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By BRUCE M. PENNIMAN

Let’s move on from Jones Library divisions

By BARBARA A. ROUILLARD

For Veterans Day 1964, around my 10th birthday, the VFW sponsored an essay contest, “What Patriotism Means to Me.” Any elementary or junior high student in our town could enter.My family didn’t have much disposable income, so whenever there was a...

Regarding the Nov. 21 Gazette story “Council Rejects $1M for sidewalk and road repairs,” why would six members of the Town Council assume a competition between school funding and safe sidewalks and roads? Both need funding. Safety — maintenance of...

Has anyone else noticed how many professional athletes are now doing the “Trump dance” when celebrating? From the UFC to the NFL, people seem to be happy again! People feel a sense of relief to express themselves without fear and the country is in a...

Of all of Donald Trump’s policy proposals, the one I find most baffling is his endorsement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to overhaul our food industry. The idea that highly processed, high-calorie fast foods are the major cause of the obesity...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Hunting on Amherst conservation lands would be prohibited under rules being considered by the town’s Conservation Commission, which, if adopted as written, would closely mirror land-use regulations related to hunting in the city of...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Runners flooded downtown Sunday in solidarity against domestic violence in what turned out to be a record-breaking year for Safe Passage’s 21st Hot Chocolate Run.The run exceeded the nonprofit’s goal of $800,000, garnering a total of...

By ZICHANG LIU

AMHERST — University of Massachusetts professors Chang Liu and Xiaojun Wei have discovered a new method to detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — “forever chemicals” found in water, soil, air, food and other consumer products, paving the way for...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

While the recent passage of a new clean energy law leaves details of implementation to be solidified over the next 15 months before it takes effect, Mass Audubon’s director of legislative and government affairs is feeling hopeful about one aspect of...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — GoNetspeed, a longtime internet and cellphone provider in Granby, recently wrapped up a $2.4 million project that will enable it to offer more than 2,200 homes and businesses high-speed fiber-optic internet service with faster upload and...

By RYAN AMES

BOSTON – History was made on Saturday night – in more ways than one.For the first time ever, the UMass hockey team shut out Boston University in a 4-0 win over the 11th-ranked Terriers at Agganis Arena.For the first time this season, the Minutemen...

By GARRETT COTE

The UMass men’s soccer team’s dream season finally came to a close in the NCAA Division 1 Elite Eight, as the Minutemen fell 3-0 on the road to No. 3 Denver on Saturday afternoon.Denver advanced to play Vermont in the College Cup Final Four.The common...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A series of affordable housing developments in progress, construction beginning on a new elementary school and the possibility that an expanded and renovated Jones Library will get underway are being highlighted by town officials in their...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Running consistent passenger rail service for 140 miles through northern Massachusetts communities to connect North Adams and Boston could attract hundreds of riders per day, but would also require hundreds of millions of dollars in up-front capital...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — There couldn’t have been a more stark difference in tone and body language in Frank Martin and Pat Duquette’s post game interviews, and rightfully so.Martin, the UMass men’s basketball head coach, was visibly upset with his team’s lack of...

By SARAH BUTTENWIESER

 The other night, I hopped onto the hybrid meeting the Northampton City Council’s Finance Committee hosted, the second of two listening sessions, held for the second year in a row. I was enormously moved by the range of concerns and priorities...

By MORGAN SHEEHAN

It is not time for a spa day.Self-care. Me time. Wine o’clock. Pants that make your butt look fabulous.None of that is going to help.Robert Putnam tried to warn us in 2000 with his book “Bowling Alone,” early in the crisis of American loneliness, but...

I was privileged to spend some time in Amman, Jordan in the spring of 1991. I had no language and was impaired, but tried to learn as best I could. I encountered a number of Palestinians. At one point I was convinced every cab driver was a Palestinian...

Donald Trump’s incoming administration poses a serious threat to Americans’ health, safety and freedoms. His cabinet picks show a total disregard for science, human rights, and competent governance. The work of protecting the vulnerable begins now —...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Standing Together presents a third way to treating the war in Gaza — a solution that neither involves rooting on the Star of David with Zionist ardor, nor endorses Hamas by seeing them as innocent rebels against a colonizing overlord.If...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST — “Coach Joe” is now on the job.Joe Harasymiak was officially introduced as UMass’ new head football coach Friday morning with a press conference at the Martin Jacobson Football Performance Center.The 38-year-old Harasymiak becomes the...