onions, carrots and Brussels sprouts.Ruth von Goeler, a food access...

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NORTHAMPTON — Brian Camp took the stand in his own defense Friday, the final testimony in his trial on a charge of manslaughter in the death of Johnathan Letendre in December 2022.The trial, in Hampshire Superior Court, had previously detailed how...

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NORTHAMPTON — Video of Brian Camp’s original interview given to the police hours after he shot Johnathan Letendre continued to be played before the jury on Wednesday, the second day of Camp’s manslaughter trial.Letendre, 27, of Northampton, died on...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Northampton man who fired an automatic weapon into his neighbors’ home last year, claiming that his dog told him to do it, was sentenced to three to five years in state prison on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to 11 charges related to...

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NORTHAMPTON — Opening statements in the manslaughter trial of Brian Camp gave further insight into what happened shortly after midnight on Dec. 27, 2022, the night Johnathan Letendre, 27, lost his life after entering the house of Camp and his...

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NORTHAMPTON — Opening arguments begin Tuesday morning in the trial of Brian Camp, a Southampton man charged with manslaughter in the killing of Johnathan Letendre of Northampton in December 2022.According to the Northwestern district attorney’s...

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NORTHAMPTON — John Cartledge knows he has big shoes to fill.A lifelong resident of the Northampton area, Cartledge has spent his entire career as a member of the Northampton Police Department, starting as a patrol officer after completing the Agawam...

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AMHERST — Why did the American people elect Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, and not Kamala Harris? Is the status of the nation’s democracy in peril? And where do the American people as a nation go from here? These were some of the...

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NORTHAMPTON — City officials are cautioning that there may be an outbreak of rabies among wild raccoons in the area, two weeks after a feral cat in Northampton tested positive for rabies.According to the Northampton Department of Health and Humans...

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NORTHAMPTON — Construction is underway to install new fiber internet cables across the city, in what officials hope will bring options for faster and more reliable service to businesses and residents.Groundbreaking for the multimillion dollar project,...

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NORTHAMPTON — A Florence man who allegedly shot a woman in his home last weekend pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Hampshire District Court to a string of charges, including armed assault with intent to murder.Michael Janik, 65, appeared before Judge...

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Police arrested a 65-year-old Florence man on Sunday for allegedly shooting and wounding a woman at her home, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office. The woman, who is 50, was shot in the stomach and was treated for non-life...

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NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton City Council has approved a resolution that endorses an embargo on U.S. arms to Israel in an act of protest against the war in Gaza, although only after the inclusion of a single word during its second reading.The...

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NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton City Council has introduced a motion opposing the planned expansion of the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley, saying it would further burden a Northampton Public School system that is already...

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NORTHAMPTON — Since Gombo’s opening in May 2023, Cassidy Bowman has been a regular at the New Orleans-inspired cajun restaurant and bar on Northampton’s Main Street, frequently seen sitting outside together with his Siberian husky dog Lucy. Bowman...

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After the presidential election victory of Donald Trump on Tuesday, many Democrats — including in Massachusetts, where residents favored Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris by a large margin — may be left scratching their heads as to how...