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WESTHAMPTON — Following in the footsteps of many other Massachusetts cities and towns, Westhampton is taking its next step toward implementing a Community Choice Power Supply Program, which would bring together the buying power of participating...

By MADDIE FABIAN

By the end of this decade, if not sooner, bicyclists will be able to hop on the rail trail at the J. Elwell Conservation Area in Northampton, cross the Connecticut River, and travel across the state 104 miles on the same path all the way to Boston.As...

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EASTHAMPTON — After a contentious public hearing Wednesday evening that ended in the City Council passing a pregnancy center ordinance, Mayor Nicole LaChapelle vetoed the measure Thursday afternoon.First introduced nine months ago and revised...

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HATFIELD — On a recent spring day, Smith Academy students trek through a nature trail behind their school to check a camera mounted to a tree, strategically positioned to capture images of wildlife that may happen by.The students pop out the camera’s...

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Food is always going down the wrong pipe in my family. Maybe we eat too fast, maybe we have oddly shaped esophagi (is that even possible?), or maybe we simply need to chew more thoroughly. Regardless of the reason, it feels like someone is trying to...

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NORTHAMPTON — In a perfect world, Dr. Ira Helfand would not earn recognition for his tireless advocacy for the elimination of nuclear weapons because they’d already be eliminated.But until the day comes, the Northampton resident activist continues to...

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AMHERST — The first in a series of anonymous racist emails was sent to Black students and organizations at UMass Amherst in September 2021.Tess Weisman, a current sophomore recently elected as next year’s president of the Student Government...

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SOUTH HADLEY — When Jim Bouchard returned to the United States after serving as a medic in the Vietnam War, he was called a “baby killer” by a stranger in a bar.On Wednesday, he was one of many veterans recognized in a Vietnam Veterans Day...

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As the new artificial intelligence model ChatGPT becomes increasingly ubiquitous, educators, students and parents are navigating a new world in which AI can be used to write essays, create lesson plans, brainstorm ideas, generate poetry and even come...

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HOLYOKE – Adults 60 and older can now access mental health support in their own homes and at community sites thanks to a new mental health outreach team launched by WestMass ElderCare earlier this year. WMEC is a Holyoke-based nonprofit that provides...

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NORTHAMPTON — More than 8,000 blossoming bulbs will fill Smith College’s Lyman Conservatory with color at the annual Spring Bulb Show, this time with a new feature: artwork commissioned from three Smith College seniors.Since the early 1900s, the bulb...

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NORTHAMPTON — After nine years of leadership, Tapestry Health CEO Cheryl Zoll will step down in June as head of the regional agency that serves nearly 20,000 people each year.Founded in 1973, Tapestry Health is a community health care organization...

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AMHERST — Sometimes patience pays off — at least it certainly did for Amherst photographer Darya Zelentsova, whose image of a baby porcupine at the Quabbin Reservoir last summer recently won top honors from the Massachusetts Audubon Society.The...