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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — State legislators representing Hampshire and Franklin counties signaled that they were prepared to defend protections for immigrants, the environment and transgender people in Massachusetts as the new federal administration under President Donald Trump moves to limit or scrap them.
By SAMUEL GELINAS
NORTHAMPTON — It wasn’t the coffee that had the people inside the First Churches of Northampton energetic and on edge Saturday morning. Some 500 crowded into the church shoulder to shoulder, mutually distressed about the state of national politics — and they voiced those concerns in a coffee hour town hall with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern that lasted close to two hours.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
CHARLEMONT — Easthampton author Megan Tady invites the community to a literary après-ski party at Berkshire East Mountain Resort on Saturday, Jan. 25, to celebrate the launch of her second novel, “Bluebird Day.”
By ZEKE MILLER,CHRIS MEGERIANand MICHELLE L. PRICE
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president Monday, returning to power with a promise to end America’s decline and to “completely and totally reverse” the actions of the man who drove him from office four years ago.
By SAMUEL GELINAS
WESTFIELD — Minutes after noon on Monday, repeated chants of “USA” filled East Mountain Country Club after Donald J. Trump took the oath of office, officially making him the 47th president of the United States.
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and COLLEEN LONG
WASHINGTON — With only days left in the White House, President Joe Biden was saving a few surprises for his farewell address Wednesday evening. Instead of simply summing up his term in office, he used the opportunity to issue dire warnings about the future and call for deep changes to the country’s foundational document.
By EMILEE KLEIN
NORTHAMPTON — Small Victories, a retail shop that has taken root downtown, began in the same way the business’s seed paper stationary does: start with dirt, add water and soon something will sprout.
By BILL BARROW
ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who tried to restore virtue to the White House after the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, then rebounded from a landslide defeat to become a global advocate of human rights and democracy, has died. He was...
By HANNAH EDELHEIT
The night before electors for the 2024 presidential race were announced, 19-year-old Kaveesh Pathak wasn’t sure he was going to win. He had spent the last two weeks calling and campaigning to become one of the 11 Massachusetts Democrats to serve on...
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
ASHFIELD — Combining creativity and community, Double Edge Theatre is working to create a sustainable future by providing eco-friendly housing and renovating old buildings into new apartments, while also constructing a Community Design Center. Between...
By GARRETT COTE
They have been road warriors nearly all postseason, and the UMass men’s soccer team will have to embrace that narrative one more time if they want to advance to their first College Cup since 2007.The Minutemen (13-3-5) travel to Denver (12-3-4) to...
By ALISON KUZNITZ
BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, joined by a cohort of Massachusetts health leaders, declared Tuesday he will vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary, saying Americans need a leader...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
NORTHAMPTON — One of the banners advertising the work of the Alliance for Digital Equity depicts a web of vital life activities linked to a center point labeled “the internet.” The idea is to highlight the importance of making the internet accessible...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — Roy Martin, a candidate for Northampton mayor 10 times over a 26-year period, died of natural causes last Saturday. He was 81.Likely best known in the city for running campaigns against all four mayors who have won election to City Hall...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
AMHERST — Why did the American people elect Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, and not Kamala Harris? Is the status of the nation’s democracy in peril? And where do the American people as a nation go from here? These were some of the...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
After the presidential election victory of Donald Trump on Tuesday, many Democrats — including in Massachusetts, where residents favored Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris by a large margin — may be left scratching their heads as to how...
By DOMENIC POLI
State Sen. Paul Mark coasted to reelection on Tuesday, besting Republican challenger David Rosa to earn a second term representing 57 communities throughout Franklin, Hampshire, Berkshire and Hampden counties.The Democrat from Becket will be sworn in...
By CAROLYN BROWN
What if Project 2025 were a puppet/drag show?Goldenrod Country Inn, a B&B and tavern in Worthington, will host its original production “Project 2069: A Dragged-Out Political Satire” on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m in its Cabaret Room...
By CHRIS LARABEE
DEERFIELD — In the highly politicized environment of 2024, the role of the press is as heavily scrutinized as it has ever been, and in an effort to shed some light on the media’s role in covering politics, Deerfield Academy hosted a special fall...
By DOMENIC POLI
An eastern Massachusetts man is trying to unseat the Democratic state senator who represents 57 communities throughout Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties.David Rosa, a Republican from the Bristol County town of Dighton, is running...
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
DEERFIELD — Love them or hate them, political parties play a big role in American government. But how do they work? In a bipartisan educational effort, Massachusetts party leaders Amy Carnevale (Republican State Committee chair) and Steve Kerrigan...
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