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By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — One blood donation takes about an hour out of a donor’s day, yet it has the ability to save the lives of up to three patients. But blood donations tend to slow down in the summer — people get busy, and they’re usually thinking about...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After enjoying the music and refreshments offered at this year’s River Roads Festival, artists and community members banded together for a noble cause: picking up trash to preserve clean waterways. Nearly 40 volunteers made it out to...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After five years searching for the perfect spot for a new skate park, officials have come full circle to the site supporters wanted all along — Millside Park, where the last skate park had been located before its dismantling in 2006.The...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The property at 1 Northampton St. which stands prominently near Pulaski Park at the downtown rotary received no bids at its public auction. Of the roughly 20 individuals gathered on the premises on Friday afternoon, none jumped at the...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The search for a permanent superintendent is kicking off in Easthampton, and the School Committee anticipates announcing a job offer as early as December.At a School Committee meeting on Tuesday night, committee chair Laura Scott said...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — In its prominent Easthampton location near Pulaski Park at the rotary downtown, the property at 1 Northampton St. is set to be sold at a public auction this week.The property is zoned for mixed use as a commercial-residential...

By ALEXA LEWIS

On a late summer afternoon, as the sun begins to grow heavier in the sky and commuters make their ways home from long days at work, they may notice a few unique classic cars whizzing by them. For the drivers of these cars, the day is only beginning,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Derelict, frequently flooded, and packed with equipment, the Parks and Recreation Department’s maintenance building and storage sheds at Nonotuck Park have raised some eyebrows as they’ve continued to fall into disrepair. But over the...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — By this Sunday, tenants of One Cottage Street must decide to either sign a new lease at $15 per square foot or give written notice of their departure. For William Hewitt, who has made cabinetry and furniture in his studio there for 44...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — A collection of River Valley Co-op member-owners, workers and community members are calling on the store to become “apartheid-free” by removing Israeli products from its shelves at its Easthampton and Northampton stores.Store management,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Everyone falls prey to the feeling of loneliness from time to time but few — whether they are 80 or 18 — realize just how detrimental persistent loneliness can be to their mental and physical health.While U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy garnered...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The union representing teachers and other educators in the Easthampton Public School District is making a pitch for the school administration to incorporate unexpected school funding from the state this fiscal year into a new contract...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Those whose lives were touched by Rodney Yankson will not soon forget the unending kindness and sense of ambition he brought to the Easthampton community.Yankson, 22, who grew up in Easthampton and graduated from Easthampton High School...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Despite ongoing vacancies in its planning director and senior planner positions, officials say the city’s Planning Department is running smoothly for the time being as the search continues to replace these top leadership positions.The...

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EASTHAMPTON — A 22-year-old Easthampton man missing since Tuesday was found dead on Friday afternoon in the Lower Mill Pond.Rodney Yankson, 22, was found by a man and his son who were fishing in the area at about 4:30 p.m., according to the...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Police Department has requested assistance from the public in locating Rodney Yankson, 22, who was last seen when he left his home near Pleasant Street on a black mountain bike at roughly 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Yankson...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Each week, volunteers at the Easthampton Community Center give out about 500 “kid bags,” packages of food that kids can easily cook on their own without using a stove. While donations and matching programs help programs like this at the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Bike riders in the Pioneer Valley are once again able to use the ValleyBike Share system, with transportation stations reopening from Amherst to Springfield after being shut down for more than a year.The city of Northampton held a grand...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Public Library reopened its doors this weekend after the discovery of dead bats in the building prompted its temporary closure. While library staff were still able to offer some services such as curbside hours, Katya...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Public Library, which opened its building in 1881, has had its fair share of small animals find their way inside. It’s what Library Director Katya Schapiro calls an “old building thing,” and isn’t typically cause for...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Local Burger’s Easthampton location is gearing up to celebrate an exciting new expansion: the opening of Beveridges Cocktail Lounge.Beveridges is already open for business, but its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 6...