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HOLYOKE — More than four firetrucks were on scene in Holyoke to respond to a blaze that broke out at a Lincoln Street house on Thursday afternoon.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Comments made by school officials, parents and Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra during a public hearing Thursday on the school budget for the next fiscal year indicate the city will face another tense showdown this spring over prospective staff cuts.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Cara Leiper, the executive director for the Northampton Housing Authority, has been placed on paid administrative leave following a January complaint submitted to the authority’s board and various state agencies accusing her of numerous legal and ethical violations that include providing housing to close friends and family members.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

The Northampton Family Fourth Celebration is stepping up its call for donors ahead of its annual Fourth of July celebration, with the committee saying the event faces a “significant funding shortfall.”

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A coalition of leaders affiliated with the city and its major business associations have come together to advocate for the Picture Main Street project, currently on pace to begin construction next year to dramatically remake the city’s downtown.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — More than a half-dozen restaurants in Hampshire County are partnering with survival centers in Northampton and Amherst to provide free meals to those facing food insecurity in the region as part of a larger initiative taking place statewide.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A Northampton woman was ordered held in jail without bail on Wednesday after allegedly killing her dog in what a judge described as a “savage beating” and the city’s animal control officer called “the worst case I’ve seen.”

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON – Five activists with the group Demilitarize Western Mass were arrested Wednesday morning after occupying the lobby of the L3Harris building on Prince Street in Northampton.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

EASTHAMPTON — It’s not always easy to put faces and names to the impact that congressional budgets have on a particular populace. By visiting Riverside Industries in Easthampton on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal tried to do just that.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — When he was a young child, Brian O’Connor remembers returning home from school, finishing his homework, and then heading to the Northampton St. Patrick’s Association with his parents to help plan for that year’s parade.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — With memories of contentious debate over the last school budget still fresh on the minds of residents and city officials, Northampton Public Schools Superintendent Portia Bonner has unveiled three prospective paths for next year’s budget.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The Roost, a coffee shop located at the corner of Main and Market streets, announced on social media that it will be closing down permanently, although hinted at a potential new business may be reborn from the closure.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Members of the state’s Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism held its fifth meeting this week in the western part of the commonwealth, hearing testimony from local experts and residents, including several from Northampton, on their experience dealing with antisemitism.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council censured Ward 3 Councilor Quaverly Rothenberg at a special meeting on Wednesday for her conduct during a dispatch call in which she tried to obtain emergency contact numbers for the city’s Department of Public Works.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council will convene a special meeting Wednesday to consider a resolution to censure Ward 3 Councilor Quaverly Rothenberg for alleged “egregious conduct” during a phone call she made to a city dispatch line on Feb. 18 in the wake of a severe snow and ice storm.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra has officially announced her reelection campaign, although it may not be as smooth sailing as when she first won the office in 2021.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — After constructing several condominiums on the property of the former St. John Cantius Church near downtown, the O’Connell Development Group is looking to build more than 50 new apartments across the street.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A woman from Chester is the winner of a $2 million grand prize lottery ticket sold in Northampton last week, the first time a prize that large has been sold in the city since 2023.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — Commuters driving on Interstate 91 in Holyoke and Longmeadow during morning and afternoon rush hours on Tuesday were greeted with demonstrators waving American and Ukrainian flags along overpasses, accompanied with signs denouncing the administration of President Donald Trump as waging a “coup” against the United States.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Both the Northampton Planning Board and the Northampton Historical Commission postponed decisions on whether to grant the appropriate permits and certificates for a proposed massive building project in the heart of the city, delaying a resolution on any decision until at least the end of the month.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Joe Minton knows that video games are serious business.