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By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — After nearly a year without a contract and two years with no raise, about 600 Cooley Dickinson Hospital workers will receive an average wage increase of 21% over 20 months, among other gains in a new contract ratified unanimously this...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — For the third consecutive year, human rights groups in Sunderland, Deerfield and Hatfield are organizing a standout on the Sunderland Bridge (Route 116) to mark the date of George Floyd’s murder.The Sunderland Human Rights Task Force,...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Solar development, pregnancy care and the return of Indigenous lands were some of the many topics discussed by legislators representing the Pioneer Valley as part of Congregation B’Nai Israel’s 11th annual Tikkun Olam event on...

By Emily Thurlow

NORTHAMPTON — Navigating on a pedal kart through a makeshift dirt obstacle course marked off with cones and LED lights indicating which direction to take wasn’t too challenging for 17-year-old Madison Gorrell, that is, until she strapped on a pair of...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A city teen pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges relating to a double stabbing outside Meadowbrook Apartments in August.Jesus Baez, 18, was sentenced to two years in the Hampshire County Jail with nine months to be served and the remainder...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

CHICOPEE — Dozens of school staff members, parents, students and others marched Wednesday in front of the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School to protest officials’ decision not to renew the contracts of more than half the school’s...

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

WASHINGTON  — Two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are moving to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s job, putting forth new legislation that aims to ensure the integrity of current and future independent investigations.Republican Sen....