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By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The Municipal Building will be closed this Tuesday and Wednesday for HVAC upgrades, heatwave precautions, and air quality monitoring, according to city officials.The mayor’s office cited “the anticipated heat wave, ongoing HVAC issues,...

By STEVE PFARRER

What do Vladimir Mayakovsky, a celebrated poet and playwright of the early years of the Soviet Union, and Sherlock Holmes have in common?Pretty much nothing, it would seem – except both appear in “Hope I Die Before I Get Old,” a one-man play in which...

By MADDIE FABIAN

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

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...

By JAMES PENTLAND

AMHERST — What if all you needed to generate electricity was thin film material, microscopic fibers and air?Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have proved it can be done, and now they’re showing that many different kinds of materials can...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed ordinance that one councilor estimates having spent more than 300 hours researching and holding discussions with reproductive and gender-affirming advocates over the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra is set to receive a $37,500 pay increase in her annual salary next year, after a vote to increase the mayor’s salary was unanimously approved by the City Council Thursday night.The move to increase the mayor’s...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council approved a $52.2 million budget for next fiscal year Wednesday night, but not before council members engaged in significant discussion on the importance of maintaining specific programming in the city’s...

By STEVE PFARRER

Like many theater organizations, Real Live Theater (RLT) was shut down from producing live performances for over two years due to the pandemic.But the Valley performance ensemble, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, is swinging back into action,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A majority of the City Council on Thursday backed a $132.3 million budget for fiscal 2024, but not before significant debate about whether the Police Department should get more money to create so-called student police positions to...

By CHAD CAIN

NORTHAMPTON — The next mayor, City Council and two school committees could be in line for significant pay increases starting in January should councilors go along with the recommendations in a recent report by an independent advisory board.The Elected...

Time to celebrate Hadley grassHADLEY — New England Public Media’s Asparagus Festival, now in its ninth season, returns to the Hadley town common June 3 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., offering a variety of family-friendly events such as music and games, as...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Two former School Committee members will fill vacancies on the committee for the rest of the year, and they’re already hitting the ground running. Sarah Hunter and Laura Scott were sworn in to their new roles Wednesday night after being...

By STEVE PFARRER

The Paradise City Arts Festival, like so many other arts organizations, hit a road bump in 2020 and the spring of 2021, when the pandemic forced the longtime Northampton arts fest online for three straight sessions.And when the Northampton festival...

By STEVE PFARRER

The Paradise City Arts Festival, like so many other arts organizations, hit a road bump in 2020 and the spring of 2021, when the pandemic forced the longtime Northampton arts fest online for three straight sessions.And when the Northampton festival...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — With varied backgrounds, nine city residents have volunteered to serve on the School Committee until Dec. 31.Eight of those in the running for the spots vacated by Laurie Garcia and Shannon Dunham in the wake of the failed superintendent...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council and School Committee will jointly decide who will replace the two School Committee seats vacated by Shannon Dunham and Laurie Garcia, who resigned in the wake of the failed superintendent search.“The City Council and...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Whether it’s swastikas and “gas the Jews” messages appearing along the summit of Mount Tom, racist and antisemitic slurs spray-painted on trees at a conservation area, or racial comments on social media directed at a city councilor,...

By STEVE PFARRER

Easthampton, measured by a variety of yardsticks, has made considerable strides in the last several years as an artistic town. Public art projects and new galleries. Artist studios in old mill buildings. New music venues such as the Marigold Theater....

Invasion of the student artistsNORTHAMPTON — Young artists from JFK Middle School and Northampton High School will have their chance to shine in May as two city galleries exhibit their work.Starting May 4 at the A.P.E. Gallery, a tradition continues...