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By D. DINA FRIEDMAN

 Like many members of the Jewish Community, I felt grief and sadness on hearing last week that six additional hostages taken in the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 had been found murdered. And yet, I felt uncomfortable with how much attention people paid to...

Last group to play Iron Horse before pandemic to returnNORTHAMPTON — Celtic rock band Dicey Riley, the last group to play at the Iron Horse just as the pandemic was shutting down local businesses, will return to the newly-reopened venue on Tuesday...

I’m writing to expand on the important message of Laura Briggs’ Sept. 10 letter to the editor “We can’t securitize our way out of school shootings.” I’m a psychotherapist, and the young students my colleagues and I work with can have very high levels...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — The owners of a dog deemed dangerous by the Select Board last month are appealing the board’s order to euthanize the dog, claiming the decision was not informed by a specialist’s assessment and therefore denied the dog owners due...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — A committee studying rezoning along Routes 202 and 33 will host the first of four public forums on Monday to gauge resident opinions on growth and development along the town’s most heavily trafficked corridor.Monday’s forum, hosted by...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A year-long trial by University of Massachusetts Transit and the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority is expanding weekend bus service on Route 31, bringing riders on the Amherst-to-Sunderland buses directly to the shopping malls in Hadley.The...

By ANDY MORRIS-FRIEDMAN

I have a few questions about Question 2 (eliminating the MCAS graduation requirement) and I want the answers. First the facts. Here in The PRM (People’s Republic of Massachusetts) we test our students every other year (Massachusetts Comprehensive...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Most of Rocky Hill Road, an increasingly popular route for commuters between the University of Massachusetts campus and Interstate 91, as well as a growing number of commercial vehicles, will be closed to all but a limited number of vehicles...

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — When Mount Holyoke College researchers Serin Houston and Anatasica Tucker talk about their recently completed database of migrant sanctuary policies enacted across the country, they can’t help but laugh at the sheer amount of work they...

By CAMMIE MCGOVERN

 As a startling launch to Hunger Awareness Month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a shocking report on Sept. 4 that 47.4 million Americans currently live with food insecurity, an increase of 16.7 million people since 2021, a spike largely...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A poured-in-place rubber surface to be installed for the improved playgrounds and new swing set at Hadley Elementary School, making for a safer space for children, may depend on successfully getting a grant from the town’s Community...

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Give, touch, wait, OK.Winnie, a gray poodle mix with fluffy ears and a puff at the end of her tail, looks at her owner Naomi Rosenberg with big, excited eyes. She had followed each command from Rosenberg enthusiastically to get to her...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A manager of licensing and permitting for Eversource energy projects, who also brings experience chairing the Conservation Commission in Sandwich, will serve on the Planning Board through next May’s town election.In a unanimous joint vote by...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Hadley Police Chief Michael Mason is officially doing double duty, now serving as interim town administrator, with his appointment to the position this week, as he continues to oversee the police force.With Town Administrator Carolyn Brennan...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A Jersey Mike’s Subs shop could be coming to a Route 9 shopping plaza.The Planning Board Tuesday agreed to waive additional site plan review for a change in use proposed at the 355 Russell St. strip mall to accommodate the restaurant, which...

While I appreciate that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s talking points have gained some currency in the Valley, it still remains that the simplest, fastest way to end the harms in Ukraine is for Russia to cease and desist from its aggressions...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Enslaved from 1770 to 1776 at the Forty Acres homestead in Hadley, now known as The Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum, Caesar Phelps wrote a letter from Fort Ticonderoga, where he was serving in the Continental Army, to his owner, Charles...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Hadley Town Administrator Carolyn Brennan is poised to retire in December after more than four years serving in the role.Brennan last week submitted a retirement letter to the board, citing “recent medical issues” as a factor in departing.In...

The central domain of this coming election is power. Trump promises this through his Project 2025. Harris promises power through furthering (or restoring) personal freedom. These two competing promises define our aspirations and fate.Trump laces his...