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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — After nearly six months of searching, Cooley Dickinson Hospital has found a new president.
By EMILEE KLEIN
NORTHAMPTON — The “Doomsday Clock” is moving forward.
By CAROLYN BROWN
All the world’s a stage — but for two local comedians, their stage is a green and black bus.
By EMILEE KLEIN
NORTHAMPTON — Nothing could knock down Claudia Quintero on the day she received her green card and work permit at 17 years old — she was too elated to notice anything else.
Reparations. For what? For whom? What does this word mean? At its basic level, Reparations means to make someone whole for past wrongs. Today it is usually phrased as “Reparations for Slavery” to be bestowed on descendants of peoples enslaved in pre-13th Amendment America.
In an era of massive uncertainty about what the future holds and immense fear about what’s in store during Donald Trump’s presidency, I’m writing in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as head of Health and Human Services, which could be a silver lining in several ways.
On the first day of his second term the president issued an executive order “defending women from gender ideology extremism and restoring biological truth to the federal government.” Under the terms of the order, “It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.” Each American, the president maintains, has a sex that was determined at the moment of conception.
By EMILEE KLEIN
A $12.6 million grant will build out broadband internet for almost 100 underserviced communities across the state, including customers in nine Hampshire and Franklin cities and towns.
By RICHARD FEIN
By MICHAEL MARVIN
By JOHN PARADIS
By CAROLYN BROWN
Heather Maloney almost didn’t release her upcoming album, “Exploding Star,” to the public. An album born of grief and loss was too raw, too personal, to go public, she felt, so she kept it for herself. But when her closest friends and family suggested that it could help others who were grieving, Maloney changed her mind and decided to share the album with the world — and it’ll make its debut in Northampton in two weeks.
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
In the last week before Christmas, among women definitely over 55, “the Bob Dylan film” became a subject of discussion. I knew nothing about “A Complete Unknown” with TimothéeChalamet cast as Bob. Having seen his work, I was interested. However, would this be a movie with an actor who neither sang nor played an instrument? There is always something generally awkward about dubbing.
ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The Collaborative for Educational Services, a Northampton non-profit that provides professional educational services, consulting and programs for students with special needs, is cutting 10 positions and reducing the hours of 10 others, citing a change in the overall educational landscape.
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
Grow Food Northampton has announced that Michael Skillicorn has been made co-executive director, joining existing Executive Director Alisa Klein in leading the community garden and sustainable food nonprofit.
On Jan. 20, 300 people braved a very cold morning to listen to 25 organizations asking for volunteers for their social and political efforts. Bombyx Center For the Arts and Equity hosted the event, organized by the Rev. Marisa Egerstrom, the dynamic pastor of Florence Congregational Church.
By CARRIE N. BAKER
Intense political polarization in contemporary American society shapes not only national politics, but local politics as well. It’s happening across partisan boundaries, but also within the left as well as the right. Some people appear to have lost the capacity to disagree without demonizing one another, calling each other names, assuming bad intentions and engaging in character assassination. Examples abound, such as recent personal attacks on social media against Northampton’s mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra; attacks on Amherst school board members that resulted in multiple resignations in 2023; student protesters’ treatment of Smith College’s new president last year; and call outs that led to the cancelation of the 2021 Western Massachusetts Visual Arts and Poetry Biennial.
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — More than a year and a half after it initially planned to close, the Coca-Cola bottling plant on Industrial Drive will remain open through 2025, though its future in the city remains uncertain.
By CAROLYN BROWN
Jonathan Edwards, one of Northampton’s most famous residents, was a revolutionary preacher whose legacy has endured through centuries. He was the first minister in Northampton to baptize African Americans, yet he did not free those he enslaved. He was a loving husband, yet he supported complementarianism, a theological belief that gender roles are ordained by God. And his work inspired several suicides.
The local theater company Valley Players will present a production of the play “Love Letters” on Feb. 7, 8, 14 and 15, each at 7:30 p.m., at Black Birch Vineyard in Hatfield.
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