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By EMILEE KLEIN
HADLEY — Pam Victor had exhausted every fundraising idea she could imagine to raise $115,000 for Happier Valley Comedy’s new theater, and after a year and a half of balancing this job with her other roles teaching, performing and running the improv...
Visiting Richmond shot the lights out in the opening quarter, and the Spiders’ hot start was more than enough to halt the red-hot UMass women’s basketball team on Sunday.The Spiders drilled seven 3-pointers and made 11-of-13 field goals in the opening...
This year’s First Night Northampton was a triumph. From midday until midnight, crowds of people swarmed downtown streets and sidewalks, moving seamlessly from one venue to another. In our case, this started with the Expandable Brass Band, followed by...
I am writing in support of Bruce Spencer’s Dec. 10 guest column regarding the ”People’s Pines” [“Are these the ‘King’s Pines’ or the ‘People’s Pines’?” His article questioned the current plans of state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)...
I want to second letter writer Alan Kanner’s recent and excellent suggestion that we support former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz for president [“Why I am donating to Matt Gaetz,” Gazette, Dec. 30]. The recently released report of the House Ethics Panel...
By ALLEN WOODS
No one except the most extreme political or religious fanatics encourages or embraces murder. Its prohibition is a bedrock value in every society and stated explicitly in laws, and religious and moral teachings.But, of course, there are exceptions....
Annual holiday tree collection eventNORTHAMPTON — The Department of Public Works will collect holiday trees for recylcing on Saturday, Jan. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon. Trees should be brought to the front, right parking lot of Smith Vocational and...
The UMass hockey team’s offense came alive on Saturday afternoon at the Desert Hockey Classic in Tempe, Arizona, as eight goals and 40 shots led the Minutemen to an 8-0 drubbing of Robert Morris in a game they desperately needed to win.Six different...
By MARIETTA PRITCHARD
Recently I read an article about the country’s most popular dog toy — Lamb Chop. According to the article in The New York Times, dog owners “throw Lamb Chop-themed parties and photo shoots.” They find Lamb Chop costumes for Halloween, along with other...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — With the clock ticking under a minute left and Richmond possessing a 69-62 lead with the ball, the UMass men’s basketball team needed a stop to have any chance at finding its first Atlantic 10 win of the season.But the ball found an open...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
BOSTON — Pro-immigrant nonprofits, organizers, and politicians from across the state are bracing for a second Trump presidency as they seek to protect the state’s undocumented population — and a letter recently addressed to Gov. Maura Healey may give...
By EMILEE KLEIN
GRANBY — The Select Board will interview four finalists for the town administrator position on Tuesday afternoon with hopes of filling a vacancy as soon as possible.The finalists each have varied municipal and administrative experience. They include...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A possible reconstruction of the War Memorial Pool bathhouse, a centerpiece of a larger overhaul of downtown’s Community Field, is in line to get an additional $500,000 from the town’s Community Preservation Act account.The CPA Committee in...
By JOE SILVERMAN
Despite a year with record-breaking heat waves, wildfires, storms and floods, President-elect Donald Trump promises to drill-baby-drill. These policies will bring us closer to a climate tipping point, which is a threshold that, when crossed, will...
By SARENA NEYMAN
Call him a hero or villain, but the man who killed the United Healthcare CEO struck a nerve, exposing a deep rage shared by many Americans across the political spectrum — an anger at an industry that earns obscene profits from the suffering of others....
’Twas the fifth day before Christmas when a notice was delivered to each and every home of the Hadley Housing Authority, home to 40 elderly and disabled people. Lights were blinking it must be the season!But bad news was on its way, it wasn’t St. Nick...
It was a third period to forget for the UMass hockey team on Friday.Taking on Cornell in the Desert Hockey Classic, the Minutemen held a 2-1 lead going into the third period after Michael Cameron scored with 16 seconds to play in the middle frame.That...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — Around 200,000 Massachusetts residents with heart disease, asthma and diabetes will immediately benefit from lower prescription drug costs included in recently adopted state legislation.The comprehensive reforms included in “An Act...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The city unveiled its new five-year Capital Improvement Plan for funding infrastructure projects across the city on Thursday, in a City Council meeting that spanned more than six hours and led to contention among councilors and criticism...
By BOB KATZEN
THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. The 2024 legislative session ended on Jan. 1. There was a flurry of activity on Beacon Hill last week as sponsors of dozens of bills attempted to get final approval on...
By GARRETT COTE
While the UMass men’s basketball team is experiencing a step back from a 20-win season last winter to a team that looks destined to finish toward the bottom of the Atlantic 10 this season, the UMass women’s basketball team is in the exact opposite...
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