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Pro-choice advocates rally against US rollbacks
01-22-2023 9:04 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — On what would have been the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion across the country before being overturned by the court last year, women from generations old and new rallied Sunday at...


Northampton council votes to cap marijuana dispensaries at 12
01-20-2023 3:36 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council voted late Thursday to limit the number of marijuana retailers within its borders to 12, with proponents successfully arguing that the market is oversaturated and that a limit is needed to protect the city’s youth....


Land trusts ink deal to conserve 20 acres along Mill River in Williamsburg
01-19-2023 8:07 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

WILLIAMSBURG — Twenty acres of forest along the West Branch of the Mill River is officially conserved as “forever wild,” the end result of a lawsuit in which adjacent land suffered environmental damage from a solar development in 2019.The newly...


Northampton City Council expected to decide Thursday on pot shop cap
01-18-2023 7:44 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Capping the number of cannabis retailers citywide is coming before the City Council Thursday night for a final vote, and councilors appear divided on the issue.The proposed ordinance is in its second reading, after receiving a neutral...


Holyoke’s MLK breakfast returns with a message: ‘Don’t be ashamed of who you are’ 
01-15-2023 8:57 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

HOLYOKE — For the Rev. Theresa Temple, a pastor at the First Baptist Church in Holyoke, growing up as an African American in the segregated South meant there was also a segregated view of history.“There were two histories – the history you learned in...


Jan. 6: A protest or insurrection?: Latest UMass poll splits along party lines
01-13-2023 3:52 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

AMHERST — Two years after the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters of former President Donald Trump forced their way into the U.S. Capitol, the views of what happened that day remain firmly entrenched along partisan lines, according to a new...


Plans for Worthington’s 1st senior center get a $2M boost
01-10-2023 8:24 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

WORTHINGTON — Plans to construct the town’s first senior center are much closer to reality thanks to an influx of $2 million in federal money for the project.The money, secured late last year by U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, will help the town pay for more...


An ‘awful’ day remembered
01-08-2023 8:43 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The day that the U.S. Department of Justice hands out indictments for the events surrounding the attack on the nation’s Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is the day that will get Jennifer Taub dancing.  “I’m not sure what’s going to happen here,...


State to outline new plans for controversial roundabout at N. King-Hatfield intersection in Northampton
01-08-2023 8:42 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A controversial proposal to build a roundabout on North King and Hatfield streets is once again in the works at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation after a redesign intended to appease property owners and archaeological sites...


Northampton mulls capping number of marijuana dispensaries at 12
01-05-2023 8:31 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A proposal to cap the number of marijuana dispensaries in the city to 12 is working its way through the City Council, with one of its sponsors describing the current cannabis environment as an “unhealthy market.”“I’ve talked to many of...


Sullivan sworn in for fourth term as district attorney
01-04-2023 5:04 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In the old courtroom at the Hampshire County Superior Court, Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan took the oath of office Wednesday for the fourth time after being reelected to the position.As in the previous two elections for...


Grow Food’s reach to expand behind federal money; nonprofit will use $413K to build new barn
01-03-2023 8:21 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Federal funding to the tune of $413,000 will help Grow Food Northampton, the nonprofit that focuses on sustainable farming and food justice, build a barn, add new farms and offer more community garden plots at its 121-acre parcel in...


Mask measures return to Northampton schools
01-01-2023 8:20 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Students and staff members returning to Northampton public schools will return to temporary masking for nine days, as the school looks to add precautionary measures in light of climbing COVID-19 and flu cases across the country.In a...


Northampton purchase of former First Baptist Church advances
12-25-2022 10:37 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

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...


Trailblazing local couple who sued state to wed in 2001 share stage at gay marriage bill signing
12-22-2022 5:45 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

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...


South Hadley man pleads not guilty to charges of murder, arson in death of his father
12-19-2022 1:37 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

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...


The defense rests: Alan Rubin, a public defender for five decades, is winding down his prolific career this month
12-13-2022 9:18 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

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...


New principal named at NHS
12-12-2022 3:56 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — An experienced educator with local ties has been tapped to lead Northampton High School after a monthslong search.Interim Superintendent Jannell Pearson-Campbell announced Friday that William Werhli will assume the role as principal of...


Finalist for NHS principal job makes his case in daylong visit
12-02-2022 6:59 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The only finalist for the job as principal of Northampton High School fielded questions from the community Wednesday, saying that he was committed to support students of color, diversity and equity, while also working with the schools...


Student group demands UMass cut ties with Raytheon
11-15-2022 7:38 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

AMHERST — An anti-war group at the University of Massachusetts Amherst called the Dissenters is demanding that the university’s business school sever its ties with the defense and aerospace company Raytheon Technologies.The university, however, says...

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