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A gathering considering climate change and invasive species last week at the University of Massachusetts Amherst sounded a warning about threats to New England.About 100 experts gathered during the first regional invasive species and climate change...

Urges women to run for Easthampton office We have all heard the phrase “All politics is local.” This election year, it is more meaningful than ever in Easthampton. We will have a new mayor. We will also have at least three new City Council members,...

Says state supportsJones Library project The editorial “Hadley, Amherst face library decisions” in the Bulletin and Gazette (July 28) about the state-funded library construction grants focused attention on the importance of libraries, their challenges...

Praises three courageous Republican senators Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and John McCain have saved, for millions of Americans, the only health insurance available to them.These courageous legislators did what most of their peers...

Pregnant workers in Massachusetts finally have the legal protection against discrimination that they have long deserved, in large part due to the advocacy by MotherWoman in Hadley and former state representative Ellen Story of Amherst.Gov. Charlie...

Criticizes Neal on ‘Israeli Anti-Boycott Act’ If there is any commitment which the Democratic Party has almost universally believed in, it is that freedom of speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution is sacrosanct.Yet Congressman...

Many reasons toappreciate the Gazette I am always happy to get the Daily Hampshire Gazette delivered.I’m getting used to the two-section format. I was even expecting it to be two sections July 25, a Tuesday. It felt good to see the four sections.And...

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners’ ruling earlier this month on projects in Hadley and Amherst left each town facing a decision.The state awarded Hadley a $3.9 million construction grant to help pay for replacing the Goodwin Memorial...

Recommends FallsFestMusic and Arts Festival Looking for something fun and exciting to do this Saturday? Why not come to the FallsFest Music and Arts Festival in South Hadley.In it’s fourth year, this free family-friendly festival of music, crafts,...

Criticizes ‘political stunt’ in withholding federal grants Attorney General Jeff Sessions couldn’t be further from the truth on sanctuary cities, crime, and public safety (“Feds threaten to strip police grants,” July 27).Local enforcement in federal...

Concludes Trump poor role model for ScoutsPresident Donald Trump this week addressed the Boy Scouts of America in a speech in which, instead of providing moral direction and an ethical compass to the youth of our nation, he lashed out at Hillary...

The Legislature reached a reasonable compromise on the law regulating recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, and we urge Gov. Charlie Baker to sign the measure.The compromise bill approved by the Legislature this week leaves intact much of Question...

Suggests Neal jumps on political bandwagonI read with extreme dismay that Congressman Richard Neal is co-sponsoring the “Israeli Anti-Boycott Act” in part drafted by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.However you feel about the...

In the heat,be considerate of dogs Wednesday evening while I was out walking along the bike path, a bicyclist passed by me with a dog tied to the handlebars. The dog was forced to run to keep up with the bicycle.I wonder how the cyclist would like to...

Both hands on the wheel, with attention fully on the driving is a good idea. Distracted driving? Dangerous idea.Distracted driving resulted in some 3,500 deaths in 2015, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That same year,...

The potential scaling back of Pioneer Valley Transit Authority bus routes serving the Five Colleges is troubling because hundreds of people would lose public transportation vital to their studies and livelihoods.We urge the PVTA advisory board, which...

I served on the Easthampton Zoning Board of Appeals with Nicole LaChapelle for nine years, and in that time I got to know her as smart, practical and diligent.Nicole is now running for mayor of Easthampton, and I hope that over the next five months...

Most adults and even children know that lies often beget more lies. That is to say that prevarication often requires additional fabrications to back up the original.It is often a lost cause resulting in exposure, embarrassment and loss of credibility....

We hope that the U.S. Supreme Court decision in an upcoming gerrymandering case comes down on the side of democracy.The Supreme Court this fall will take up the issue of political parties manipulating state voting maps to gain advantage in Congress...

Fans of passenger rail service in Northampton were glad to hear last week that the city is on track for improved service. Within the year, a larger two-sided platform will be built at the city’s railroad station off Pleasant Street, and beginning in...