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By MADDIE FABIAN

On any given weekday morning, upward of 40 people fill the Holyoke Community College gymnasium to partake in the sport that has become a favorite pastime for those looking to socialize and for people of all ages and abilities looking for a little...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — With an increase in average home values, single-family homeowners are seeing their tax bills increase by about $150 on average starting this month, even though the city lowered its property tax rate.The average single-family home this...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — On the ground floor of Eastworks, a converted old mill that now houses artists, writers and nonprofits, a different type of tenant can be found — one where its customers practice “ollies” and “grinds,” “pop shove-its” and “kickflips.”...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — Following a review of a complaint accusing the School Committee of violating Open Meeting Law when it rescinded its offer to hire Vito Perrone as superintendent in March, the Attorney General’s office ruled last week that although the...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton School Committee turned a new leaf on Tuesday as members were sworn into office for a new term, with those serving for the next two years looking to put behind them a tumultuous year in which two of its members quit...

The property in the back of mine in Easthampton has a steep 100-foot bank. At the bottom is the Manhan River. On a large part of the bank there is a dump with broken glass, rusty metal objects, who knows what kind of toxic waste is present — there’s...

Good afternoon and happy new year to our most generous and giving neighbors. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We had a very successful Toys for Kids drive this year, collecting the third most toys in our 15 years of doing this. The final...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Hampshire Probate and Family Court Register Michael J. Carey, whose 11-year tenure has included launching a virtual registry, moving the court’s main offices to Atwood Drive, and opening a satellite site in Belchertown, is retiring on...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON – Inside one classroom at Mountain View School, students learn about adaptations by creating their own animal out of art supplies, understand bridges by building their own bridge, and discover angles by building their own catapults.That...

By HANNAH BEVIS

The Northampton girls basketball team has consistently been a strong program, though they’ve hovered around the .500 mark the last couple of seasons. This year, all early signs point to them surpassing that and being serious contenders when it comes...

Regarding the letter “A different time with guns” [Gazette, Dec. 12]. I appreciate Richard Cahalan’s nostalgia and concern for our freedom. Though we may share the same goal of decreasing gun violence and deaths, we likely disagree on the means to...

By HANNAH BEVIS

When asked about his team’s goals for the 2023-24 high school hockey season, Easthampton head coach Tim Pfau didn’t hesitate for a second. He knew what his answer would be. “Wright Division champions,” he said. “I think it’s our year.” If there ever...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The Southampton man who died in a single-vehicle crash last week was identified as 21-year-old John “Jack” Fitzgerald Enright.In his obituary, Enright, who would have turned 22 on Tuesday, Dec. 19, is described as “a vibrant soul, full...

By LARRY PARNASS

Early this year, a retired phys ed teacher left her ranch house in Easthampton and drove down the interstate to tell her story of clergy abuse.It wasn’t Nancy A. Dunn’s first time before the Springfield Diocese’s review board, which meets in the...

By SARA WEINBERGER

’Tis the season to go shopping, often online, for gifts that those near and dear don’t need and most likely don’t want. Remember the excitement of giving what you thought was the perfect gift and then catching the recipient’s forced grin as they...

Don’t allow the U.S. government to bargain away the internationally recognized right to seek asylum! In order to get a supplementary emergency funding bill passed to send military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, the Biden administration and some...

The leaders of Israel and Hamas should read the newest translation of “The Iliad” by Emily Wilson for some good advice. In her introduction to this classic, she writes:“The limitless wrath … can end only once (one) recognizes that no absolute,...

By Maddie Fabian

EASTHAMPTON — State Rep. Daniel Carey, D-Easthampton, is the 2023 Legislator of the Year for the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC).Each year, MASC recognizes a state senator and a state representative for their contributions to...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — Interim Superintendent Maureen Binienda will lead the school district for another year after the School Committee agreed this week to extend her contract by one year, contingent on waivers from the state, in a 6-1 vote.Committee members...

By TOLLEY M. JONES

My grandmother Esther died on November 17th at the age of 95. Grandma had five children: Charles, Patricia, Michael, David, and Valerie. Tragically, she buried four of her five children as adults — one of whom was murdered, along with that adult...