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By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — Each day, Julie Foster holds close the memories of her loved ones who lost their lives to drug overdose: her daughter, Ahymee Lamoureux; her nephew, Tony Ferris; and her brother, Peter Hedding.“It doesn’t matter who you are, where you’re...

By MADDIE FABIAN

BOSTON — In a letter sent to President Joe Biden, Gov. Maura Healey requested that the nation’s flags are lowered to half-staff this Thursday in observance of International Overdose Awareness Day and in honor of lives lost to drug-related deaths.Since...

By Maddie Fabian

EASTHAMPTON — In the face of ongoing antisemitic incidents and as upcoming Jewish holidays approach, At-Large City Councilor Owen Zaret is continuing to call on officials, faith leaders and community members to support his resolution against...

By EMILY CUTTS

NORTHAMPTON — The number of heroin overdoses in the city has nearly tripled in the last year, according to data released Wednesday by the Northampton Police Department .“We are indeed in the midst of a terrible epidemic,” the department wrote in a...