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Valley Bounty: Savoring cool collaborations: Easthampton’s Crooked Stick Pops champions local produce and sustainability

Valley Bounty: Savoring cool collaborations: Easthampton’s Crooked Stick Pops champions local produce and sustainability

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Making room for ‘Imaginary Friends’: A.P.E. Gallery exhibit showcases collaborative art by parents and children

Making room for ‘Imaginary Friends’: A.P.E. Gallery exhibit showcases collaborative art by parents and children

by Carolyn Brown

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Residents cite soaring rents as Amherst backs state bill

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Columnist Rev. Andrea Ayvazian: Uplifting stories to help one stay strong

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Around Amherst: Exhibit on town’s revolutionary past opens June 25

Rock On with Joan Axelrod-Contrada: A ‘Pleasant Valley Sunday’ romance and judgment: He checked every box, but I couldn’t ignore the soundtrack playing in my head

Book Review: ‘Jane Fonda: There’s a Great Deal to Say’: Retired journalism professor pens biography that follows the actresses’ role as an activist

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Daylong standoff at Holyoke motel on Route 5 ends with suspect’s death

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Gazette All-Stars: Outdoor track & field

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Daylong standoff at Holyoke motel on Route 5 ends with suspect's death

Daylong standoff at Holyoke motel on Route 5 ends with suspect's death

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Legion baseball: Greenfield Post 81 holds off Belchertown Post 239

Sports

Legion baseball: Greenfield Post 81 holds off Belchertown Post 239

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Post 81 stayed unbeaten after a 9-4 win over Belchertown Post 239 on Wednesday night at Veterans Memorial Field. Greenfield (4-0) scored six runs in the first…

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Holyoke youth track stars qualify for USATF Region 1 Junior Olympics

Valley Blue Sox out of sorts in 10-3 loss to Bristol Blues

Legion baseball: East Springfield Post 420 shuts out Northampton Post 28 at home

Sports Briefs: Amherst’s defense steps up in win over Frontier in PVYBL Koufax play

Gazette All-Stars: Boys Volleyball

Business

Element Brewing & Distilling holding grand opening for South Deerfield location

Element Brewing & Distilling holding grand opening for South Deerfield location

News

Built on second chances: Legacy Equine Center in Easthampton combines therapy and sanctuary

Arts & Life

Stepping into the spotlight: Easthampton polka musician Jim Motyka releases first solo album, ‘The Way Life Should Be’

Stepping into the spotlight: Easthampton polka musician Jim Motyka releases first solo album, ‘The Way Life Should Be’

by Carolyn Brown

A ‘Tanglewood vibe’ comes to Northfield: Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra to perform classic film soundtracks this Saturday

Shining a light on Valley talent: Looky Here celebrates a major four-color milestone with its latest collaborative magazine

Arts Briefs: A musical tribute to resilience and freedom at Bombyx, a Juneteenth celebration at The Iron Horse, and more

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Columns

Guest columnist Lois Ahrens: The elephant in the room

by Lois Ahrens

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Columnist Johanna Neumann: Save the bees, phase out neonics

Columns

Guest columnist Gene Stamell: Woodstock revisited

Columns

Guest columnist Donnie Gallagher: A night for the Amherst Survival Center

Local Government

Holyoke first in state to ban development of AI data centers

Town-City-Government

Holyoke first in state to ban development of AI data centers

by Samuel Gelinas

Town-City-Government

Perspectives vary on effectiveness of Tree House Brewing Co. concert changes

News

‘Instincts took over’: Northampton restaurateur saves choking man with Heimlich maneuver

News

Northampton Planning Board begins review of 91-unit King Street housing proposal

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