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By LARRY HOTT

It was February 2001. I was at my desk in our film studio reviewing every grant proposal I had written for our film “Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness and Survival,” which was based on the book by Jay Neugenboren.I met Jay four years earlier while...

By LISA ARONSON FONTES

In this Passover season, Jews savor the taste of freedom after being enslaved in Egypt in ancient times. We also pledge our commitment to helping liberate those who today are trapped by poverty, war, disease, and modern forms of confinement. We...

By ADELE FRANKS

Nine months ago, with the climate emergency escalating, Climate Action Now brought together organizers from climate action groups in the city of Northampton to discuss a burning question: “What meaningful action can we take here in the city in which...

This column marks the beginning my sixth year of writing for the Daily Hampshire Gazette. That first January I wrote about the scarcity of snow. As I weighed what to write this month, idea after idea presented itself. I tossed them because the near...

By MICHAEL SEWARD

The town of Hadley has contributed to the housing shortage with its prohibition of more than one housing unit on a single lot. The Gazette recently reported that planners in Hadley may tweak their “inclusionary bylaw,” because it hasn’t resulted in...