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CHESTERFIELD — The town will hold a special Town Meeting Tuesday, March 26, at 7 p.m. at the Community Center to allow votes on paying an unpaid bill from last year and amendments to the cannabis bylaw.Article 1 seeks voter approval for the transfer...
By GARRETT COTE
Dana Kellogg wore the world’s biggest smile as he stood on the podium – U-S-A letters proudly across his chest – to accept a silver medal following the team relay at the Luge World Championships last month.Kellogg, a Chesterfield native and Smith...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
SOUTHAMPTON — The Southampton Select Board agreed last week to withhold paying its quarterly assessment to the Hampshire Regional School District in response to ongoing challenges in the school district’s business office that are putting the town’s...
President Joe Biden still fails to effectively communicate regarding America’s existing immigration goals and policies. It may cost him dearly during the election despite the fact he cannot prevent Central and South American societies from...
By GARRETT COTE
Last weekend, Chesterfield native Dana Kellogg and teammate Frank Ike finished ninth place at the men’s luge doubles World Championships in Altenberg, Germany. The World Championships occur every non-Olympic year.Kellogg and Ike were the fastest...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — A $682,085 project for watershed planning for the Mill River in Williamsburg and $304,800 for resiliency improvements on Emerald Place in Easthampton are among the $28.5 million in Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grants...
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts reads the polls like I do. The standing of the Supreme Court in the eyes of the public has plummeted under his lack of leadership and is now almost nonexistent.The court’s ruling on abortion has resulted...
By HANNAH BEVIS
Chesterfield’s Dewey Hathaway went to Ireland and came back with a pot of gold — or at least as close to a pot of gold as he could find. The 16-year-old was one of several young archers who represented Team USA at the recent World Youth Archery...
By MATT L. BARRON
One of the major fights in the upcoming reauthorization of the 2023 Farm Bill will be over the commodity checkoff system. Checkoffs are mandatory Department of Agriculture fees assessed on a per-unit basis that many U.S. farmers and ranchers pay every...
By Sophie Hauck
CHESTERFIELD — Even Mother Nature could not rain on Chesterfield’s parade Tuesday, as hundreds gathered to enjoy the town’s annual Fourth of July celebration.The parade, uninterrupted by rainy weather, has made its way down Main Street for 76...
Our community has been experiencing the effects of climate change, and I worry about the future and the climate extremes that coming generations will experience. April was “Earth Month,” and the theme this year was to “Invest in People and the...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The family of Johnathan Letendre, who died from gunshot wounds on the kitchen floor of a Chesterfield home shortly after Christmas, says too many questions remain unanswered about the case for them to be satisfied with last week’s...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — On July 23, 1944, William Adams, a U.S. Army private from Northampton, was killed by a German artillery shell as his unit pushed against German forces south of Sainteny, France. Adams left behind his wife, daughter Pearl, three brothers...
I am writing in regard to the recent article about the overhaul of Main Street. As a resident of a community near Northampton, I am concerned that the plan’s goal “to promote a vibrant and attractive downtown that’s accessible for all users” may not...
Recently, I watched an episode of Connecting Point on NEPM which included a segment about a local musician, Sarah the Fiddler. It was very cool to see one of the dozens of talented artists in the small hilltowns of western Massachusetts spotlighted in...
CHESTERFIELD — An electrical fire at a home on Bryant Street drew numerous fire crews and caused an estimated $150,000 in damage Saturday afternoon, Fire Chief David Hewes said.The single-family home’s residents were not at home at the time, and no...
Kudos to Gazette reporter Alexander MacDougall for his excellent March 21 article on modern wood heating [“A place for wood in state’s green future”]. It is refreshing to read about something other than electric cars and solar panels. Regrettably, the...
How messed up is it that calling someone a lady is a no-no, but in some instances when talking about a criminal they use the word “gentleman!”Dottie MatusewiczChesterfield
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
CHESTERFIELD — A 27-year-old Northampton man found dead in Chesterfield more than a month ago died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and torso, along with multiple blunt force injuries, according to a copy of the death certificate obtained by...
By BERA DUNAU
WESTHAMPTON — Town Democrats will hold a party caucus Thursday, giving them a voice in the selection of candidates for governor and other statewide offices. However, eight other Hampshire County communities will not be sending caucus delegates to the...
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