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Who wins the awards for the most hypocritical or most steadfast in the Trump orbit? With the unsealing of each indictment, release of incriminating tape recordings and media interviews of witnesses, the MAGA loyalists and previously allied officials...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — As a self-professed dilettante, Johanna Rodriguez Douglass feels especially comfortable surrounded by stacks of stories at the Edwards Public Library.Douglass began settling into her role as the director of the Southampton library last...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The Chamber of Greater Easthampton is hosting a women’s leadership conference on June 16 featuring several speakers who will share their personal stories and insights on leadership, career development, and understanding the power of...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — The town will soon have around the clock paramedic service and police coverage after voters narrowly approved a $332,500 Proposition 2½ override at Tuesday’s municipal election.The approval, by a vote of 441-352, will give the town the...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — The leader of the town’s Finance Committee has resigned after a rocky budget season, saying that the panel doesn’t have enough volunteers to meet its obligations and that even if it did, the town often provides out-of-date or inaccurate...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — Susan Teece regularly wears a necklace with a chrome-colored heart charm. Though the piece of jewelry might not be considered flashy, it is attention-grabbing as many strangers often strike up a conversation about it. What many don’t...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — As one of the smaller municipalities in the region, the town relies on part-time employees to maintain police, fire and emergency medical services.However, in the last decade, Southampton’s call volume has nearly doubled and finding...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — Residents who question the town’s portion of Hampshire Regional School District’s budget succeeded in convincing a majority of voters at last week’s annual Town Meeting to vote down that section of the $20 million annual operating...

The MAGA base was fed red meat, the audience was entertained and enthralled, and CNN lost all credibility as a fair and balanced news channel It’s difficult to determine what aspect of Wednesday night’s Donald Trump town hall spectacle was most...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — A section of Labrie Field could soon be carved out to immortalize the memory of the late Madeline “Maddie” Schmidt, who died to a rare pediatric cancer in December.Last February, the Southampton youth was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic...

How is it that that a bill called “Tax Relief Act” will eliminate the tax cap that requires surpluses from taxation to be returned to the people?  It seems the intent of the Legislature is to relieve the hard-working taxpayers of their money.  Maybe...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — Spanning a section of the Manhan River, the East Street bridge connects Route 10 in downtown Southampton to the border of Holyoke. For more than 90 years, the overpass, which was rebuilt last year, has been referred to by the name of the...

In response to  the column "Happy in Helsinki" by J.M. Sorrell [Gazette, April 5], I agree with the happiness of the Scandinavian countries. (I'm Swedish-American.) That said, I'm very hurt about the column’s anti-Christian stance on the issue of gun...

I was certain that there must be more to the story regarding the reason the Easthampton School Committee withdrew its offer to Dr. Vito Perrone, to become superintendent of schools: And there might be. But according to the letter “Cringes at use of...

Will Trump regain the presidency, while under criminal indictment like Netanyahu? The more lies uncovered, treasonous actions performed and the closer to indictment Trump becomes, his diehard supporters remain loyal and supportive of a second...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Southampton man facing sexual assault charges pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on Monday and was released on the same conditions imposed by the Hampshire County Superior Court judge who handled his arraignment on...

What ever happened to the good ole USA? We’ve gone from a Republican government guided by a Constitution to a regime of revolving elites. We have less freedom with each passing year. Like a signpost to the coming reign of terror, the cancel culture is...

By Cynthia Loring MacBain

The report of the time at which the Doomsday Clock is currently set was announced Tuesday (Jan. 24). Anticipating what that “time” will be brings back memories of the Cuban Missile Crisis. My baby was just four months old.I had seen the movie “On the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Mathieu J. Tebo, the Southampton loan officer and broker who is facing a series of sexual assault charges, including rape, and threatening to commit a crime (murder), will have to abide by a series of conditions, including remaining in...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

SOUTH HADLEY – Drew Alley scored 10 points in the first half and helped the South Hadley girls basketball team pull away from Hampshire Regional 47-29 at home on Tuesday.The Tigers (5-1) scored the game’s first seven points and opened with a 17-2 run....