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NORTHAMPTON — The city of Northampton will celebrate Black History Month this weekend at College Church on Pomeroy Terrace, featuring live music, discussions of the city’s history in the abolitionist movement and how it can do better to support...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

BELCHERTOWN — All of the UMass students who were arrested during a sit-in protest against the war in Gaza on Oct. 25 have had or will have their criminal charges converted to civil infractions, with those who accepted the lesser charges already...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The Catholic Diocese of Springfield has filed a lawsuit against the city of Northampton, claiming a stop-work order preventing the removal of stained-glass windows at the former St. Mary of the Assumption Church ahead of an impending...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The city’s License Commission this week canceled two of business owner Eric Suher’s liquor licenses that were to be transferred to The Parlor Room, the new owners of Iron Horse Music Hall, and Gombo, a downtown Cajun restaurant, as part...

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NORTHAMPTON — Several state grants meant to improve public safety and combat human trafficking in the state have been awarded to the Northwestern district attorney’s office, along with federal dollars appropriated by the state to several other...

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NORTHAMPTON — On Saturday afternoons, patients at Cooley Dickinson Hospital’s behavioral health unit are treated to the sounds of soothing piano music, hearing tunes such as “You Got a Friend and Me,” and “Hallelujah.”And it’s all thanks to a chance...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — When Aimee Salmon first moved to Northampton from the Democratic Republic of the Congo 10 years ago, she admits it was something of a culture shock.“The weather was the first snow in my life,” she said. “I didn’t speak English at the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Inside Smith College’s Chase House building on a recent morning, several campus chefs could be seen working diligently in the kitchen, even after the usual breakfast hours in the building had ended.These food experts — about a dozen who...

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NORTHAMPTON — Seven state legislators representing districts across Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden counties appeared together at Congregation B’Nai Israel in Northampton on Friday, answering questions on some key issues affecting the state as well as...

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NORTHAMPTON — Pulaski Park will host Northampton’s inaugural Winterfest this Saturday, an event that coincides with the city’s traditional ice sculpture festival in a celebration of the winter season that’s expected to give the city’s downtown a boost...

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NORTHAMPTON — After several years without it, Look Park is bringing back its ice skating rink for residents to enjoy, as winter weather finally ramps up after a warm December.The rink, which measures 40 feet by 80 feet in size, will be located behind...

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NORTHAMPTON — After being inactive for more than a year, the city of Northampton is hoping to get the ValleyBike share program up and running again by putting the service out to bid.The city put out a request for proposals for interested bidders in...

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NORTHAMPTON — A debate is brewing between a group of legislators calling for a lottery system to determine who gets into vocational schools statewide and the state association of administrators that represents those schools who believe changing the...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

After filing legal challenges in several other states to bar Donald Trump from ballot eligibility in this year’s primaries, a Massachusetts-incorporated advocacy group with local ties has now done so in its home state.Free Speech for People, a...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — After a somewhat hectic start to the first formal meeting of the Northampton City Council, Ward 5 councilor Alex Jarrett narrowly emerged as the new council president, with Ward 7’s Rachel Maiore joining him as vice president.Jarrett and...

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AMHERST — Krish Poudel speaks proudly about the Amherst-Pelham Regional High School Class of 2023, both for the many accomplishments its members faced and for how they dealt with the numerous challenges thrown in their way over the last four years....

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NORTHAMPTON — After exercising an option to purchase the former First Baptist Church building on Dec. 2, the city of Northampton has officially listed a price tag for the building at $3.3 million.The city held a first reading at its Dec. 15 City...

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NORTHAMPTON — For Gina and Heidi Nortonsmith of Northampton, one of the original seven same-sex couples in Massachusetts who sued for the right to marry in 2001 — and won when Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage in 2004 — the...

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BELCHERTOWN — A 35-year-old South Hadley man charged with the September killing of his father in Hampshire County’s second homicide of the year, pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted arson of a dwelling in Eastern Hampshire District Court on...

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NORTHAMPTON — After 50 years of service, Alan Rubin’s career as a prolific public defender is finally coming to an end.Rubin, a graduate of Harvard Law School, has seen a lot in his long career, from scandalous judges to serial killers to an...