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By BOB FLAHERTY
My journey. Where it begins and ends I have no idea. I do know that I could use some healing along the way, I’m just not sure what it is I have. Although, yes, I am acutely aware of my mousetrap nervous system and my constantly yap-yap-yapping...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
EASTHAMPTON — For the first time in more than 30 years, Hampshire Superior Court has a new clerk of courts.On New Year’s Day, former state Rep. Dan Carey was sworn in at the Old Town Hall on Main Street in Easthampton by Superior Court Judge Michael...
Two simple words — thank you — seem so inadequate. Most of us use this phrase every day in many situations, in person, on the phone, in an email. Yet, in some special circumstances, those two simple words can mean more than anyone can imagine.It is in...
By GARRETT COTE
Come fall, which is perhaps the best time to get out and play a round of golf thanks to the combination of lovely weather and gorgeous foliage, every golfer in New England knows the inevitable winter weather is on the horizon. Yet despite being aware...
Thoroughly enjoyed Raymond Fontaine’s Dec. 21 guest column about his memories of public radio [”Memories of public radio past still glow”]. I also appreciated Robert J. Lurtsema, who hosted Morning Pro Musica for many decades; one summer in 1976 when...
A ‘Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular’The Academy of Music will host “The Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular with Zara Bode” on Sunday, Dec. 22, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.Bode, one half of the country duo The Sweetback Sisters, is a powerhouse...
By TOLLEY M. JONES
The silverware family in the sink swam in the Palmolive suds sea as I stood on the wooden step stool washing the dinner dishes. At 7 years old, I was too small to be able to reach the sink otherwise. My 9-year-old sister and I were responsible for...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
Tucked behind the large former factory building that makes up the Eastworks retail complex lies the entrance to Prodigy, signs indicating that only those ages 13 and up may enter, with those under 17 requiring adult supervision. After going through...
By SARA WEINBERGER
Saturday night, Dec. 6 … just as I crawled under the covers, I heard the buzz announcing a message. Reaching for the phone, I read what I never expected to receive: “The Syrian Emergency Task Force is proud to announce that the Syrian people have...
By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL
If you look at American public health data from the past few decades, one thing will be very clear: Americans are sicker now than perhaps at any time in our history.An estimated 129 million people in the U.S. have at least 1 major chronic disease,...
Musical theater karaokeCan you sing some “Sweeney,” croon some “Cats,” or belt some “Beetlejuice?”Easthampton Theater Company will host Musical Theater Karaoke at New City Brewery in Easthampton on Saturday, Dec. 14. Sign-ups start at 7 p.m.; singing...
Let me get this straight: two rich guys, Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, unelected and acting under the cover of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which sounds like a government agency that is actually fake, are going to determine which...
By JOE GANNON
While the shock wears off, again, from our presidential election, it is a suitable time to just take a breath before we decide — that is, lock down — our reaction.And we do decide our reaction. We will throw up our hands, rip out our hair, or just...
Kudos to our mayor, Nicole LaChapelle for her actions regarding the flying of the American flag over Nashawannuk Pond. I've been living in Easthampton for 22 years and seeing the flag flying in such a prominent place every summer has given me a sense...
The initial reasoning behind the placement of the flag at Nashawannuk Pond in Easthampton was due to the thoughtfulness and patriotic sentiment brought on by the horrific devastation of 9/11. This has been going on for 23 years! So it has taken 23...
Karen Bercovici’s guest column, “We need to rethink ‘gender care’ for our children” (Gazette, Nov. 14) is full of debunked arguments. It is based on a recent, discredited UK review of other transgender studies by Dr. Hillary Cass. But Cass’ findings...
By SARA WEINBERGER
Vice President Kamala Harris had to get her message out and make herself known to voters in record time. Her difficulty differentiating herself from Biden cost her.For some, she talked about herself too much and not enough about her policies. For...
STAFF REPORT
EASTHAMPTON — A 25-year-old Blandford man died Saturday while kayaking in Lower Mill Pond, despite bystander efforts to rescue him, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.Emergency responders received a 911 call at 2:45 p.m. from...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — City officials are cautioning that there may be an outbreak of rabies among wild raccoons in the area, two weeks after a feral cat in Northampton tested positive for rabies.According to the Northampton Department of Health and Humans...
By TOLLEY M. JONES
This morning I stood in front of my altar and lit its candles, held a stub of palo santo to the sputtering flame, and even before I spoke I felt the tingling and buzzing in my shoulders and arms that let me know The Ancestors were already there...
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