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I occasionally read the Gazette opinion page, and letters to the editor. I less often read my news app because, frankly, sometimes it makes me sick. Not all the time, just sometimes.

Some Easthampton School Committee members may not like Owen Zaret. He can be persistent, direct, and at times, blunt (he happens to be a friend of mine, despite — or maybe because of — these qualities). But his blunt style should not distract them from the alarm he is trying to sound: rising antisemitism in our public schools.

I’ve been racking my brain trying to come up with why there is so much opposition to, and villainizing of, Owen Zaret’s attempts to bring more attention and education regarding antisemitism in Easthampton schools. One can’t help but think of Israel and Gaza, particularly if you live in this area, where concern for Palestinian sovereignty is so passionate, that an alignment with its cause is nearly de rigueur.

I watched the Easthampton City Council meeting during which the censure of council member Owen Zaret was discussed [“Censure call brings heated hearing,” Gazette, Jan. 24].

The people chose who they wanted. I liked some things he wants to do, some not. It is time to get things done.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Drinking wine while enjoying art – what’s not to love?

By BOB COUCH

It was distressing to read about the proposed censure of Councilor Owen Zaret by the Easthampton City Council at the request of School Committee members, only days after witnessing what were unquestionably two enthusiastic Nazi salutes by the richest man in our country at the presidential inauguration of his close friend who is now the most powerful man in our country — and perhaps the world.

As city councilor, Owen Zaret has been a consistent advocate against antisemitism — a concern in Easthampton, given multiple incidents in the public schools mirroring the rise in antisemitic activity across Massachusetts. Even with successfully passing multiple City Council resolutions, Zaret has continued pushing for action. Yet the Easthampton School Committee has dismissed Zaret’s continued efforts, resulting in a formal censure motion for the charge of following up on his requests for actual change.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

CHARLEMONT — Easthampton author Megan Tady invites the community to a literary après-ski party at Berkshire East Mountain Resort on Saturday, Jan. 25, to celebrate the launch of her second novel, “Bluebird Day.”

By CAROLYN BROWN

Bluegrass music (like this reporter) is native to the American South, but starting next week, it’ll have a new home here in the Valley.

The local theater company Valley Players will present a production of the play “Love Letters” on Feb. 7, 8, 14 and 15, each at 7:30 p.m., at Black Birch Vineyard in Hatfield.

By SARA WEINBERGER

The day that I’ve been dreading has arrived. It seems like a twisted and cruel irony that the inauguration of the 47th president falls on the same day that we honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Marigold Theater in Easthampton now has its own cafe.

By JACOB NELSON

“Yes, you get some veggies to take home,” says Liz Adler of Mountain View Farm in Easthampton about becoming a member of their community supported agriculture (CSA) program. “But if you want it, the whole experience is a lot more than that.”

By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL

In my column last month, I chose to discuss a subject, Trump’s appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary, that I knew would be controversial.

By TOLLEY M. JONES

I have been told that I am “too much” throughout my life. I suppose I agree with this assessment, because I conversely have always looked around me and felt deeply that the people around me were “not enough.”

A ‘Rent’ reunionRentheads, rejoice! Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp (who played Roger and Mark, respectively, in the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical) will perform together at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Bowker Auditorium on Friday,...

By Staff Report

EASTHAMPTON — A 72-year-old Easthampton man walking on Route 10 was killed after being struck by a car traveling south late Tuesday afternoon, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.

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...