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By ANNA GUARACAO

As the temperature drops and Bay State residents spend more time indoors, public health experts and health care professionals are concerned about an increasing viral mix of COVID-19, RSV, and the flu, while staffing shortages and overflowing emergency...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — As the city’s new public health nurse, Christine Southworth will play an important role in keeping the community healthy through preventative and educational work.“I really love preventative medicine,” she said. “It’s a nice field of...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Ventilation systems, pickleball courts and manhole covers honoring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are just some of the projects awarded grants by the city of Northampton, using $4 million the city received in American Rescue Act Plan...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON – More than 60 organizations in the city will receive a portion of $4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to be divvied up by the city, based on recommendations made last week by Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra.The mayor designated the...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — A few months ago a resident asked the city’s Health Department how they could acquire fentanyl test strips, one of several harm reduction products the city makes available for free upon request, without having to ask for them in person...

By GRETA JOCHEM

NORTHAMPTON — Longtime downtown business owner Bill Muller thought he had a plan — consolidate his Northampton businesses, Guild Art Supply and Pierce’s Frameshop, and his Easthampton printing business, Big Wheel Press, into one space in the old...

By MARY BYRNE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — For the first time in months, Samantha Daviau felt like she could finally take a breath.Her father, Richard Daviau, owner of Damn Yankees BBQ on Elm Street in South Deerfield, was released from Baystate Medical Center in Springfield...

By BERA DUNAU

EASTHAMPTON — For more than four decades, a star shining over the city from Mount Tom has been a holiday tradition. Now, as residents deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic, the star is again lighting up the night in a gesture meant to spark and...