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Easthampton joins suit to stop dismantling of Education Department
03-24-2025 5:04 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Public School district joined a coalition of educators, school districts and unions Monday in filing legal action against the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education.

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Easthampton schools adopt $22.8M budget with no layoffs; enrollment decline, student needs a concern
03-27-2025 1:35 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Grappling with both lower enrollment and higher levels of need among students, the Easthampton School Committee approved its $22.8 million fiscal year 2026 budget on Wednesday night.


Easthampton suspends zoning enforcement on short-term rentals
03-25-2025 12:02 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMTON — The city has suspended its zoning enforcement on short-term rentals for review, hoping to clear up some confusion surrounding the regulation of these rentals in the community.


At urging of constituents, Easthampton council backs state legislation calling for rent stabilization
03-24-2025 11:32 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After hearing impassioned testimony from residents, the City Council has adopted a resolution in favor of legislation designed to stabilize rents.


Destination Hampshire County: Experts discuss ways to boost, advocate for tourist economy
03-23-2025 9:40 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Visitors from Lexington and Marblehead were among those who came to see “Generic Male,” the off-Broadway physical theater performed at Northampton’s Academy of Music in early March.


Joe Gannon: Like chickens coming home to roost
03-20-2025 4:38 PM

I appreciated Rutherford J. Platt’s Feb. 24 column on evil as called out by Rep. Jim McGovern [“Applause for calling out ‘evil’”]. The evil cited was “America’s role as a responsible world power is being diminished: Foreign aid has been thrown into chaos, endangering lives worldwide.”


In tour of Riverside Industries in Easthampton, US Rep. Neal highlights the damage of potential Medicaid cuts
03-19-2025 9:11 AM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

EASTHAMPTON — It’s not always easy to put faces and names to the impact that congressional budgets have on a particular populace. By visiting Riverside Industries in Easthampton on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal tried to do just that.


Bill McKee: Same rotten egg
03-18-2025 3:48 PM

Can somebody tell me what the difference is between Russian President Vladimir Putin taking over a bordering country and President Donald Trump wanting to take over Canada (except for using the military — so far)? These two are hatched from the same rotten egg!


First candidate emerges for Easthampton mayor
03-18-2025 12:44 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The campaign to become the Easthampton’s next mayor officially kicks off this week, as Lindsi Sekula is the first candidate to announce her intention to become the city’s next chief executive officer.


Columnist Sara Weinberger: In defense of immigrants
03-17-2025 8:01 AM

By SARA WEINBERGER

Trump won the November election with a promise to deport millions of immigrants who crossed our southern border. He spewed propaganda, calling them drug dealers, invaders, violent criminals, rapists, murderers, illegals, terrorists; people who come to take our jobs, claim citizenship for the babies they birth within our borders; who deliver the fentanyl that kills American children.


Olin Rose-Bardawil: Why local government matters more now
03-13-2025 2:11 PM

By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL

In the face of chaos and deterioration at the federal level, one can very easily feel powerless. For the average citizen who is opposed to Elon Musk’s careless destruction of federal agencies or Donald Trump’s recklessness with foreign policy, there are few ways to directly effect change. Sure, they can write to their representative or hold protests — as many in the area have been doing — but these efforts, while important, can only go so far.


Guest columnist John Paine: No refuge from climate change
03-13-2025 2:10 PM

By JOHN PAINE

 


Compassionate barbers: Easthampton shop Hero Barber is growing thanks to its inclusive atmosphere
03-13-2025 10:18 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — What started out as a men’s gifts and grooming shop in Northampton has become a bustling barbershop in Easthampton that prides itself on its inclusive practices and atmosphere.


Quest for new senior center in Easthampton moves ahead
03-08-2025 3:02 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The city is about to take another step toward making a new senior center a reality with the formation of an appointed Senior Center Building Committee.


Deb Friedman: Mass deportation is Trump's gift to for-profit detention center contractors
03-07-2025 3:09 PM

Undocumented immigrants do not endanger the safety, writ large, of U.S. citizens, as shown by U.S. statistics on violent crimes. The tiny portion of undocumented immigrants who commit violent crimes is nonetheless used to justify inhumane treatment, such as the threat of deportation, toward all.


‘On Golden Pond,’ directed by a therapist: Easthampton Theater Company will stage play about complex relationships later this month
03-05-2025 3:09 PM

By CAROLYN BROWN

In the play “On Golden Pond,” three generations of a family reconnect at a summer home in Maine, exposing complicated relationships and vulnerabilities. Easthampton Theater Company’s upcoming production of the show runs the weekends of March 15-16 and March 21-23 at Williston Theater.


Easthampton Public Library ready to open part of new annex building for community events
03-04-2025 2:37 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Public Library’s new annex space, just off the downtown rotary, is gearing up to open its doors.


Conniff returns to Easthampton City Council
02-27-2025 3:09 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — A familiar face has returned to the City Council after a competitive appointment process at Wednesday night’s meeting.


After rents spiked under new owners, Pleasant View Apartment tenants back bill that aims to control such increases
02-26-2025 5:32 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — When Leslie Sharr came home to Pleasant View Apartments one day in November to find a notice taped to her door alerting her that she could either sign a new lease with a staggering rent increase or alert the new owners of her intent to leave, she immediately started researching the legality of the situation.


Amherst man pleads not guilty in attempted robbery of Easthampton CVS
02-26-2025 11:27 AM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — An Amherst man arrested Saturday night in connection with the attempted armed robbery of CVS Pharmacy on Northampton Street pleaded not guilty in Northampton District Court to charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and attempt to commit a crime.


Louise and Yvonne Perret: Billionaires will win, you will lose with this administration
02-25-2025 4:37 PM

I am writing in response to the actions and plans of the Trump administration. Such actions impact our community and our nation in multiple ways.

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