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Recently, nearly 200 donors, legislators and media representatives toured our Emergency Department (ED) at Cooley Dickinson Hospital (“Cooley’s new ‘front door’ on display,” Gazette, June 7). Our long-awaited project, which is being completed in phases, expands the ED by 40%. It features new equipment, more private rooms and a floor plan designed with patients in mind. Earlier this year, we opened a dedicated space to provide a calm, healing environment for those needing mental and behavioral health support. Additional ambulance bays await our region’s EMS teams as they bring patients to our ED. The new addition opens in July and renovations in the existing ED continue through early 2026. Our ED is open throughout the project.

It was predicted that there would be a falling out of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. What wasn’t imagined or hypothesized was the extent and viciousness of the war. Almost simultaneous to this feud, but not as prominently reported, is the vicious attack Trump has made upon Leonard Leo. Leo, the architect and leader of the Federalist Society influenced and aided Trump in filling the Supreme Court with hand-picked conservative judges who have enabled and empowered Trump in his quest for exclusive power and riches. But the justices may have a greater allegiance to Leo and their tenure will surpass Trump’s presidential term. This battle will be by surrogates of Leo in the Supreme Court and members of Congress, who fear being challenged by candidates subsidized by Musk. Trump may have met his match finally and may succumb to this attack upon his agenda, his competence and his hold upon the three branches of government. Fending off Musk and Leo may be the greatest onslaught Trump has ever experienced and may be end of the Trumpian era.

The Gazette published a propagandandistic hit piece on April 30 targeting a member of our community for offering a prayer, as ordained clergy do, for those enduring history’s first live-streamed Holocaust. While the plea for a toothless, liberal movement that includes the line “Hands Off NATO” and attracts members of Congress to speak to their crowds of clapping seals is about as likely to include the cause of Palestine as a virgin is to give birth (forgive me, Father Scalia), it’s interesting that milquetoast commentary invoked such vitriol from someone who claims to “hate war.”

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Digital equity efforts are taking off in Easthampton, with new digital education opportunities in the works, technology lending opportunities and more.

As Southampton prepares to vote on a Proposition 2½ override for William E. Norris School, it’s critical to understand this isn’t a failure of budgeting— it’s exactly how the system is designed to work. Proposition 2½ was passed in 1980 to limit the growth of property taxes, but it wisely included a democratic safeguard: the local override. It allows residents to decide when additional investment is necessary to protect essential services. That’s not a loophole — it’s the process. The $897,069 override request is not about expanding programs. It’s about maintaining existing services in the face of rising, unavoidable costs: $311,706 in contractual salary obligations, $284,258 for special education mandates, $119,847 for shared administrative costs, $167,959 loss of federal REAP and Circuit Breaker funding. Without this override, Norris will lose the equivalent of 10 full-time positions, resulting in larger class sizes, reduced programming, and fewer supports for students.

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos’ 87-month sentence is well deserved, and there is scant disapproval from Democrats as well as Republicans. This is how a properly functioning House of Representatives and the courts respond to a lying, manipulative, thieving politician.

It’s only a matter of time before President Donald Trump offers refugee status to any foreign national who is willing to pay an entrance fee to an unspecified American account and buys real estate from the Trump property inventory. Naturally, the price of the real estate will be determined by a bidding war that will immediately enhance its value.

By JIM PALERMO

By ALEXA LEWIS

The story of David Heisler and Crystal Truehart Heisler is something straight out of Hollywood: A model and a photographer meet on the set of “The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency” reality TV show, fall in love and spend years building careers in the bustling cities of Los Angeles and Austin. Now, seeking a change of pace, the couple has returned to Truehart Heisler’s hometown of Southampton, and Heisler is looking to add a bold new edge to Easthampton’s arts scene with the opening of his new Eastworks studio space, theStudio x DavidHeisler.

To answer the question, where does the money for foreign assistance really go, think about these facts.

By CAROLYN BROWN

One of the most prosperous individuals in early Southampton was Ichabod Strong, who dammed the Manhan River and established a sawmill there in the early 1730s; that mill complex, once known as the Strong’s Mills complex, now part of the Lockville Historic District. Strong, who was described in a genealogy book as “a man of stirring business qualities of character” and “best of all, a remarkably godly man,” also built four farmhouses in the area, which his sons and grandsons inherited. One of those farmhouses, part of the National Register of Historic Places, is on the market right now.

Anyone living in an urban area in many states has seen an increase of food pantries. From one perspective it is disheartening to see that so many people are in need of basic commodities in a country with low unemployment and vast perceivable riches....

By MICHAEL QUINLAN

 I read Olin Rose-Bardawil’s column in support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary [“RFK Jr. could bring change to health woes,” Gazette, Dec. 13]. And although RFK Jr. has sounded the alarm about chronic diseases, there...

Historically, many an elected legislator, political candidate or prospective cabinet nominee accused of deviance, infidelity or sexual felonies has been held accountable, ostracized or drummed into oblivion. But in this decade voters have disbelieved...

The Southampton Lions Club has begun its 16th annual Toys For Kids campaign. As in past years, our loyal, normal collection sites are open to walk-in customers. As a reminder, those sites are the Southampton branches of Bank ESB and PNCU, along with...

By JIM PALERMO

 I am a person of faith who attends church regularly, but my beliefs do not fit neatly into any denomination. I am most comfortable in the United Church of Christ, whose motto is “God is still speaking.” Thus, while I regard the Bible as the greatest...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Opening arguments begin Tuesday morning in the trial of Brian Camp, a Southampton man charged with manslaughter in the killing of Johnathan Letendre of Northampton in December 2022.According to the Northwestern district attorney’s...

By LISA GOODRICH

Upon walking in the door at Puza’s Pure Food Market in Southampton, a commitment to fresh, local produce is on display. Visually, produce appears to fill a substantial portion of the store. As the harvest season eases toward the holidays, bins and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH, EMILEE KLEIN and ALEXA LEWIS

On the final day of voting in the presidential election between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican President Donald Trump, a steady stream of voters made their ways to polling locations throughout the area Tuesday, both...

The closer this country comes to Election Day, the more vitriolic and divisive Donald Trump’s speeches, internet posts and interview responses become. Unfortunately, his ardent supporters are emulating his antagonistic behavior by appearing at rallies...

Our grassroots volunteers want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the people of Southampton and Westfield. In recent weeks we’ve been warmly welcomed when sharing information on how Southampton and Westfield residents can make their voices heard at...