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Columnist Karen Gardner: It’s time to show up, democracy depends on it!
Northampton takes aim at renter-paid broker’s fees
Guest columnist Michael Albano: Governor not to blame for migrant crisis
Amherst adopts new rules to restrict doses in nicotine pouches, but won’t restrict sale of product
Several candidates express interest in seats on Northampton council, School Committee
New England West Skating Club honors those who died in D.C. plane crash
Area briefs: JFK students conduct clothing drive; Multimedia concert for hurricane survivors; Guided vernal pool trek in S. Hadley; Homework House lands grant from Food is Medicine
Guest columnist Rabbi Ariella Rosen: Using antisemitism claims as political cudgel harms us all
FBI conducts court-authorized investigation at Hockanum Road home in Hadley
HADLEY — A large number of unmarked law enforcement vehicles parked along Route 47 and near Mitch’s Marina throughout the day Tuesday were involved in court-authorized activity, according to the FBI’s Boston Division.
At home with Sophia Smith: Hatfield Historical Museum to debut exhibit about Smith College founder’s personal effects
HATFIELD — Framed prints from Godey’s Ladies Fashion magazine hanging on the wall, what-not shelves with novels and books of poetry, a table with dishes, vases and other fine china and a sewing chest next to an upholstered chair, reflect what Sophia Smith’s 19th century parlor might have looked like.
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‘Delightful’ Northampton store shopping guide Jane Hertz, 88, seeking next gig
‘Whole campus’ approach: UMass working to help six students whose visas, status were revoked
Five UMass Amherst students have visas, student status revoked
Amherst finance director to return to UMass
‘Hands Off’ protest: 5,000 people in half-dozen Hampshire County communities protest against Trump policies
Long-vacant former Faces spot in Northampton gets new tenant
Editors Picks
A Look Back, April 8
Amherst can’t decide where it is: Is town center uptown or downtown?
Photo: Sign makeover
‘Art in the Age of Human Impact’: New exhibition at UMass explores complex relationship between humans and nature
Sports
High school boys volleyball preview 2025: Defending champion Granby looking for sustained success
GRANBY — For the first time in the history of the Granby boys volleyball program, the Rams raised a Western Massachusetts trophy last spring. Granby swept Ware 3-0, and punctuated its first-ever title with a thrilling 28-26 victory in set No. 3 – sending the team and its well-traveled crowd into a frenzy.
HS Roundup: Amherst boys lacrosse stays unbeaten with 10-4 win over South Hadley (PHOTOS)
HS Baseball: Belchertown, Longmeadow to play at Dunkin’ Park in Hartford Tuesday night
High school tennis preview 2025: PVCICS loaded again and ready for another postseason run
High school baseball preview 2025: Hopkins Academy optimistic it can continue postseason successOpinion
Sarah Shevlin: Help fund lung cancer research
This year, more than 226,000 Americans will die from lung cancer — the No. 1 cancer killer. We need to stop this. When people think of lung cancer, they relate it to smoking. That is not accurate in many cases. Lung cancer does not discriminate. It happens to people who have never smoked in their life, who lived a healthy life, and it struck them hard. For what? It is beyond unfair and unexplainable.
Veronica Darmon: There are no winners
Charles Schmid Jr.: Housing crisis for seniors
Tom Schiff: Protect Social Security
Nathan Markee and Cathy Wauczinski: Celebrating EHS’s We the People team
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Business
‘Delightful’ Northampton store shopping guide Jane Hertz, 88, seeking next gig
NORTHAMPTON — With the closure of Ten Thousand Villages in Northampton this month, longtime employee and beloved community member Jane Hertz, 88, doesn’t plan to simply give up the community connections and meaningful work she found through the store.
Long-vacant former Faces spot in Northampton gets new tenant
Here come the sweetness: Four new businesses prepping to open in downtown Northampton
Area property deed transfers, April 4
Making News in Business, April 4
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Arts & Life
Speaking of Nature: Cute as a killdeer: The killdeer have just arrived and are busy setting up territories
We have reached that time of year when going to work in the morning becomes more difficult with every passing day. The world is waking up from its winter slumber and more and more items of interest present themselves to be observed and adored. I have a rather lengthy commute to work and as the amount of daylight increases each day, so to do the number of distractions. Like Odysseus tempted by the Sirens, I navigate this passage of temptation every day. There are mornings when I feel like my heart will break as I am forced to pilot myself past birds and flowers that sing out to me and beg me to stop and pay attention to them.
Here to help the community’s artists: Human Scale Art Space aims to advance visual arts in the Pioneer Valley
Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Paving over historic beauty: A history of the White House Rose Garden that Trump plans to rip up
Valley Bounty: Nothing sweeter than sourcing local: Lemon Bakery in Amherst is a small, seasonal, from-scratch operation
Arts Briefs: Power of Truths Fest in Florence, dance at Smith, jazz at UMass, and moreObituaries
Richard A. Heath
Amherst, MA - Richard A. Heath, 74, of Amherst, passed away on April 1, 2O25. He had been dealing with kidney and heart problems for a while. Richard (aka Dick) was born in Northampton, Ma. on October 27, 1950, Richard (aka Dick) was bor... remainder of obit for Richard A. Heath
Harry Lashway
Palm Coast, MA - Harry Raymond Lashway, aged 89, passed away peacefully, and with dignity, on Thursday evening April 3rd, 2025, at home in Palm Coast, his wife Irene and his four daughters by his side. Harry was born on August 8th 1935 ... remainder of obit for Harry Lashway
Barbara Edwards
Barbara (Black) Edwards NORTHAMPTON, MA - Barbara (Black) Edwards, 85, formerly of Northampton passed away on December 8, 2024. Barbara was born in Northampton, the daughter of the late Raymond Brooks Black and Doris Catherine (Fischer) ... remainder of obit for Barbara Edwards
Roger Storozuk Jr.
South Deerfield, MA - Sgt. Roger "Doc" Storozuk Jr, aged 76, spent his final birthday surrounded by his loving family before passing away in the early hours of April 2, 2025, holding the hand of the love of his life, at the Veterans Aff... remainder of obit for Roger Storozuk Jr.
