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By STEVE PFARRER

On the morning of May 16, 1874, the dam on the Williamsburg Reservoir, up in the hills along the East Branch of the Mill River, suddenly collapsed, sending 600 million gallons of water roaring downhill.The flood, which soon became a 30-foot-high brown...

Regarding Mill River Greenway plans in Haydenville [“Residents resist Greenway trail plan,” Gazette, April 26], the proposed bike path would replace the existing sidewalk in our neighborhood and pass mere feet in front of homes on the upper end of the...

By KAREN GARDNERDid you know that the Founders of our great nation wrote these words: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”?Isn’t that amazing? That’s the first line of the First...

I agree with much of what guest columnist Shalini Bahl-Milne wrote about moving forward with compassion in her piece about the recent Amherst Town Council meeting [“Beyond empathy: A compassionate approach to polarizing issues in Amherst,” March...

Do we have a couple of Republican winners or is it whiners in Donald Trump and George Santos. Two Republicans willing to lie, cheat, mislead and deceive to gain a government position neither deserves, or in George Santos case, deserved.This is not...

In his response letter regarding the war in Ukraine, Dr. E. Martin Schotz asserts that his information sources are reliable [“Mainstream corporate news media not the place to stay informed,” Gazette, March 7]. The only reason given that we should...

This is a historic time. France has just enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, the first nation to do so explicitly. In 1789, France adopted the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.” Partly modeled on the U.S....

By The REV. MARK SEIFRIED

I am a committed follower of Jesus. I use that term instead of “Christian” because so many people associate “Christian” with white Christian nationalists who are against a woman’s right to bodily autonomy, against equal rights for LGBTQI+ people,...

By KAREN GARDNER

It would be hard to have missed this, but maybe you did. At a campaign rally on Saturday, as reported by the Associated Press, Donald Trump stated that, “as president, he warned NATO allies that he ‘would encourage’ Russia ‘to do whatever the hell...

By KAREN GARDNER

It’s the Name That President game show! And you, our contestants, are here to show your mettle and knowledge by matching the correct president to his statements and accomplishments. What fun!In today’s game, you have a choice between President X and...

Though I don’t live in Northampton, I do want to weigh in on the light pollution issue that I hope will result in a strong ordinance.Every night where I live 10 miles away, I witness the skyglow from Northampton’s lights, an excess of lights from the...

By KAREN GARDNER

Take a walk with me for a minute and just let your mind go free. Imagine a world where things can happen that you never thought possible.The former guy, the Donald, is still running for a second term as president of our country while under several...

By KAREN GARDNER

I have been overwhelmed with heartache and fear this last month, since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on unarmed Israelis that took some 1,400 lives and more than 200 hostages. The Israeli government’s response, led by right wing Benjamin Netanyahu has...

Recently, Florida Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez said on national TV that Democrats are responsible for the current chaotic situation in the House of Representatives. The reason: because none of them voted to confirm Kevin McCarthy, a Republican, as...

I haven’t sensed this kind of collective anxiety since 2012, after those beautiful children were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Prior to that, it was 9/11.Deep despair. The present despair is that the recent mass casualties in Israel and...

It could be that the last thing needed is another letter regarding the Main Street redesign in Northampton, but I can’t resist making two observations: First, it seems that with many large-scale public transportation projects, there is a long public...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The Northwestern district attorney’s office has identified the 57-year-old Haydenville man who was killed Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on the Northampton-Williamsburg line.Edward Duggan was the driver of an SUV that was...

We know that many in our community were distressed when Family Veterinary Center in Haydenville closed its doors abruptly on May 2. As the founders and previous owners, it was the last thing we wanted or expected for our clients and their pets of the...

By ANDREA AYVAZIAN

I grew up in a New Jersey suburb until age nine, when my family moved to Saranac Lake, New York, deep in the Adirondack Mountains. Our New Jersey neighbors said we were lucky to be moving to what they called “God’s country.” Maybe it seemed like...

By KAREN GARDNER

Once upon a time, a fellow named Mitch, a Republican who happened to be the Senate majority leader, decided that despite a few centuries of tradition and principle, he would create a new way of doing things. It wasn’t even a rule, just a principle...

By PENNY SCHULTZ

Kudos to the Gazette for the invaluable civic work of covering State Auditor Diana Dizoglio’s forum in Williamsburg. Western Massachusetts doesn’t get a whole lot of attention from the state, so this visit by our new, feisty, change-making state...