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Paul Chandler sleeps near First Churches of Northampton. He sleeps outside most nights. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, he spent a lot of time at Forbes Library when it was open. “It’s my social life — they are the most compassionate people on the planet,” he said. The hardest part about being homeless during the public health crisis, other than Forbes being closed, is not having access to bathrooms.

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How do you ‘stay at home’ when you have no home?

by Greta Jochem Staff WriterMarch 30, 2020

Hatfield Town Hall

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Hatfield reports first case of COVID-19

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterMarch 30, 2020

In this Aug. 5, 2019 photo, bunk beds line the wall of a dormitory-style room at the Hampden County Sheriff's Department's minimum security, residential treatment facility in Springfield.

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Morse: Incarcerated workers deserve a better wage especially for lifesaving work

by Bera Dunau Staff WriterMarch 30, 2020

The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort passes lower Manhattan on its way to docking in New York, Monday. The ship has 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms that could be up and running within 24 hours of its arrival on Monday morning. It's expected to bolster a besieged health care system by treating non-coronavirus patients while hospitals treat people with COVID-19.

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Cuomo begs for help as death toll rises

by Jocelyn Noveck Associated Press, Larry Neumeister Associated Press, and Marina Villeneuve Associated PressMarch 30, 2020

FILE - In this May 29, 2014, file photo, people stand in the lobby of the newly constructed Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe's Community Government Center in Mashpee, Mass., on Cape Cod. Tribe Chairman Cedric Cromwell announced in a post on the tribe's website on Friday, March 27, 2020, that he federal Bureau of Indian Affairs told them that the tribe's reservation will be "disestablished" and its land taken out of trust, per an order from Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

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Feds revoking reservation status for tribe’s 300 acres

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressMarch 30, 2020

Buckley HealthCare Center on Laurel Street in Greenfield, as seen in June 2018.

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Buckley HealthCare Center in Greenfield confirms 17 COVID-19 patients

by Andy Castillo Staff WriterMarch 30, 2020

A highway sign urges out of state visitors to self-quarantine for 14 days if they plan on staying in Massachusetts due to the virus outbreak along Route 93 southbound in Wilmington, Mass., Monday, March 30, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Baker says 1,000 ventilators on way

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressMarch 30, 2020

Friends Lyn Simmons, left, and Alissa Marotto keep an open lane between them as they carry on a conversation around the Northampton High School track on Saturday morning. Unlike others sharing the track, the two weren't keeping tabs on the time or number of laps. "It's just to get out of the house - away from the kids and husbands for a bit," noted Simmons.

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Photo: Timeless laps at NHS

by Kevin Gutting Staff PhotographerMarch 30, 2020

Rafaella Fabrizi, Joelle Bueno, and Emma Kinney, watch as Natty demonstrates how to make pupusas as a collaboration between the Trans Asylum Seeker Support Network and a University of Massachusetts anthropology class.

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Seeking Asylum in Western Mass: Part 3 of 3 — Transgender asylum-seekers in search of foothold in new country

by Luis Fieldman Staff WriterMarch 30, 2020

Sonja Farak.

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Netflix series to spotlight state’s drug lab scandals

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterMarch 30, 2020