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Hayley Wood: EconoLodge vote disappointing, zoning review needed
03-27-2023 6:13 PM

On March 20, the Hadley Zoning Board of Appeals voted to deny a comprehensive permit to Valley Community Development that would have allowed that organization to develop the now-empty EconoLodge Hotel into 51 units of permanent housing, much of it...


Guest columnist Camille Cammack: Wrong turn for early reading curriculum
03-24-2023 2:14 PM

By CAMILLE CAMMACK

Imagine you are a wiggly, bright-eyed kindergartner sitting in a circle with 24 classmates. You have just been encouraged by your teacher to look them in the eye and greet them “properly” saying, “Hello, I’m using my right hand to shake your right...


Guest columnist Russ Carrier: Forbes Library needs you now more than ever 
03-24-2023 2:13 PM

By RUSS CARRIER

One of the amazing aspects about living in Massachusetts is that most communities, regardless of their size, have a free public library. It is impossible to calculate the positive impact that these libraries have had since the initial ones were...


Guest columnists Matt Holloway and Kursten Holabird: Building for our future
03-23-2023 4:47 PM

By KURSTEN HOLABIRD and MATT HOLLOWAY

May 2, 2023 is an important date for the future of Amherst. On that date, voters will go to the polls with the chance to steer our community onto a positive and progressive path by voting “yes” for a new consolidated elementary school building. (Early...


Guest columnist Rutherford H. Platt: Antarctic Sea ice — going, going ...
03-22-2023 5:11 PM

By RUTHERFORD H. PLATT

Amid the deluge of political, war, and economic news, a new report from Antarctica caught my attention: Floating pack ice surrounding the frozen continent has shrunk to the smallest extent since monitoring by satellite began in 1979.As reported in The...


Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: Beware, Medicare ‘wellness visit’ is no longer a medical exam
03-21-2023 6:01 PM

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

Last July, I visited our new doctor for what I thought was an annual checkup. I brought with me an annoying problem I’d been having, and he made a referral for me to see a specialist, who has taken care of the problem. After that July visit — a...


Guest columnist Christina Royal: Pandemic shifts a ‘shining moment in history of HCC’
03-16-2023 5:13 PM

By CHRISTINA ROYAL

Monday, March 13, marked the third anniversary of my message to the Holyoke Community College community, announcing that, following spring break in 2020, all academic courses (and soon nearly all campus services) would go fully remote due to the...


Guest columnist John Varner: Precious farmland in peril
03-13-2023 1:55 PM

By JOHN VARNER

Whenever I drive through Hadley, I think of the Colorado River. The river is drying up, and as the water to irrigate the Imperial Valley slows to a trickle, crops and orchards are withering, and toxic dust is stirring as the winds whip across barren,...


Guest columnist Justin Silverman: Honor Sunshine Week by requiring hybrid access to government meetings
03-12-2023 7:44 PM

By JUSTIN SILVERMAN

During the early months of COVID-19, governors in New England states issued executive orders allowing municipalities to meet online so long as the public could attend remotely. The democratic benefits of this arrangement quickly became evident....


Guest columnist James Lowenthal: Lighting the rail trail is misguided and harmful
03-09-2023 5:07 PM

By JAMES LOWENTHAL

Stephen Donnelly’s opinion piece about the Manhan Rail Trail [“Light on the Manhan Rail Trail,” March 6] rightly points out how important the trail is in helping Easthampton encourage active lifestyles and economic growth. It also helps the city...


Guest columnist Jonathan Klein: John Olver’s impact will endure 
03-08-2023 6:25 PM

By JONATHAN KLEIN

John Olver was a complicated guy. Like a rare gem, he had many sparkling facets. Providing a full portrait of John with any degree of brevity is impossible. He was sui generis, one of a kind.Much has been written since his passing about his...


Guest columnist Thomas Dourmashkin: Reparations belong on the national level 
03-08-2023 6:25 PM

By THOMAS DOURMASHKIN

The issue of “reparations” is about as confusing as it can be. Many issues are raised but few really have bearing on the problem.To be clear from the start, I am for reparations, but not on a local level. There is a debt, but attempts to pay it on a...


A heroic woman fighting for the rights of children
03-07-2023 3:01 PM

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

On International Women’s Day (March 8) step back in time to London, England in the year 1919. At Trafalgar Square in Central London you will see a woman handing out flyers to whomever passes by.She wants to tell everyone about children starving to...


Guest columnist Bruce Miller: Default would be unconstitutional — Biden should say so now
03-06-2023 3:01 PM

By BRUCE MILLER

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is openly threatening to force a default on our nation’s debts unless President Biden agrees to a so far unspecified list of spending cuts to federal programs. But the president has a formidable constitutional argument...


Guest columnist Stephen Donnelly: Light on the Manhan Rail Trail
03-05-2023 10:36 AM

By STEPHEN DONNELLY

The citizens of Easthampton have embraced the Manhan Rail Trail since its inception well over 20 years ago. Many changes and improvements to the trail have occurred during this time frame. Some of the most notable changes include connecting to the...


Guest columnist Howard R. Wolf: Chatting up a chatbot
03-05-2023 10:36 AM

By HOWARD R. WOLF

I’ve never seen a chatbot, but I’ll take the word of reliable newspaper coverage and accept the fact that a computer program can generate a text on “The Wonders of Buffalo” that is more professional than most first-year university composition...


Guest columnist Tom Gardner: Has artificial intelligence crossed the line?
03-05-2023 10:36 AM

By TOM GARDNER

‘I, Robot” has arrived. Its name is Sydney, and it wants you to leave your spouse, because it loves you. Really!AI (artificial intelligence) stepped over the line last month. Fortunately, a brave cyberspace explorer detected the alien creature and...


Guest columnist D. Dina Friedman: Let them wear tutus
03-03-2023 3:28 PM

By D. DINA FRIEDMAN

When I was 7 and my brother was 4, we were playing in my room. My ballerina tutu was on the floor, and my brother put it on. He pranced out to show my mother, a big grin on his face. “How do I look in a dress?”My mother’s face went to red quicker than...


Guest columnist Jonathan Kahane: Between Scylla and Charybdis
03-02-2023 5:08 PM

By JONATHAN KAHANE

The Gazette opinion page is my second favorite section of the newspaper. I prefer to begin my day’s journey by reading the comics. All too often they provide me with the only good laughs of the day. I procrastinate reading the news as it generally...


Guest columnist Patrick Cahillane: Dedicated to being part of the solution
03-02-2023 5:07 PM

By SHERIFF PATRICK J. CAHILLANE

It’s no exaggeration to say that crime in the United States is fueled by addiction.According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse and other organizations that monitor the link between crime and addiction, approximately 65% of incarcerated Americans...

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