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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

CONCORD, N.H. — In the center of New Hampshire’s capital city of Concord lies its Main Street, overlooked by the city’s historic gold-domed State House building and its accompanying plaza featuring statues of the Granite State’s most notable political...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — After hearings on the matter stretched across three consecutive meetings, the Planning Board has approved a special permit for a proposed 109-room hotel and a 31-unit residential building at 115 Conz St., formerly the site of the Daily...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Jurors in Hampshire Superior Court heard from the first two witnesses Thursday as prosecutors once more began laying out their case that Cara Rintala killed her wife at their Granby home in 2010.The two officers first on the scene,...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Cases of COVID-19 have been on the rise throughout the Pioneer Valley over the past month, although not to the extent that they were a year ago, according to health officials. Data from Northampton Wastewater Treatment Plant shows a...

By Sophie Hauck

NORTHAMPTON — Foodies and picky eaters alike delighted in the return of Taste of Northampton on Saturday, an all-day food festival that gave thousands an appetite for supporting local businesses.Dozens of vendors lined Main Street, serving fried...

By SOPHIE HAUCK

HADLEY — Radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte may have passed the torch of running the annual Cancer Connection Bed-In, but he couldn’t resist making a splash during Tara Brewster’s first turn anchoring the fundraiser on Friday.While...

By Emily Thurlow

NORTHAMPTON — Like the name of her new business suggests, Alaina Bavelas hopes that Bam Nail Studio will have an impact on the city.But unlike the heavy sound that resonates from a falling object, Bavelas intends the sound that accompanies her “Bam”...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Over 30 local restaurants and breweries will descend upon Northampton’s Main Street on Saturday, as the city hopes to attract people from across the Pioneer Valley region and beyond to its Taste of Northampton festival. Once an annual...

NORTHAMPTON — The city will open cooling centers at several locations Wednesday and Thursday for people looking for a break from temperatures expected in the low 90s. On Wednesday, the centers will be located in the following locations:

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — The smells of fried food, ketchup and hamburgers filled the air as thousands of sweaty and smiling fairgoers explored the many activities at this year’s Three County Fair over a four-day stretch that ended on Labor Day.With every whoosh...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — When she was in first grade, Kristal, a transgender girl, was pushed down a rocky hill by a schoolmate while playing basketball, leaving her with a large scar on her back. Another time, a classmate pushed her down in gym class, causing a...

By Emily Thurlow

NORTHAMPTON — A Mediterranean breeze has swept through downtown, bringing a taste and feel of Morocco to Main Street with Meriyem’s Cafe.Located in the storefront formerly occupied by Dobrá Tea, the Northampton eatery offers its patrons the allure...

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON — Some of the powerful players in Massachusetts’ business community are getting impatient for long-promised, and long-delayed, tax relief as August concludes without action.The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Massachusetts Society...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — With a sunny forecast and a schedule packed with agricultural events, music, motor sport activities, food and local art, the 206th Three County Fair is set to kick off Friday and run through Labor Day on Monday.First been held in 1818,...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The Planning Board approved a site plan Thursday for a six-story affordable housing project at 27 Crafts Ave., clearing a key hurdle for the 30-unit building to rise from behind City Hall in the coming years. Valley Community...

By Emily Thurlow

NORTHAMPTON — Yankee Mattress Company, an Agawam-based manufacturer which has gained a “cool” reputation with its gel memory foam mattresses it provides to the high-roller suites at MGM Springfield, is moving its Northampton showroom.The company,...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON – Flora Majumder, age 88, enjoys taking a 20-minute walk every day. Where she lives — at Lathrop Retirement Community in Easthampton — paths, trails and exercise classes that accommodate the use of a cane or walker are plentiful.But, due...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — After being closed unexpectedly for several weeks, a mainstay of the downtown lunch scene reopened its doors Thursday, welcoming people in for coffee and drinks.“For now, the kitchen is closed — we’re not serving food,” Haymarket Cafe...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — Since last summer, nearly 1,800 people around the Valley have received reproductive, addiction, and sexual health services on a mobile van operated by Tapestry Health.The van is part of a “Community Care in Reach” program funded by the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Comparing Donald Trump to Jefferson Davis, the former president of the Confederacy, John Bonifaz, a local attorney and activist, condemned Trump at a rally in Northampton on Thursday shortly after the former president was arraigned in...