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Benefit gallery showAs part of November’s Arts Night Out Northampton, The New England Visionary Artists Museum/Anchor House of Artists at 518 Pleasant St. will hold a benefit gallery show of works by the late Northampton artist Charlie Miller on...

By OWEN ZARET

 Member owners of the River Valley Co-op, please vote “no” on the proposal to deshelve Israeli products through the purported effort by the campaign’s supporters to make the co-op “apartheid free.” The River Valley Co-op, with locations in Northampton...

I am member 76 of the River Valley Co-op. I was right there in the beginning, going to fundraising pancake breakfasts. I joined the co-op as a political act, believing it would reflect my values of local food, workers rights, sustainability,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — River Valley Co-op’s more than 16,000 member-owners are being asked to participate in an advisory poll regarding the removal of Israeli products from its shelves at its Easthampton and Northampton locations.The petition supporting this...

By SARA WEINBERGER

When I told my friends that I was taking a 10-day trip to Albania in late September, most responded with a one-word reply: “Why?”A friend and I wanted to take a trip, but weren’t sure where. I did a Google search and saw an ad for a tour of Albania....

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Thousands of mail-in ballots have been sent out to voters in communities in Hampshire County, southern Franklin County and in Holyoke in advance of the Nov. 5 presidential election, with many of them already completed and returned,...

Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, should put country first, drop out of the race and direct voters to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. She has no path to the presidency. She is not on the ballot in every state, but she can tip...

By NICOLE LACHAPELLE

 At a time when misinformation and disinformation are plaguing our elections, facts should matter more than ever.When it comes to who delivers results and resources for Massachusetts’s 1st Congressional District, it is an indisputable fact we are...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Imaginary creatures large and small lurk among the leaves as visitors wander through the secret garden that has sprouted in Eastworks. Standing within the Monster Arts Project, it’s easy to forget that the mystical paintings, sculptures, oddities and...

Max Roach Centennial Celebration The University of Massachusetts Amherst community will celebrate the centennial year of acclaimed bandleader, drummer, composer and activist Max Roach with a host of special events from Oct. 20 to 26.One particularly...

I don’t find the deshelving of Israeli products at the River Valley Co-op to be a comfortable tactic. But uncomfortable tactics may be the options left to us.The violence on the surface of Middle East conflict (food as a weapon of war, 2,000-pound...

By DOMENIC POLI

WORCESTER — The MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center’s executive director is being sued by a former co-worker alleging she has lost out on consulting contracts because of damaging information spread by her ex-colleague.Maura Geary is the first...

While the article ”Making math visual” [Sept. 30] highlights the benefits of ST Math, it overlooks a critical issue in its implementation, particularly at the middle school level. Students are being required to complete this program during the first...

By TOLLEY M. JONES

 Oppressive regimes, governments, religions and family systems rely on silence to fester and thrive. Their weak and parasitic exoskeleton depends on a steady supply of hapless victims who either helplessly, unknowingly, or willingly remain within the...

Ralph Nader, longtime champion of consumer rights, in a Sept. 10 report on Democracy Now! stated his firm belief about the true numbers of deaths in decimated Gaza since Oct. 7, no less than seven times the official account: a staggering 300,000.Why?...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — While lounging under a tree at Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School, middle school student Addison Gosselin felt the tickle of a critter crawling on her leg.Gosselin ushered the little bug onto her hand, and immediately...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Sisters Katherine Taylor and Jessica Taylor-Mitchell were born to host, but they weren’t expecting to make a business out of it. Then, a sprawling 6,300-square-foot space with sweeping mountain views became available in Eastworks, and they saw the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A 38-year career as a municipal assessor will come to a close in January for Daniel H. Zdonek Jr., who has been Hadley’s assessor since July 1990.The Easthampton resident who worked for the city for four years prior to coming to Hadley...

How truly depressing to see on the front page another story [“‘Women of vision’ spread peace message,” Gazette, Sept. 27] about another group that cares deeply about something or someone, but refuses to engage in “politics” and instead goes all in on...