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By ALEXA LEWIS

Amid heavy humidity and unpredictable thunderstorms, storefronts and galleries in Easthampton draw foot traffic to their blissfully climate-controlled interiors, where community members enjoy refreshments, conversation, and original artwork by local...

By TOLLEY M. JONES

I have been lonely my whole life. I haven’t exactly been alone, but it has felt like it for all practical purposes.My father interpreted my normal small child behavior as evil and told my siblings to stay away from me lest they be tainted by my...

By CHRIS LARABEE

With 3,100 miles and the Atlantic Ocean between them, what could Easthampton and Dundee, a city of approximately 148,000 people in Scotland, possibly have in common?Well, if you really do some digging, you might unearth a Gem of a connection between...

I am responding to the One Cottage Street artists’ protests over rent increases. I find their position to be disingenuous. Artists who have rented studios for years pay rent as low as $4.88 per square foot, whereas newer tenants pay $15.The artists on...

The Artists at Cottage Street Studios deserve the opportunity to talk to their landlord about the proposed rent increase. Since April, the artist tenants have made numerous attempts to meet with Riverside Industries to discuss and negotiate their...

In April, Riverside Industries, the owners/landlord of Cottage Street Studios, notified artist studio tenants that rents would rise 25-125% to help bridge the gap in their not-for-profit, tax-exempt operating budget. This steep increase is too much...

I am concerned about the artists living in the Riverside Industry’s building at One Cottage Street. My neighbors, Paul Yandoli and Doris Madsen, have already written letters to the editor. My husband and I moved to Easthampton in 2019. We decided to...

I have closely followed the controversy over the efforts by Riverside Industries to equalize the rents in the One Cottage Street facility. The building is old and requires much maintenance, so I do understand why a non-profit would seek additional...

The recent column “Fearful of autocracy? We are well protected,” published July 16 took up a lot of space but had little meaningful content. As numerous news media commentators and government officials have pointed out, our country is under assault by...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Going out with friends can be challenging when clashing tastes in food make it impossible to choose a restaurant. But for Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton, the solution to this predicament is simple, and it comes rolling in on four...

By PAIGE HANSON

Clay all dayHILLTOWNS – The annual Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour returns next weekend, July 27 and 28. The event, which includes a tour of pottery studios in Westhampton, Cummington, Ashfield, Williamsburg and Windsor, brings throngs of visitors to the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — After a frantic emergency response to save animals and equipment on July 10, 2023, David Fisher and Maggie Toran assessed their farm field as memories of Hurricane Irene came flooding back.At their horse-powered, community-supported...

I saw the article about Tractor Supply [“Tractor Supply is ending DEI, climate efforts,” Gazette, July 4]. They have the right to run their store any way they want. Some agree with what they decided, which is our right. Any group cannot take their...

Thank you for your coverage of the newly formed Cottage Street Studios Tenant Association and our effort to meet with the management of Riverside Industries in an attempt to work in partnership to find a solution that meets the needs of both sides....

By SARA WEINBERGER

Every day that I read The New York Times headlines since the June 27 Biden-Trump debate, it feels like Groundhog Day. The lead story repeatedly focuses on the need for Biden to exit the race. He’s too old, too feeble, too lackluster, too stubborn,...

By TERRENCE MCCARTHY

 I’m proud to be able to boast I am a product of the mill town in which I grew up. The man I am now was made in Easthampton. Not unlike what was manufactured in the red brick-walled factories in which my mother and father toiled back in the 1950s and...

By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL

For many, the natural beauty of western Massachusetts is a cornerstone of what makes this region so special. For me, the area’s wild places help to shape its distinct regional identity.Yet as Raymond DiDonato clearly conveyed in a recent guest column,...

The artist tenants at One Cottage Street are in crisis. Their rents are increasing astronomically and they have nowhere to go.The more I talk to the artists, the more I realize that Easthampton has missed the mark in something that should have been...

Regarding the headline associated with the article about the historic climate bill recently approved by Democrats and Republicans in the state Senate [“Energy bill doesn’t address siting fears,” Gazette, July 6].Thanks, in part, to the efforts of Sen....

By ALEXA LEWIS

When Shellie Stone went to Nashville two years ago, she was intoxicated with the city’s quintessential culture of  music and dancing, and immediately took to the dance floor. Stone, who had been line dancing for fun since attending her first class...