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Guest columnist Allen Woods: Is anyone still ‘searching for America?’
05-01-2023 6:13 PM

By ALLEN WOODS

“Kathy, I’m lost,” I said, though I knew she was sleepingI’m empty and aching and I don’t know whyCounting the cars on the New Jersey TurnpikeThey’ve all come to look for America“America,” Paul Simon, 1968The idea of “searching for America” began soon...


Guest column: A license to wreak havoc on the Connecticut River
04-27-2023 8:19 PM

By KARL MEYER

In 2016, Canadian capital giant PSP Investments bought three FirstLight Power-branded properties on the Connecticut River in Massachusetts, two years before their federal licenses would expire. They quickly transferred them into Delaware tax shelters....


Deerfield woman pleads not guilty in stabbing of elderly man
04-19-2023 2:37 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A personal care attendant accused of stabbing the 82-year-old husband of a woman she was caring for in Montague pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to three charges stemming from the incident last Saturday.Kady J. Flanagan, 28, of Deerfield,...


Hatfield man, brother get 5 to 8 years in cocaine trafficking case
04-18-2023 11:27 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Three of a dozen people arrested in 2021 in connection with a cocaine trafficking syndicate operating out of a Greenfield barbershop changed their pleas Tuesday regarding their involvement in the operation and another had her case...


My Turn: Citizens must rise up against guns, and for our children
04-17-2023 5:30 PM

By ROB OKUN

“Until people start to go into the streets and protest, we’re not going to see the changes … If you don’t have the people rising up, like what they did with civil rights, like what they did to end the Vietnam War … If you don’t have that,...


Extravaganja comes to the Franklin County Fairgrounds on Saturday
04-14-2023 2:22 PM

By Liesel Nygard

GREENFIELD — After a three-year hiatus during COVID, Extravaganja returns Saturday for its 29th event to take place at the Franklin County Fairgrounds, facilitated by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Cannabis Education Coalition. Tickets for...


Rape case dropped against former fugitive
04-10-2023 3:45 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The state opted Monday to drop its case against a Level 3 sex offender and former fugitive to spare the named victim the trauma of taking the witness stand in a trial.Jeffrey Cancel-Muniz, 42, formerly of western Massachusetts, has been...


A lifetime with flowers: Third-generation florist John LaSalle offers blooms and kindness
04-05-2023 5:31 PM

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

John LaSalle’s astonishing productivity might lead one to wonder if a lifelong collaboration with flowers imbued him with superpowers. Yet at age 70, LaSalle shows no signs of slowing down.“I’m getting ready to retire, though,” he said during a tour...


Guest Column: Time to reflect on the roots of Eventide
03-29-2023 6:42 PM

By JOHN BOS

‘Let music charm me last on earth, and greet me first in heaven.”One book I am reading right now is “Staring at the Sun” by Irvin D. Yalom. He affirms that self-awareness is a supreme gift, a “treasure as precious as life. This is what makes us...


Teens at climate panel speak to need for collective action to combat climate change
03-21-2023 9:50 AM

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Despite being among the youngest in the room, a group of teenage environmentalists were turned to for guidance during a climate action panel at the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew. Their generation, after all, will be most...


A long, woolly way from my first St. Pat’s day here
03-16-2023 6:05 PM

By ROSEMARY CAINE

Naturally, things have changed a lot on St. Patrick’s Day since I landed here in 1972 with my trio, The Burren Flora. We were unprepared, entering into the fray of green employment, singing and performing the songs of our recently abdicated...


Greenfield Community College develops paraeducator training program
03-15-2023 5:34 PM

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College (GCC) is developing a paraeducator training program that administrators hope will address vacancies in the field across the state and locally, while also reconceptualizing the role as a first step in a career....


Baystate doctor charged with possession of child pornography 
03-15-2023 10:32 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A resident doctor who lives part time in Amherst and practices at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield was arrested Tuesday following the FBI’s recent seizure of about 80 devices containing images and videos believed to be child...


Vermont man faces 11 charges in Greenfield crash
03-14-2023 2:18 PM

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — The driver involved in a head-on crash on Route 2 that resulted in serious injuries to four Rhode Island residents, including two children, Sunday afternoon allegedly admitted to police officers he had used drugs prior to the...


Anat Weisenfreund: Head Start funding vital to serving children and families
03-10-2023 9:00 PM

On Tuesday, March 7, at the invitation of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), I had the opportunity to testify before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy about how vital Head Start services are to children,...


In visit to region, Healey announces creation of state’s first rural affairs director
03-10-2023 5:19 PM

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Rural communities throughout the state will soon have their own ombudsman, part of a pledge by the Healey administration to ensure that these cities and towns are better represented in state government.In a swing through Franklin County...


HCC, other colleges to drop vax requirement after spring semester
03-07-2023 5:00 PM

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD/HOLYOKE — A year and half after the mandate first went into place, all Massachusetts community colleges, including those in Holyoke and Greenfield, will no longer require COVID-19 vaccines for enrollment. The mandate, which went into effect...


Southampton man arraigned on more sexual assault charges
02-28-2023 11:50 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Southampton man facing sexual assault charges pleaded not guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on Monday and was released on the same conditions imposed by the Hampshire County Superior Court judge who handled his arraignment on...


Judith Roberts to retire at The Literacy Project after 16 years 
02-08-2023 11:38 AM

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After 16 years at its helm, Judith Roberts is retiring as executive director of The Literacy Project. Roberts, 72, will transition out of the role in June to allow time for a new person to step in. “Even though I very, very much love this...


John Bos: More on cancer survivors’ stories 
02-06-2023 9:27 PM

Missing from the great article in the Feb. 4 Gazette about the “Cancer Survivors: Stories of Hope and Resilience” event on Feb. 11 at the Academy of Music, are the names of all seven storytellers.Two of those participants are important benefactors to...

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