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HOLYOKE — The theme for this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Breakfast in Holyoke — “unselfish love” — is one that the late pastor and civil rights icon would likely would have strongly supported.Gina Nelson, president of the Council of...

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NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Education Foundation has announced its latest round of grants for the city’s school district and vocational school, featuring projects including a new 3-D mapping program, a course in speculative fiction and a celebration...

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NORTHAMPTON — Since its founding in 1991, Haymarket Cafe has strongly aligned itself with progressive values.Named after Haymarket Square in Chicago, the site of a major labor demonstration in 1886 that led to the creation of May Day, the downtown...

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NORTHAMPTON — Residents have until the end of January to submit ideas for a catchy name for the city’s upcoming campaign to support downtown businesses during the reconstruction of Main Street that is expected to begin in the fall of 2025 and last...

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NORTHAMPTON — The city is hoping to join seven other Massachusetts municipalities in a new state pilot program that would require all future construction and major renovations to be free of fossil fuels.The pilot program, established by the state’s...

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AMHERST — At least one of three UMass Amherst students denied the chance to study abroad next semester after being arrested for participating in the October sit-in protests against the war in Gaza has raised the possibility of bringing a federal...

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NORTHAMPTON — The city’s legislative leaders for the next two years are now officially in service, after a swearing-in ceremony Tuesday that featured new faces and experienced officials take the oath of office.The inauguration ceremony held at the...

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NORTHAMPTON — Two LGBTQ+-owned businesses are the first recipients of the city’s new vacant storefront tax credit program, an initiative established in autumn 2022 in an effort to fill empty spaces downtown.The two businesses are Many Graces Farm &...

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HOLYOKE — More than 175 people in the region will receive training and job placement assistance — including the creation of a training program at Holyoke Community College designed to help the nursing shortage at area hospitals — as part of nearly...

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NORTHAMPTON — Outgoing City Council President Jim Nash channeled a little help from country singer Johnny Cash to put a musical cap on his eight-year run as a member of the city’s top legislative body. At the council’s final meeting of the year last...

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NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Public School district is facing a potential budget shortfall of more than $2.75 million next fiscal year, with school administrators signaling that staffing cuts were not off the table to close the gap — a potential...

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NORTHAMPTON — More than 50 Northampton High School students staged an early walkout of school on Tuesday in protest of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, demanding a permanent cease-fire to the conflict and strongly criticizing Israel’s actions...

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NORTHAMPTON — Hampshire County faced several road closures, power outages and flooding after strong winds and heavy rainfall that began on Sunday night and continued through much of Monday.In Northampton, at least two streets, West Street and Meadow...

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NORTHAMPTON — For city couple Philip and Marcia Chapman-Bell, giving to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund is a way to honor the legacy of their respective fathers. Philip’s father, William F. Bell, was a longtime city editor of the Berkshire Eagle...

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NORTHAMPTON — Sonya Epstein was crystal clear before a Hampshire District Court judge Thursday afternoon when explaining why she took part in a protest outside the Northampton facility of defense contractor L3Harris that led to her arrest two months...

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NORTHAMPTON — With the recent installation of new heat pumps in their downtown building, the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence has capped off an ambitious 10-year effort to decarbonize the Main Street church.The heat pumps, which began...

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NORTHAMPTON — For the 39th year, the city of Northampton will host its annual First Night celebration on New Year’s Eve, a 12-hour festival that culminates in raising a ball from the roof of Hotel Northampton to ring in the new year. Twenty-eight...

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EASTHAMPTON — Restaurant chain Local Burger plans to open a fourth eatery next month when it takes over the former Riff’s Joint space in Easthampton. Local Burger, with locations in Northampton, Haydenville, and the New Hampshire town of Keene, serves...

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NORTHAMPTON — For Argentinean Jews, the word “Libertad” isn’t just the Spanish word for freedom — it’s also the name of one of the streets within the old Jewish quarter in Buenos Aires, as well as the name of the largest synagogue in that city.It’s...

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NORTHAMPTON — Every year, the Northampton Police Relief Association gives back to the community in a variety of ways, including through the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund. The association, which has been in operation for more than 25 years, annually raises...

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NORTHAMPTON — In front of the Unitarian Society of Northampton stands a temporary doorway and wall, raised on Tuesday by members of Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity in honor of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died on Nov. 19 at the age of...