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Around the Hamptons: Volunteers collect 5K plastic items during cleanup; applications for senior tax work off being accepted
09-20-2024 2:56 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After enjoying the music and refreshments offered at this year’s River Roads Festival, artists and community members banded together for a noble cause: picking up trash to preserve clean waterways. Nearly 40 volunteers made it out to...


Region grapples with decline in donated blood supply
09-19-2024 6:21 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — One blood donation takes about an hour out of a donor’s day, yet it has the ability to save the lives of up to three patients. But blood donations tend to slow down in the summer — people get busy, and they’re usually thinking about...


UMass forum explores path to debt-free public higher education
09-19-2024 12:07 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

AMHERST — “Growing up poor, all I’ve ever wanted was financial freedom,” said Beatrice Rogers, a third-year psychology and holistic health major at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. But that freedom might be far away for Rogers, whose college...


Community college faculty sound alarm on salaries
09-16-2024 5:56 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Without greater investment in salaries for faculty and staff at community colleges in Massachusetts, a free tuition program launched this summer to great fanfare may be “doomed to fail.”That’s the alarm some education leaders are sounding as they call...


Skate park in Easthampton takes big jump forward with selection of site in Millside Park
09-14-2024 6:15 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After five years searching for the perfect spot for a new skate park, officials have come full circle to the site supporters wanted all along — Millside Park, where the last skate park had been located before its dismantling in 2006.The...


No takers for building along Easthampton rotary
09-13-2024 5:36 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The property at 1 Northampton St. which stands prominently near Pulaski Park at the downtown rotary received no bids at its public auction. Of the roughly 20 individuals gathered on the premises on Friday afternoon, none jumped at the...


TRANSform the Vote: Transhealth joins national movement to mobilize trans voters
09-12-2024 4:33 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — Election season is quickly approaching, but for some community members, making their voices heard at the polls can come with unexpected challenges.Among those at Transhealth, increasingly strict voter ID laws and a feeling of burgeoning...


Educational fair in Northampton will focus on history, current state of democracy
09-12-2024 2:25 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — Election years often make apparent the most divisive aspects of politics and partisanship. For Dave Roitman, it’s important to keep in mind that democracy is a perpetual work in progress, and one that requires meaningful collaboration...


Taking pulse of a potent potential danger: Airbase briefs municipal officials on electromagnetic pulses
09-11-2024 1:06 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

CHICOPEE — Imagine waking up to find that electronic technology has stopped working. Cellphones are down, traffic signals are dark and navigation systems are offline. The infrastructure behind modern life would be completely shut down, eventually...


Easthampton begins superintendent search with goal to select permanent leader in December
09-11-2024 12:54 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The search for a permanent superintendent is kicking off in Easthampton, and the School Committee anticipates announcing a job offer as early as December.At a School Committee meeting on Tuesday night, committee chair Laura Scott said...


Low applicant pools vex local police departments
09-08-2024 2:01 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

For eight months, Northampton did not have a permanent police chief. In August, the city hired interim chief and longtime department member John Cartledge to lead the department, who was chosen from a pool of just four candidates. Similarly, Amherst...


Building along Easthampton rotary to be sold at auction Friday
09-07-2024 3:01 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — In its prominent Easthampton location near Pulaski Park at the rotary downtown, the property at 1 Northampton St. is set to be sold at a public auction this week.The property is zoned for mixed use as a commercial-residential...


Card skimmer found on Cumberland Farms cash register in Southampton
09-05-2024 5:12 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — Police recovered a card skimmer discovered by staff at a Cumberland Farms in Southampton on Thursday. The skimmer was affixed to the left register, or register two, while register one and all fuel pumps appeared to be free of...


Cool nights, cool cars: Cruise night aficionados gather at brewery, Elks lodge to show off and chill
09-05-2024 9:48 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

On a late summer afternoon, as the sun begins to grow heavier in the sky and commuters make their ways home from long days at work, they may notice a few unique classic cars whizzing by them. For the drivers of these cars, the day is only beginning,...


The only bookstore in town: Heritage Books, located in Southampton’s former library, keeps history alive while embracing modern technology
09-04-2024 1:52 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — Walking through the historic doors of Southampton’s former Edwards Library, one will still find the walls lined with books, the smells of ink and paper thick in the air. But it’s been decades since the building, built in 1904, was used...


Three County Fair sees crowds of thousands over four days
09-02-2024 5:22 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON— Dozens of spectators filed into the bright red cylinder of the motordrome, eager to see what daredevil Hobo Bill calls “the greatest show on wood” on Labor Day, the final day of the Three County Fair. Children and adults looked on with...


Easthampton moves to replace derelict parks buildings this fall
09-01-2024 9:52 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Derelict, frequently flooded, and packed with equipment, the Parks and Recreation Department’s maintenance building and storage sheds at Nonotuck Park have raised some eyebrows as they’ve continued to fall into disrepair. But over the...


A high price to pay: Cottage Street Studios artists on way out as deadline nears to accept rent increases
08-30-2024 6:04 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — By this Sunday, tenants of One Cottage Street must decide to either sign a new lease at $15 per square foot or give written notice of their departure. For William Hewitt, who has made cabinetry and furniture in his studio there for 44...


Giving the gift of access: Pay it Forward program helps local artists realize their projects’ full potential
08-30-2024 1:47 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Easthampton’s Old Town Hall has once again opened its doors to a diverse assortment of local artistic talent as part of CitySpace’s 2024 Pay it Forward program. As summer winds to a close, the 10 artists and groups selected to this year’s cohort are...


Three County Fair expected to bring four days of fun starting Friday
08-28-2024 4:48 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — School may be starting, but a heaping dose of summer fun is still waiting around the corner as the Three County Fair prepares to return for its 207th year on Friday. Bringing food, fun and Ferris wheel rides to the Valley once more, the...

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