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NORTHAMPTON — As she prepares to celebrate her birthday on Sunday, Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra set the tone at Friday morning’s annual Northampton St. Patrick’s Day breakfast by reading a whimsical limerick poem that touched on many of the...

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HOLYOKE — Paper City is expected to turn into a sea of green this weekend, with Holyoke’s storied St. Patrick’s Day festivities set to draw thousands of attendees.The events begin on Saturday with 47th annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s 10K Road Race, with...

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NORTHAMPTON — Forty-three library workers at Smith College are planning to hold an election to unionize after the college rejected a voluntary recognition of their union.The Smith College Libraries Workers Union (SCLWU) said in a March 8 letter to the...

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NORTHAMPTON — The city has issued a cease-and-desist order to Haymarket Cafe for failure to obtain proper licenses before its recent reopening, effectively shutting down the Main Street eatery and leaving its future in jeopardy.The notice was posted...

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SOUTH HADLEY — A new study by an assistant professor of politics at Mount Holyoke College argues that recent state bans on gender-affirming care for minors identifying as transgender are based on faulty or distorted evidence.The study, appearing in...

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NORTHAMPTON – Sugarloaf Pediatrics in Deerfield will be changing hands on July 1, with the pediatric center shifting under Northampton Area Pediatrics, according to an announcement made by its current owner Cooley Dickinson Hospital and its parent...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Mold grows out of several locations. Its structural support slowly deteriorates. And a large chunk of plaster has fallen from the ceiling, not far from an office desk where a worker sits.These are just some of the issues currently...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

The Pioneer Valley’s most famous poet, it turns out, has a genealogical connection to the the modern world’s most famous singer-songwriter.In a segment on NBC’s “Today Show” on Monday, the genealogy website Ancestry.com revealed that Emily Dickinson...

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NORTHAMPTON — Northampton High School is on the hunt for a new principal to replace incumbent William Wehrli, who announced his intention to retire at the end of the current school year.Wehrli was hired as principal in December 2022 to fill a gap left...

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NORTHAMPTON — In the wake of a recent settlement between the city and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield over the removal of five stained-glass windows at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, the mayor this week said she’s eagerly anticipating...

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HOLYOKE — A new store on Holyoke’s High Street hopes to rekindle business development downtown — while paying homage to the city’s history as a textile manufacturer.Paper City Fabrics opened its doors to the public on Jan. 31, offering a cornucopia of...

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NORTHAMPTON — As February gives way to March, it can only mean that the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day parade is just around the corner, and Northampton delegates are gearing up to participate.Serving as grand marshal in the parade for Northampton this...

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NORTHAMPTON — A section of King Street across from the former Sakura Buffet restaurant was shut down for more than 12 hours Monday night into early Tuesday morning after a tractor trailer truck hit an overhead electrical wire late Monday...

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HOLYOKE — Mary Deschenes broke into a smile as soon as she opened the front door of her Holyoke home Monday morning and saw Rick Dunderdale there to deliver her lunch for the day.“It’s nice to see a friendly face,” said Deschenes, 78, who began having...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city agreed Tuesday to rescind a stop-work order preventing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield from removing five stained-glass windows at St. Mary of the Assumption Church, a negotiated settlement made three days after a...

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SPRINGFIELD — A federal judge scolded both the Diocese of Springfield and the city of Northampton for needing to resort to a lawsuit to settle a dispute over the removal of five stained-glass windows at the St. Mary of the Assumption Church on Elm...

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NORTHAMPTON — The city is the first in western Massachusetts and third statewide to take a stand in favor of a cease-fire in the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.The City Council passed two at a virtual special meeting Tuesday night that drew more...

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NORTHAMPTON — In a break from tradition, Smith College’s graduating class of 2024 will not have one keynote speaker during May’s commencement but five different honorees who will offer parting wisdom for students looking to begin the first steps of...

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NORTHAMPTON — The new owners of the former Northampton Post Office on Pleasant Street, the more than century-old building they bought at auction late last year, hope to entice tenants to fill the remaining space in the iconic structure by offering...

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NORTHAMPTON — Almost two months before the Iron Horse Music Hall’s scheduled opening date, its new owners received some bad news that could prove to be a major setback.At Wednesday’s city License Commission meeting, chair Natasha Yakovlev and the...