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Retiring VA doc lets DOGE ire fly: List details deleting pronouns, making Musk dartboard
Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra announces run for 2nd term, will face at least one challenger
Amherst Cinema to scale back offerings amid financial deficits
Chinese charter in Hadley advancing plans for second campus building as applications surge
Pre-St. Patrick’s Day revelry leads to 29 arrests, 23 medical transports to hospital
Area briefs: St. Patrick’s Road Race fee to increase; Southampton Woman’s Club scholarships; Amherst Global Village Festival applications; HCC hosting health careers open house
Columnist Dr. David Gottsegen: Spreading disease with vax misinfo
Lawmakers, police leaders push new bill to close gap in state Heart Law for police, including at UMass Amherst
‘Everything is on the line’: Some 800 attend Northampton rally, where Markey fires up activists to resist against Trump
NORTHAMPTON — “Nobody knows how to start a revolution better than us” said U.S. Sen. Ed Markey Sunday afternoon at Pulaski Park, where more than 800 came to collectively ignite the sparks of revolution against what they described as President Donald Trump’s “technocratic dictatorship.”
PVPA students walkout to demand school fire teacher over sexual misconduct allegations
SOUTH HADLEY — Despite Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School administrators finding no wrongdoing by a middle school teacher, following a six-week investigation into sexual misconduct allegations that led to his removal from the classroom last fall, students concerned about his continued presence on campus staged a walkout demanding his termination Monday morning.
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South Hadley schools latest county district facing funding woes; 20 student-facing positions slated for elimination
Ally Landau’s last-second basket lifts Smith College basketball past Amherst 52-50, into fourth straight NCAA Div. 3 Sweet 16 (PHOTOS)
Crocker’s culture shift: Elementary school taking new approach to incidents of bullying, disruption
Northampton council OKs about half of $600K midyear request to bring back some school positions
UMass cites policy in ordering Pride flag at campus transit center taken down
UMass basketball: Mullins Center says goodbye to the Atlantic 10 with final league home game before move to MAC
Editors Picks
A Look Back, March 10
She’s every woman: Meet the western Mass chapter of the International Order of Mrs. Ropers
Arts Briefs: Magical opera at UMass, ‘Hedwig’ filmmaker at Mount Holyoke, and more
Photo: Bridge rider
Sports
High school basketball: 12 area players selected for Western Massachusetts Senior All-Star Games at Hall of Fame
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the 2025 Western Massachusetts Senior High School All-Star Game rosters Monday – and 12 Daily Hampshire Gazette area players made it across the three games scheduled to be played on Thursday, March 20 at the Hall of Fame in Springfield.
UMass football: Minutemen open spring season with first practice under new coach Joe Harasymiak
Boys basketball: No. 1 Williston thumps Exeter, captures NEPSAC Class A title (PHOTOS)
UMass hockey: Maine rallies from two-goal deficit, ties Minutemen 2-2 in regular season finale
Ally Landau’s last-second basket lifts Smith College basketball past Amherst 52-50, into fourth straight NCAA Div. 3 Sweet 16 (PHOTOS)Opinion
Dr. Gloria Caballero: Negotiate with Russia, end war in Ukraine
I agreed with the guest column about the Ukraine war in the Jan. 2 Gazette. With its third anniversary, I think President Donald Trump should do what I wish former President Biden had done — talk with Russian President Putin. They should figure out how to stop not only the awful destruction of Ukraine and the horrific loss of soldiers on both sides, but also the risk that this war could easily escalate into a direct confrontation between the US/NATO and Russia.
Kip Fonsh: Down the Trump hole of fascism
Sidney Moss: English as the national language is the wrong direction
Paul M. Craig: Saving Social Security means ‘all hands on deck’
David Roitman: Legislators: Go where it counts!
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Business
Making News in Business, March 7
NORTHAMPTON — The Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce has hired Nia Stimage-Norwood as a program assistant and promoted Jack Brown to marketing director.
Food is in their DNA: New Holyoke restaurant Casa del Pollo offers African American soul food and Latin cuisines 
Clothing retailer J. Crew eyes summer opening at Mountain Farms Mall in Hadley 
Collective Copies renovating Florence store into new headquarters, will close Amherst location 
Business of video games: Digital Development Management has found success helping game developers find larger audience e-Edition
Arts & Life
‘On Golden Pond,’ directed by a therapist: Easthampton Theater Company will stage play about complex relationships later this month
In the play “On Golden Pond,” three generations of a family reconnect at a summer home in Maine, exposing complicated relationships and vulnerabilities. Easthampton Theater Company’s upcoming production of the show runs the weekends of March 15-16 and March 21-23 at Williston Theater.
Speaking of Nature: Opportunity taken: Omnivorous scavengers eat just about anything during the tough months of winter
Climb every mountain: Valley photographer’s new book chronicles transformative Appalachian Trail thru-hike
Aging With Adventure: The challenge of caring
Valley Bounty: Makes sense, saves cents: Local CSA programs advantageous for farms and consumersObituaries
Gladys A. Powers
Gladys A. (Chandler) Powers Florence, MA - Gladys Ann Chandler Powers, 91, passed away on February 6, 2025. Gladys was born on March 19, 1933 in the family home in Northampton to Mary (Sokolowski) and George F. Chandler. She was precede... remainder of obit for Gladys A. Powers
Tharen Pawloski
NORTHAMPTON, MA - It is with deep sorrow and much love that we announce the passing of Tharen "Terry" Anne Pawloski (Major) on March 5th, 2025. She was born on April 23rd, 1946 to the late Mary (Doyle) Major and Donald Major Sr. Terry p... remainder of obit for Tharen Pawloski
Donald Rogers
Donald "Buddy" Rogers Leeds, MA - "Buddy is dead." That's all he wanted written in honor of him, but those words just aren't enough to sum up his life. Buddy passed away on March 5th at Cooley Dickinson Hospital after complications from... remainder of obit for Donald Rogers
Harriet Rogers
Northampton, MA - Harriet C. Boron Rogers, 98, of Northampton and a former long-time resident of South Deerfield (MA), passed away peacefully on Friday, February 28, 2025 at Rockridge Retirement Community in Northampton MA with her niec... remainder of obit for Harriet Rogers
