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The Sprite drone, made by Ascent AeroSystems, is being tested.

Future engineers research using drones to help farmers

by Michael Connors For the GazetteApril 8, 2018

A drone captures videos and still images of an apartment building in Philadelphia.

HCC to offer 1st drone pilot certification course this spring

by Michael Connors For the GazetteApril 8, 2018

The city’s Arts Council has rejected a proposal by Becket artist Ann Jon to erect this sculpture in Pulaski Park. Members say they need time to develop a policy on how to handle art gifted to the city.

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Arts council rejects sculpture for Pulaski Park, needs time to create gifted art policy

by Michael Connors For the GazetteApril 5, 2018

Erin Couture of Southampton is shown March 28, 2018 at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County office in Amherst where she serves as president of the advisory board.

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‘Driven’ to volunteer, Southampton’s Erin Couture named Gazette’s Person of the Year

by Michael Connors For the GazetteMarch 31, 2018

Elena Frogameni, who is a senior at Northampton High School, talks to a group of reporters who produce "The Transcript", a weekly student news broadcast, Monday, March 26, 2018 in the school's technology room. She is the senior news producer of the broadcast.

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NHS senior honored with Gazette’s Young Community Leader Award for ‘inspiring’ community involvement

by Michael Connors For the GazetteMarch 30, 2018

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern speaks to a group including Dorothy Nemetz, left, at 33 Hawley St. in Northampton, Wednesday.

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McGovern visits Northampton’s budding arts space, pledges to help bridge $2M funding gap

by Michael Connors For the GazetteMarch 28, 2018

A part of the sculpture called the Arch II that shows a man sitting in a bench inside the arch.

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Northampton Arts Council to discuss proposal to place large steel sculpture in Pulaski Park

by Michael Connors For the GazetteMarch 27, 2018

Scott Welsch, dressed as a beekeeper, checks on one of his bees, Manda Jacobi, after she collapsed following a misspelled word during the 18th annual Northampton Education Foundation Adult Spelling Bee, Wednesday, at JFK Middle School. Another bee, Amara Taylor, looks on. Their team, 2BeeZ, was sponsored by A2Z Science and Learning Center. The team won the “Best Humor” award.

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Defending champions repeat as Northampton’s best spellers in annual competition

by Michael Connors For the GazetteMarch 21, 2018

Participants gathered for a regional forum on alcoholic beverage regulation held in the Great Hall of the Old Chapel at the University of Massachusetts, Monday, listen to UMass School of Public Policy students Reily Connaughton and Lauren Coakley, standing at left, speak. The students offered a summary of research they completed with partner Ghida El-Banna on youth alcohol prevention and municipal alcohol policies to the forum for retailer and municipal leaders hosted by the UMass Amherst Campus and Community Coalition and the Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition. Below, Amherst Police Chief Scott Livingstone, right, speaks at the forum as Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan, who moderated the event, looks on at left.

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Alcohol summit brings manufacturers, retailers, law enforcement together

by Michael Connors For the GazetteMarch 20, 2018

Though downtown Northampton is thriving, empty storefronts persist, like the former Spoleto restaurant at 50 Main St. The restaurant is shown Monday, with active businesses across the street reflected in its windows.

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Report: Downtown Northampton remains attractive for business

by Michael Connors For the GazetteMarch 8, 2018