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NORTHAMPTON — Five years ago, Sara Lamountain-Costigan was living in an apartment in Easthampton with her husband, Tim, and their four children. But the family aspired to someday live somewhere they could call their own. “We always hoped to have a...

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NORTHAMPTON — Even before she arrived at the Northwestern district attorney’s office in 2019, Erin Aiello had a history of helping animals.In 2016, as an attorney in private practice, she represented a local chapter of the American Society for the...

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NORTHAMPTON — Citing hundreds of bills filed across the country perceived as targeting transgender individuals, the Northampton City Council on Thursday introduced a resolution to declare the city a “sanctuary city” for transgender and gender-diverse...

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NORTHAMPTON — After a tumultuous budget season for its school district, Northampton city officials are stepping up efforts to try to get more state funding for the district. A resolution before the City Council on Thursday calls for state to...

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NORTHAMPTON — Multiple members of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s cabinet visited Northampton on Wednesday to mark the groundbreaking of a planned affordable homes project at Prospect Place, the former nursing home at 737 Bridge Road that has fallen...

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Card-skimming devices that can steal credit and debit card information from customers continue to be found at numerous Cumberland Farms locations across western Massachusetts, including in several communities within Hampshire County.The gas station...

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NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man pleaded not guilty to in Hampshire Superior Court on Friday to 35 charges related to the dissemination of child pornography and child sexual abuse material.Liam Galpin, 22, is facing seven counts of possession of child...

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NORTHAMPTON — Inside a greenhouse at Grow Food Northampton’s community farm, a variety of crops have been put up for display, with placards posted by each one explaining its cultural and historical significance, with some even containing QR codes for...

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NORTHAMPTON — In the place sometimes known as the Paradise City, it may come to no surprise there would be pushback against putting up a parking lot.That’s the dilemma currently facing Carla Cosenzi, president of the TommyCar Auto Group, which...

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NORTHAMPTON — City, state and hospital officials gathered in front of Cooley Dickinson Hospital on Tuesday to, quite literally, mark a major milestone toward the completion of a new emergency department and to celebrate the more than $11 million...

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NORTHAMPTON — After remaining virtually unchanged since its original opening nearly 70 years ago, Forbes Library is looking to upgrade its museum dedicated to Northampton’s most historically prominent politician, former U.S. President Calvin...

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NORTHAMPTON — Uniting under the theme of “Together We Can,” city officials and local advocates marked International Overdose Awareness Day on Thursday in front of Forbes Library with a candlelight vigil while urging to continue to assist those...

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NORTHAMPTON — Pro-Palestinian activists congregated outside the Northampton office of U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern on Tuesday to protest against what they say is a lack of effort to end the war in Gaza by the congressman and other high-ranking Democratic...

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NORTHAMPTON — Since opening for live performances nearly three years ago, Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity has become known for their live performances and art exhibitions. Now, with the help of a longtime Pioneer Valley culinary creative, the center...

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NORTHAMPTON — After eight months without a permanent police chief, the city is hiring current interim chief and longtime department member John Cartledge to take over the role full time.Cartledge is replacing former chief Jody Kasper, who left the...

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NORTHAMPTON — Harm Reduction Hedgehogs 413, an outreach organization for drug users in western Massachusetts, is one of 18 grassroots organizations receiving a combined $3.75 million from the commonwealth through the Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership...

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A University of Massachusetts Amherst professor has filed a lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, in the hope of allowing third-party developers the right to give social media users more control over their experiences.Ethan Zuckerman,...

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NORTHAMPTON — Despite interest from some developers, the city’s efforts to attract a buyer for the prominent former home of the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds on King Street enticed no takers this summer.That’s prompted the city to tweak its...

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Advocates of a new state law that adds a third gender option on vital records and other state documents are applauding changes that went into effect in July, saying that the new rules are vital for non-binary and gender-nonconforming individuals to be...

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NORTHAMPTON — Hadley school leaders got an up-close look at Smith College’s geothermal project on Monday, as the school district explores the possibility of adapting the technology for heating and cooling its own Hopkins Academy.Announced originally...