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By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — With the Nov. 7 city election just around the corner, the next City Council will face a number of issues, and one of those concerns at the top of many voters’ minds is affordable housing.With a $30.4 million pitch by a Needham developer,...

By SOPHIE HAUCK

HOLYOKE — Three candidates for the open Holyoke Ward 7 City Council seat will compete in a preliminary election Tuesday to determine which two contenders advance to the November general election.Eileen Brady Leahy, Meagan Magrath-Smith and Steve N....

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council will look familiar to residents next term, as eight of the nine councilors up for reelection in November are running unopposed.The sole contested race will occur in Precinct 5, where two residents will square off to...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Two incumbents in the upcoming municipal elections in November will have their names on the ballot after all, after the city clerk’s office reversed its position on their eligibility.Marissa Elkins, one of the city’s two current...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — Saying that the city operates best with fresh leaders who bring new ideas, Mayor Nicole LaChapelle announced Tuesday that she will step aside when her term ends in 2025. “I decided in 2018 when I took office that I was going to be...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — The race for six seats on the School Committee in November’s election is heating up in the wake of last spring’s failed permanent superintendent search and surrounding controversy. Ten candidates, including four incumbents, have pulled...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — As the deadlien nears to turn in nomination papers for this fall’s biennial municipal election, several new candidates appear poised to throw their hat in the ring for various City Council and School Committee positions, along with the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Two races will need to be sorted out by the Select Board in the coming weeks as several write-in candidates tied for victory in last week’s town election.In an election with no contested races, there was a six-way tie for a three-year term...

By EMILY THURLOW

WESTHAMPTON — Susan Bronstein defeated Jonathan Albitz by four votes in the town’s Select Board race on Saturday, according to Town Clerk Katrin Kaminsky’s unofficial results.Bronstein, the chairperson of the Westhampton Planning Board, said Monday...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — The town’s upcoming election will feature no contested races for the second consecutive year, however, three positions remain vacant.While nobody is going head to head in this year’s election, two three-year library trustee terms remain...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — The town will soon have around the clock paramedic service and police coverage after voters narrowly approved a $332,500 Proposition 2½ override at Tuesday’s municipal election.The approval, by a vote of 441-352, will give the town the...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — As one of the smaller municipalities in the region, the town relies on part-time employees to maintain police, fire and emergency medical services.However, in the last decade, Southampton’s call volume has nearly doubled and finding...

By Maddie Fabian

BELCHERTOWN — Monday’s town election will feature a contested race for the School Committee, as well as seven other uncontested positions for various boards and committees in town. Voting takes place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Belchertown High...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Residents elected a new Select Board member and gave the green light to a capital override request during Saturday’s town election.In an uncontested race, voters elected Easthampton City Engineer Dan Murphy to a three-year Select Board...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Residents elected a new Deerfield Elementary School Committee member and reelected the rest of the ballot’s incumbents in Monday’s town election.In an uncontested race, voters elected Raina Kittilstved with 163 votes to a three-year School...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — With a longtime board member stepping down, residents will elect a new Select Board member in Saturday’s town election, as well as decide on whether to approve a capital override.Easthampton City Engineer Dan Murphy is throwing his hat in...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — While every race in the May 1 town election is uncontested, residents will have a chance to elect a new Deerfield School Committee member.With School Committee member Ken Cuddeback choosing not run for reelection after more than 30 years...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Residents will have a chance to decide who will finish a remaining two-year town clerk term at this year’s election following the resignation of current Town Clerk Amy Schrader, who was recently appointed treasurer/collector.Due to longtime...

SOUTH HADLEY — Know Your Town of South Hadley will host a candidates’ night Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Main Public Library.The town election is April 11. The following candidates for public office have agreed to appear:Andrea...

By TONY DOBROWOLSKI

PITTSFIELD — State Rep. Paul Mark received the Democratic Party nomination for state Senate on Tuesday, defeating primary opponent Huff Tyler Templeton III.Mark, who recently moved from Peru to Becket, defeated Templeton, of Williamstown, to represent...