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By JIM KAPLAN
On Feb. 24, 1761, our first patriot lit the fuse that sparked the American Revolution. Very few people remember his name.It was James Otis. A successful lawyer and politician in Boston, he spoke for nearly five hours before Boston’s Superior Court in...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
NORTHAMPTON — Regional human service agencies Pathlight and ServiceNet are merging in a move that leaders say will enable Pathlight’s programming to continue and allow ServiceNet to expand resources it already offers.The organizations’ leaders and...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — A jury found Steven Malloy not guilty of first-degree murder on Friday, nearly three years after he was arrested following the shooting death of a Pittsfield man in a Northampton apartment.The Hampshire Superior Court jury deliberated...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Following closing remarks by the prosecution and defense in the murder trial of Steven Malloy, the jury began deliberations in the case Thursday.Malloy, 35, of Northampton, is charged with first-degree murder over the death of Joseph...
Although I agree with much of what Karen Gardner writes in her recent column about the significant dangers facing our country and our democracy at this important point in our history [“Vote like democracy depends on it,” Gazette, Oct. 9], I want to...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
Family pictures. They may keep you forever young, but they may make you glad to be where you are now. Either way, they record change.We had a photo taken in December during the 1950s. We rode along in a fake sleigh, through a tunnel with walls painted...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
A 2.5-mile section of the Mass Central Rail Trail will be closed for 30 days beginning on Oct. 28 for construction work, the first such repair work done on the section since the trail’s beginning more than 40 years ago.The stretch of trail, known as...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
In elections across the country at all levels, Republicans are furiously backpeddling from their hard-line opposition to reproductive rights. There’s no better example of this than just to our north in New Hampshire.The Republican candidate for...
The effort to remove Israeli products from the shelves at the River Valley Co-op makes as much sense to me as supporting a boycott against American-made goods if Donald Trump gets elected as president and announces a policy that we might find...
By CAROLYN BROWN
This fall, the Parlor Room Collective is hosting workshops to make the music world more accessible to a broader range of people.One of them, a program called Uplifting Queer Voices, aims to help local LGBTQ and BIPOC musicians get performance...
Benefit gallery showAs part of November’s Arts Night Out Northampton, The New England Visionary Artists Museum/Anchor House of Artists at 518 Pleasant St. will hold a benefit gallery show of works by the late Northampton artist Charlie Miller on...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
After a few final questions and submissions of evidence, the prosecution and defense have rested in the case of Steven Malloy, who is on trial for first-degree murder for the death of Joseph Fillio, 39, of Pittsfield.Fillio died from a gunshot wound...
By DAVID KIRK
Much has already been said and written about potential threats to our democracy and the democratic process under a second Trump administration. However, while it is easy to look at the other side and raise concerns about the future, it would be wise...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — With the firearm used to kill Joseph R. Fillio never recovered by law enforcement, a photo on defendant Steven J. Malloy’s phone has become a key piece of evidence in his trial on the charge of first-degree murder.A photo depicts a small...
By JIM BRIDGMAN
50 Years Ago■The Northampton School Committee last night voted to support a school building program that will change the structure of education in the city by converting the high school to a four-year school and add middle schools in place of present...
By JONATHAN A. WRIGHT
It is past time to jog our memories in this election year. Four years ago, we were in the throes of the pandemic, reeling from lack of effective national policies under the Trump administration’s official disdain for public health expertise, and many...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Prosecutors continued to focus on forensic evidence on the fifth day of the murder trial of Steven Malloy, including testing for DNA and gunshot residue on Malloy’s shoes and clothing from the night Joseph Fillio was shot to death in...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — River Valley Co-op’s more than 16,000 member-owners are being asked to participate in an advisory poll regarding the removal of Israeli products from its shelves at its Easthampton and Northampton locations.The petition supporting this...
According to a front-page story in the Gazette, Amherst will be using the former VFW site to open a shelter and community space for the unhoused that will include one-bedroom apartments and associated services [“Joint shelter, housing in works,” Oct....
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