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I have closely followed the controversy over the efforts by Riverside Industries to equalize the rents in the One Cottage Street facility. The building is old and requires much maintenance, so I do understand why a non-profit would seek additional...
I am concerned about the artists living in the Riverside Industry’s building at One Cottage Street. My neighbors, Paul Yandoli and Doris Madsen, have already written letters to the editor. My husband and I moved to Easthampton in 2019. We decided to...
The recent column “Fearful of autocracy? We are well protected,” published July 16 took up a lot of space but had little meaningful content. As numerous news media commentators and government officials have pointed out, our country is under assault by...
By ALEXA LEWIS
Going out with friends can be challenging when clashing tastes in food make it impossible to choose a restaurant. But for Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton, the solution to this predicament is simple, and it comes rolling in on four...
By PAIGE HANSON
Clay all dayHILLTOWNS – The annual Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour returns next weekend, July 27 and 28. The event, which includes a tour of pottery studios in Westhampton, Cummington, Ashfield, Williamsburg and Windsor, brings throngs of visitors to the...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — After a frantic emergency response to save animals and equipment on July 10, 2023, David Fisher and Maggie Toran assessed their farm field as memories of Hurricane Irene came flooding back.At their horse-powered, community-supported...
I saw the article about Tractor Supply [“Tractor Supply is ending DEI, climate efforts,” Gazette, July 4]. They have the right to run their store any way they want. Some agree with what they decided, which is our right. Any group cannot take their...
Thank you for your coverage of the newly formed Cottage Street Studios Tenant Association and our effort to meet with the management of Riverside Industries in an attempt to work in partnership to find a solution that meets the needs of both sides....
By SARA WEINBERGER
Every day that I read The New York Times headlines since the June 27 Biden-Trump debate, it feels like Groundhog Day. The lead story repeatedly focuses on the need for Biden to exit the race. He’s too old, too feeble, too lackluster, too stubborn,...
By TERRENCE MCCARTHY
I’m proud to be able to boast I am a product of the mill town in which I grew up. The man I am now was made in Easthampton. Not unlike what was manufactured in the red brick-walled factories in which my mother and father toiled back in the 1950s and...
By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL
For many, the natural beauty of western Massachusetts is a cornerstone of what makes this region so special. For me, the area’s wild places help to shape its distinct regional identity.Yet as Raymond DiDonato clearly conveyed in a recent guest column,...
The artist tenants at One Cottage Street are in crisis. Their rents are increasing astronomically and they have nowhere to go.The more I talk to the artists, the more I realize that Easthampton has missed the mark in something that should have been...
Regarding the headline associated with the article about the historic climate bill recently approved by Democrats and Republicans in the state Senate [“Energy bill doesn’t address siting fears,” Gazette, July 6].Thanks, in part, to the efforts of Sen....
By ALEXA LEWIS
When Shellie Stone went to Nashville two years ago, she was intoxicated with the city’s quintessential culture of music and dancing, and immediately took to the dance floor. Stone, who had been line dancing for fun since attending her first class...
In response to John Huer’s July 1 guest column [“On our last Independence Day”], I too decry our swift drift away from the founding ideals of the United States. Mr. Huer asks “How is such a national debacle possible? It was in the very blueprint that...
By CHRIS LARABEE and ALEXA LEWIS
With Massachusetts experiencing its seventh-wettest year on record in 2023 as torrential rainstorms ravaged roads, farms and homes, the federal government, the state and those here in the Pioneer Valley are turning their eyes toward future flood...
I am writing to share my deep concerns over the current situation at One Cottage Street, and the steep rent increases that the artists are suddenly facing there. What is particularly puzzling is the landlord's (Riverside Industries) apparent refusal...
I appreciate the sentiment in Olin Rose-Bardawil’s recent column about our unfortunate two-party political system [”Americans want more than two choices,” Gazette, June 14].Mr. Rose-Bardawil speculates that many readers will dismiss him as...
When you go to any grocery store or other stores you find no Christian books. Stop & Stop, Big Y, Walmart, even BJ’s used to have little rotating stands with Christian books. Now they are gone. This writer asks them to bring the books back.Charles...
The news item in the paper today under “10 years ago” [“A Look Back,” June 19] about the car dealership on King Street reminded me to tell my thoughts on this lot. When you enter this lot at the light, this road could have electric charging stations...
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