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NORTHAMPTON — Further housing development is in the works for downtown Florence, with the new owners of the Parsons Block building complex planning new condominiums at the corner of Meadow and Maple streets.

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NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Association of School Employees union has voted to go work-to-rule starting Monday, the latest sign of ongoing strain over the status of the school district in the city.

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NORTHAMPTON — Strong rains fell down on City Hall on Friday, but that didn’t stop around 100 protesters from gathering around its steps. In fact, the somber weather made for a fitting analogy for John Paradis, who helped organize the rally.

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NORTHAMPTON — After years of deliberation on deciding a new nickname and mascot, Smith College has chosen the bear.

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AMHERST — Ten years ago, Angelo Mercado began the lengthy and difficult process of becoming an American citizen. On Tuesday inside the Bowker Auditorium at Stockbridge Hall at the University of Massachusetts, that arduous journey finally came to an end.

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Smithland Pet & Garden Center is closing all 13 of its locations, including stores in Northampton and Hadley.

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NORTHAMPTON — Local gender-affirming care clinic Transhealth is condemning a recent review put out by the federal Department of Health and Human Services that recommends against the use of medical treatment for gender dysphoria in youth.

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NORTHAMPTON — Inside the oldest room in the Hampshire County Courthouse, law professor Rory Little told a group of high school students gathered inside that the first step to understanding the U.S. Constitution was a single, 13-letter phrase: “E Pluribus Unum.”

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

City officials were on hand during a recent celebration at City Hall to mark the completion of a 14-foot-long community mural celebrating three decades of the Paradise City Arts Festival and reflecting the city’s rich artistic and cultural history.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — L3Harris KEO’s local office was again in the crosshairs of protesters this week, as more than 100 people gathered Thursday in front of the defense contractor’s Village Hill headquarters to decry the company’s presence in the city.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council on Thursday rejected a proposal that would have given it the authority to increase the school budget, with tense discussions highlighting the way school funding has divided city politics.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Though the Rev. Eric Cherry’s tenure at the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence may be brief, it will certainly be historic.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — City schools will avoid layoffs next fiscal year under a budget proposal announced earlier this week by the mayor, though Superintendent Portia Bonner said Wednesday that other reductions in services are expected.

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NORTHAMPTON — As he fought to swim to the shore along the Oxbow of the Connecticut River Tuesday afternoon, his lungs taking in heavy amounts of water, thoughts of his own mortality began to enter the mind of James Roberts.

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SPRINGFIELD — A Belchertown man was found guilty of one murder and cleared of another after a lengthy trial stemming from a gun battle that took place in Springfield in 2021.

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NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra has signaled she intends to give the school district $43.8 million in the city’s upcoming fiscal 2026 budget, a 5.8% increase from the current year but likely not enough to appease advocates of higher school spending.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

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.