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FILE - In this May 1, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House Judiciary Committee is moving ahead with a vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress despite last-minute negotiations with the Justice Department over access to the full, unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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House panel votes Barr in contempt, escalating WH dispute

by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Jonathan Lemire Associated PressMay 8, 2019

FILE- In this July 5, 2018, file photo, a jockey truck passes a stack of 40-foot China Shipping containers at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. For months, the U.S. economy has shrugged off the tariffs slapped by America and China on tens of billions of dollars of each other’s goods. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

Trump’s tariff hike menaces strong economy

by Paul Wiseman Associated Press, Joyce M. Rosenberg Associated Press, and Barbara Ortutay Associated PressMay 8, 2019

State Sen. Jo Comerford, center, speaks to a gathering in Amherst on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. At right is state Rep. Mindy Domb.

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Lawmakers, university leaders concerned over Senate budget proposal

by Dusty Christensen Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

Hopkins Academy junior Felicia Fil is the recipient of the Daily Hampshire Gazette’s 2019 Young Community Leader award. Photographed at Most Holy Redeemer Church in Hadley where, among other things, she is a reader, an altar server and volunteers with the church’s weekend meals program.

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Scout’s honor: Felicia Fil wins the Gazette’s Young Community Leader award

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

Frances Crowe at her home in Northampton, 2019.

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Lifetime achiever: Frances Crowe is the Gazette’s Person of the Year

by Bera Dunau Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

Brian Cameron, current assistant superintendent and director of Student Support Services at Belchertown Public Schools, was appointed by the School Committee to serve as the district’s next superintendent.

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Belchertown schools appoint Brian Cameron next superintendent

by Jacquelyn Voghel Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

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Senate erects detour for distracted driving bill

by Colin A. Young State House News ServiceMay 8, 2019

Richard Shotwell

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Burns upbeat on Hampshire College’s fundraising effort

by Dusty Christensen Staff WriterMay 8, 2019July 8, 2019

Suzanne Pacheco talks about the array of water filters in the basement of her Leverett home. Part of her neighborhood, on the east end of Teawaddle Hill Road, is in the “plume” of the town landfill, which was capped in the late 1990s.

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A contamination conundrum: For Leverett homeowners, a solution to water woes advances

by Greta Jochem Staff WriterMay 8, 2019

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Environment: Mimi Kaplan: Choose to reuse

by Mimi Kaplan For the GazetteMay 8, 2019