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The election is over and a winner has been declared. If your choice wasn’t the winner, so sorry, if your choice was, congratulations!Now it’s time to stop crying in your beer about all the “what ifs” and work together to get this country back on its...

If I told you that our state runs the only program in the country that targets hunger and health by making fruits and vegetables grown by local farmers accessible to families on SNAP, you might feel proud of that fact. And if I shared that this...

I read the article in the Nov. 7 Gazette, “Veterans being honored around county.” I won’t get into the larger issue of honoring veterans daily for the sacrifices they made for all of us. I do, however, want to comment on the many meals for which...

Let the record state that the Daily Hampshire Gazette did not endorse a candidate for president. The role of a newspaper is to share its opinion on the consequential news of the day to help guide readers in making important decisions affecting their...

By DANIEL LYONS

 In her Oct. 17 column, “Rush for energy-hungry data centers is folly,” Johanna Neumann omits some important context. While U.S. electricity generation has remained relatively stable over the last few decades, this is not the case for worldwide...

On Oct. 31, vice presidential candidate J. D. Vance stated, “Somehow it’s fundamentally racist to say, well, we don’t want certain people of certain backgrounds to be in the United States of America. No, it’s just common sense.” My ears immediately...

As Election Day nears, Americans need to prepare for possible turmoil while all the votes are counted. Based on his own words and past actions, Donald Trump will probably declare himself the winner on Nov. 5, even though it’s not true — the final...

Based on what he’s said, we know that if Donald Trump loses, he’ll do all he can to block election certification. In 2020, election interference failed. This time they’ve learned from their failures. But we can learn, too, and one lesson is that...

In the past two years, candidate Donald Trump has made over 100 statements threatening to “rough up” and even imprison “the enemy within,” including Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, Adam Schiff, donors to Harris’ campaign, judges who have ruled...

The Gazette featured tongue-in-cheek humor on top of the Oct. 28 front page. The article “$11M in state grants to flow to region” reported that “Northampton’s money [$25,000] will develop a construction mitigation plan to help downtown businesses...

If the objective of the deshelving petition at River Valley Co-op was to make member No. 80 cringe with fear and discomfort every time she walks into the food co-op, then the objective was achieved.If the objective was to make me look at each cashier...

Years ago I was a member of the Northampton Food Co-op, on Market Street in Northampton. I was also briefly a representative from the co-op to the Western Mass co-ops, a group of co-ops that joined together to combine buying power and exchange issues...

Member-owners of the River Valley Co-op should vote “no” on the petition by some members to de-shelve and exclude Israeli products. Our local grocery store is not the place to solve fraught international problems. The proposed boycott is a distraction...

By MARIEL E. ADDIS

 From the time I was little, I have loved bikes. This, even considering what a horrendous sense of balance I had as a kid, and in some ways still do. Going from training wheels to just two wheels did not come easy for me, but once I got it down, I was...

As a lifelong River Valley Co-op member, I’ve learned that democracy is as essential to our community’s well-being as the food we buy. But my recent board candidacy experience revealed we might need to restock our commitment to this ideal.Advocating...

This will be my first election as a new American citizen, and I plan to vote “no” on Question 2, which would eliminate the MCAS as a high school graduation requirement.We are tiptoeing around a dangerous, sacred topic here in Northampton, and I must...

By MELISSA KAREN SANCES

As the sun sets over the Hidden Temple in Florence, 14 adults in their comfiest pajamas sprawl on a generous bed of quilts. Outside on this crisp October Saturday, the foliage is just starting to turn, its pops of color complementing the painted...

The Gazette’s Oct. 2 issue edition had a front-page article about Amherst’s consideration of a joint shelter with 40 beds, including associated services, and a housing complex with 30 single-room occupancy apartments on the site of a former VFW...

With the national elections coming in November, I’m writing to express my strong support for Kamala Harris to be our next president of the United States. There are many reasons to support her, but honestly I believe she is the leader that our nation...

Donald Trump promises to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, mostly Latinos who arrived from Mexico and Central America, if he were to return to the White House.No doubt, this will involve police and military stopping Latinos on the street or...