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By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — Fresh from having received gifts from two alumnae that have enabled the Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) to drop its admission fees, the museum has won additional funding to expand its programming for visitors.The Art Bridges...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — As a veteran, Lin Chambliss knows firsthand the isolation and disconnect that comes with returning from the service.He himself missed part of his kids’ childhood, “time I can’t get back,” he said.“Many veterans, they feel forgotten… They...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The first day of school for Northampton Public School students begins Thursday, but for new Superintendent Portia Bonner, it feels more like homecoming.Though most of her broad and deep educational career over the past three decades has...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — With school starting this week, two new “bog bridges” will make it easier for students and families to traverse the trail from Mountain View School to Nonotuck Park.The project is an interim step in enhancing the trail while the city...

By STEVE PFARRER

With the growth of the internet and social media, museums in the last few decades have looked for new ways to engage visitors: interactive exhibits, special events, activity workshops for children, even using apps to guide visitors through...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

With the installation of safety barriers along the French King Bridge now complete, those with a connection to the structure’s tragic history hope to be more at peace.“I have a lot of pride and gratitude for all of the people who advocated for them,”...

By VIRGINIA RAY

SHELBURNE FALLS — The Bridge of Flowers will close as usual in late October, but this time it will not reopen until major and much-needed repairs have been made, thanks to a $2.28 million state infrastructure grant. The bridge is likely to be closed...

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...

By STEVE PFARRER

Years ago, when he signed up to take an online screenwriting class taught at Holyoke Community College, Nathan Graham Davis had no idea he might find himself eventually penning the script for a Hollywood thriller.And Davis, who lives in Easthampton,...

By STEVE PFARRER

High BridgeBy Michael Miller; Köehler Books Fayetteville, New York is not exactly a well-known locale. But in the mid-19th century, this village outside Syracuse was home to two people who would later make significant marks in U.S. history: President...

By EMILY THURLOW

WESTHAMPTON — State transportation officials are moving ahead with a plan to replace a structurally deficient bridge at Perry Hill Road Extension, which spans over the north branch of the Manhan River. The single-lane bridge was built in 1956 and...

I am grateful for people like Daniel Lyons, whose recent guest column expresses his concerns about electric vehicles (“Electric vehicles and the future,” Gazette, Jan 9). But while it’s good to be well-informed about risks, we shouldn’t lose sight of...

THE GREENFIELD RECORDER

GILL — After rescue teams had searched the Connecticut River Thursday and Friday for a man suspected of jumping from the French King Bridge, a fisherman discovered a body in the river north of the bridge Saturday morning.Dive teams began the search...