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EASTHAMPTON — As demand for services increases, $565,000 in federal grants will put the Easthampton Fire Department on its way to replacing old equipment including a brush truck, air filling system, and self-contained breathing apparatus.“When you...

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EASTHAMPTON – Growing up surrounded by corn and beans in rural Iowa, Leah Nichole Ewing would wake up early to the chirps and songs of birds.Her window overlooked the outer edge of the woods where she spent her childhood exploring and enjoying the...

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NORTHAMPTON — Registered pharmacists in Massachusetts can now prescribe hormonal birth control under a bill passed in the state budget this week.The legislation, “An Act Relative to Hormonal Contraceptives,” which is co-sponsored by state Rep. Lindsay...

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SOUTHAMPTON — Established almost 250 years ago, the small town of Southampton has plenty to commemorate at its annual Celebrate Southampton event this Friday and Saturday.Each year, friends, neighbors and visitors come together for food, music, games,...

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NORTHAMPTON — Since last summer, nearly 1,800 people around the Valley have received reproductive, addiction, and sexual health services on a mobile van operated by Tapestry Health.The van is part of a “Community Care in Reach” program funded by the...

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EASTHAMPTON — A decade ago, Highland Ambulance Services covered the Hilltowns with 48 EMTs and paramedics. Today, the company employs just 27, with only three of them full-time workers.“There’s a lot of overtime, and we’re very grateful, but that’s...

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AMHERST — Medication used to halt the growth of cancer cells might one day become an effective treatment for Lyme disease, according to a new study led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst team at the New England Regional Center of Vector-Borne...

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EASTHAMPTON — Several staff members who work in the city’s Municipal Building began reporting symptoms related to poor air quality and other issues inside the building on July 17, a week before the city hall was officially and indefinitely closed to...

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EASTHAMPTON — After months of revision and debate, the City Council officially struck down an ordinance around reproductive and gender-affirming care at its meeting Wednesday when supporters could not muster enough votes to override a mayoral veto.The...

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EASTHAMPTON — Groups championing reproductive rights are urging Easthampton city councilors to override the mayor’s veto of an ordinance around reproductive and gender-affirming care at Wednesday’s council.The ordinance, would protect people seeking...

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NORTHAMPTON — On a cloudy and humid Thursday morning, John Briggs was doing the same thing he has done since 2014: placing mosquito traps and collecting them for testing in the lab.But this time, recent prolonged heavy rains and heat meant that he was...

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NORTHAMPTON — As Chase Bank celebrated at a grand opening event for its Northampton branch Tuesday morning, more than 50 demonstrators held signs and banners outside the building calling out the bank’s investments in the fossil fuel industry and...

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In July 2021, heavy rainfall caused a beaver dam to burst, leading to the collapse of a 20-foot-long portion of East Street in Belchertown and causing property damage to nearly half a dozen homes.While the beavers faced the brunt of the blame,...

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EASTHAMPTON — Growing up during the violent and corrupt patriarchal regime known as “Trujillato” in the Dominican Republic, the late Elena María Candelario Cáceres was forced to flee to the United States at 22 years old with just $40 to her...

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NORTHAMPTON — As Cooley Dickinson Hospital gets ready for a ceremony Thursday celebrating its new emergency department building, along with the hospital’s 10-year anniversary of its partnership with Mass General Brigham, President and Chief Operating...

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EASTHAMPTON — Last winter, some of the money raised from a military tribute banner project was put toward buying new boots and wool socks for three Easthampton veterans who couldn’t afford them.Now, for the sixth year, the banners are once again...

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WESTHAMPTON – A fire broke out at an apartment on Tipping Rock Road on Wednesday from a suspected lightning strike, according to Westhampton Fire Chief David Antosz. An inspector from the fire marshal’s office believes the fire was caused by...

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EASTHAMPTON — After three long summers of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lifeguard shortages, the Easthampton Community Pool is filling up with swimmers again.“I’m so excited. I plan on being here four or five times a week,” said resident...

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EASTHAMPTON — On Wednesday morning, rather than walking into the field to pick the first sweet corn of the season, Ben Perrault, co-owner of Mountain View Farm, kayaked through the inundated field to assess the damage caused by the worst flooding the...

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EASTHAMPTON — As Maureen Binienda finishes up her first week and a half as interim superintendent, she and the School Committee have already discussed one-year goals for her oversight.Some of those goals include rebuilding trust within the community,...