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NORTHAMPTON — Activists who have been pressing Rep. Jim McGovern to call for a halt to U.S. military aid to Israel are now demanding that he return all campaign contributions from donors who they say profit from the assault on Gaza.Members of the...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Almost a year to the day Florence teen Jesse Johansmeyer was killed after being struck by a pickup truck at a bonfire party in Hatfield, a suspect has been charged in his death.Prosecutors are not naming the suspect because he is a...

By JAMES PENTLAND

EASTHAMPTON — City councilors preparing to meet with Eversource representatives last month to discuss a permit for new and replacement utility poles on Loudville Road were shocked to find the job was already completed.In addition, several shade trees...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man accused of assaulting his disabled father and holding him hostage during a night of terror remained incarcerated Wednesday after pleading not guilty to 11 charges in Hampshire Superior Court.Kevin Pardee, 37, is...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HOLYOKE — A community nonprofit focused on youth organizing and transformative justice is moving forward with space for everyone in its own three-story home.Providing a drop-in center and secure hangout space for teens, Pa’lante is also on “a mission...

By JAMES PENTLAND

EASTHAMPTON — Navigating her 20s as a student, store employee and in wholesale manufacturing, Kayla Diggins sometimes felt she was lagging behind her peers making strides with career and family.Now, with the opening of her own store on Cottage Street,...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A Holyoke man accused of assault to murder and several other charges was ordered held without the right to bail at his arraignment Monday in Hampshire Superior Court pending a dangerousness hearing.Through his attorney, Robert Opsitnick,...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Supporters of a sit-in at U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern’s office showed up from across the area Friday morning for what turned out to be a farewell to the action protesting U.S. military aid to Israel.“We’re ending the occupation today,” said...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A group of Worcester activists held a standout Thursday in solidarity with a group of activists occupying Rep. Jim McGovern’s Northampton office.The action, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. outside McGovern’s office at 12 E. Worcester St., drew...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Pushing their congressman to do more to stop the destruction of Gaza, members of the Leahy Fast for Palestine Committee and supporters occupied Rep. Jim McGovern’s local office and spoke with him by phone for half an hour Tuesday...

By JAMES PENTLAND

SOUTHAMPTON — There’s a lot of movement going on these days behind an unremarkable building facade at the Southampton Shopping Center.Inside spacious studios, 160 young dancers are learning jazz, contemporary, theater, ballet and other styles and...

By JAMES PENTLAND

AMHERST — UMass plans to triple early college enrollment over the next five years, giving 2,000 high school students a head start on their college educations, university President Marty Meehan said Tuesday in his annual “state of the university”...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HATFIELD — If deer, bobcats or foxes are passing through their neighborhood, Hatfield Elementary School students have a new way of finding out.With the help of two Amherst College students and two Smith Academy eighth-graders, John Higuera and Ted...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Million-dollar grants for Hilltown Community Development Corp.’s Mobile Market and a new highway garage in Goshen are included in the budget bill approved Wednesday by the U.S. House.Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, announced funding...

By JAMES PENTLAND

AMHERST — In the face of the Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza and stepped-up settler violence in the West Bank, one grassroots group of Palestinian and Jewish Israelis is striving to provide an alternative to the government’s dominant...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A former Amherst man and University of Massachusetts graduate was arraigned Tuesday in Hampshire Superior Court on 11 counts related to possessing and sharing child pornography.Bradley Driscoll, 25, of West Roxbury, represented by...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A man charged with making violent threats against a former girlfriend as he traveled cross-country from his Arizona home toward Northampton will remain incarcerated without the right to bail following a dangerousness hearing Monday in...

By JAMES PENTLAND

WILLIAMSBURG — Less than 2½ years after taking over the former Brewmaster’s Tavern and creating a gathering space for dining, drinking, music and games, the owners of Burgy Brews have announced that the business is closing.“More money goes out than...

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — Grants to support a rural network combating domestic violence and to help South Hadley’s two fire districts explore shared services are among numerous awards announced recently by the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission through its Direct...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HOLYOKE — Family law attorney and longtime Pioneer Valley resident Oona Cook has been named to lead The Care Center, which supports young mothers in achieving academic success, personal growth and economic independence, effective Friday.She succeeds...