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Jennifer Dieringer: Laurie Loisel for Ward 3 City Councilor
02-11-2025 8:23 PM

I am writing to enthusiastically endorse Laurie Loisel in her recently announced candidacy for Ward 3 City Council. I had the pleasure of getting to know Laurie when we both served (she as president) on the board of the local nonprofit Council of Social Agencies, which serves as a resource and network for Hampshire County human service providers.


Sen. Velis-led panel on antisemitism tangles with teachers union reps over pro-Palestinian resources
02-11-2025 4:49 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Over the course of two hours Monday at the State House in Boston, legislators sitting on the Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism presented numerous pro-Palestinian exhibits — resources that educators might use in their classroom — drawn from a members-only section of the Massachusetts Teachers Association website.


Families alerted about middle school student’s Nazi salute
02-11-2025 4:47 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Families of students at Amherst Regional Middle School are being notified about an antisemitic incident that occurred Monday when a student gave a Nazi salute during class — the latest in a series of incidents that have occurred at area schools in recent years.


Guest columnist Matteo Pangallo: Health care should be based on need, not greed
02-11-2025 3:22 PM

By MATTEO PANGALLO

 


Guest columnist Rudy Perkins: Mobilize opposition to taking others’ land
02-11-2025 3:20 PM

By RUDY PERKINS

 


South Hadley boy, 6, battling rare brain cancer; family shares journey on social media, creates GoFundMe
02-11-2025 2:37 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Naomi Wood arrived at Plains Elementary School to pick up her 6-year-old son, Hunter Isaiah Wood, when she noticed him stumbling across the playground, eyes crossed.


Walgreens to close Union Street location in Easthampton
02-11-2025 1:16 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — In its prominent downtown location, the Walgreens on Union Street is a popular destination for Easthampton residents looking to pick up needed medications or maybe a quick snack. But now, signs hang in the store notifying customers that the store is slated for closure in late March.


Community Action’s tax prep program now open
02-11-2025 10:36 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Massachusetts Association for Community Action has launched its Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program that helps low-income taxpayers prepare their tax returns.


Amherst school budget best-case scenario: 17 positions gone
02-10-2025 4:21 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Unless state aid increases, other sources of funding are found or member towns can contribute more, a fiscal year 2026 budget that eliminates around 17 positions may be the best-case scenario for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, according to information presented at a “Four Towns Meeting” Saturday.


Amherst schools’ rank-and-file elementary union members break with leaders over support of superintendent
02-10-2025 4:17 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A significant majority of elementary school teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical staff are disavowing a recent statement, released by the executive board for the Amherst-Pelham Education Association, offering support to Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman in the face of allegations made by 12 administrators whose identities have not been made public.


Coffee pros: Price squeeze a grind
02-10-2025 4:06 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Don’t talk to the American people until they’ve had their coffee.


Hadley boards settle on parcel for pickleball next to Hopkins Academy
02-10-2025 12:20 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Approvals from the Select Board and School Committee to use a portion of land along Route 9 next to Hopkins Academy could set the stage for the construction of up to four outdoor pickleball courts and a full-size basketball court.


Deerfield officials eye federal grant program for flooding mitigation
02-10-2025 12:18 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Flooding from Bloody and Blacksmith brooks has long been a problem, but town officials and residents are hoping a relatively unused federal grant program may be the key to unlocking enough money to fund projects that could mitigate future flooding.


UMass basketball: Rahsool Diggins posts fourth 30-plus point outing of the season in Minutemen’s dominant 78-55 win over La Salle
02-09-2025 4:31 PM

After a devastating last-second loss to Saint Louis last time out, Rahsool Diggins and the UMass men’s basketball team bounced back in a big way on Sunday.


Praise, criticism for proposed tobacco changes in Amherst; some want town to adopt nicotine-free generation
02-09-2025 1:01 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Revised regulations on the sale of tobacco products in Amherst drafted by the Board of Health, including restricting oral nicotine pouches to adults-only tobacco stores, is winning both praise and criticism from the public, with advocates for curtailing access to tobacco calling for the town to bolster the rules by adopting a nicotine-free generation measure.


Guest columnist Darcy Dumont: A year of climate wake-up calls
02-09-2025 11:02 AM

By DARCY DUMONT

 


Behind-the-scenes heroes: South Hadley dispatchers recognized by State 911 Department for actions last year
02-09-2025 11:01 AM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Dispatcher Jay Rodriguez arrived to his shift at South Hadley’s Emergency 911 Center early — as he always does — when he heard a caller screaming at his co-worker, threatening to harm himself and any responding officers with his firearm.


Judson Brown: Musk and his ‘criminal enterprise’
02-09-2025 10:59 AM

If we were living in an era when newspapers had sufficient resources and considerable clout, every paper in the country this week would be running a banner headline in bold: “EXTRA! EXTRA! BILLIONAIRE MUSK STAGES COUP.”


Norbert Salz: Trump-Musk blitzkrieg
02-09-2025 10:59 AM

We are experiencing a coup nominally led by Donald Trump, but I am especially alarmed by Elon Musk’s operational takeover of government operations. He has your and my Social Security numbers. He has our bank account information. I rely on Social Security income to support myself and now find I may be at the mercy of whatever decisions Musk and his minions (possibly including Trump?) may make.


Hadley nixes all-way stop at Bay Road-South Maple intersection
02-09-2025 10:01 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A possible reconfiguration of the intersection of Bay Road and South Maple Street, identified by the state’s Department of Transportation as an appropriate location for an all-way stop, will not be pursued by the Select Board.

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