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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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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