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As a follow up to the article about us assisting migrants in Mexico, some good news from Oaxaca [“Our hearts were shattered,” Gazette, April 15]. Because we have some money in the bank, we have secured a new place with sleeping space for 50 women,...

The guest column [“Save Main Street,” Sept. 18] misses quite a few marks. Putting aside that the money allocated for Northampton’s Main Street redesign cannot be used for other projects, the writer says little or nothing about the actualities of...

By Adam Novitt

The recent guest column [“A walking manifesto,” Sept. 16] by Claudia Lefko misses the mark on several points. Picture Main Street is not an “either or” proposition. We cannot reallocate the funds to local neighborhood projects outside of downtown....

When my wife and I, now both well into our eighties, moved to Northampton about nine years ago, we didn’t fully understand how this city of almost 30,000 hangs together.Part of the reason is an organization called Northampton Neighbors, which, with a...

By BARRY HIRSCH

 Like many people, I have felt the pain and sadness of the war in Gaza every day since Oct. 7. I have a colleague who is Palestinian and I know he sees his children’s faces in every injured Palestinian child. I have another friend whose son is in the...

By CLAUDIA LEFKO

“The pedestrian is an extremely fragile species, the canary in the coal mine of urban livability.” — Jeff Speck, “Walkable City,” 2012 Something’s missing from the still very lively debate about Picture Main Street, from the city’s website on that...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In the place sometimes known as the Paradise City, it may come to no surprise there would be pushback against putting up a parking lot.That’s the dilemma currently facing Carla Cosenzi, president of the TommyCar Auto Group, which...

By Staff Report

NORTHAMPTON — Exit 23 on Interstate 91, which drops vehicles off the highway onto Route 5, will be closed overnights beginning Sunday to accommodate ongoing construction.Beginning at 7 p.m. daily, the exit ramp will be closed, reopening the following...

By CAROLYN BROWN

In a year of international strife, the Northampton Jazz Festival is aiming to bring people together with music that transcends borders. The Northampton Jazz Festival, which will return for its 12th year on Sept. 27 and 28, is celebrating the unifying...

By BILL NEWMAN

Last week 14-year-old Colt Gray shot and killed two classmates and two teachers at his Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. Colt has been charged with four counts of felony murder and will be tried as an adult.His father, Colin Gray, has been...

A good indicator of inflation is a simple thing like the cost of a first-class postage stamp. Back in 1963, a first-class stamp cost 5 cents (those were the good old days!). By 2006, it had jumped to 39 cents. By 2018, it hit 50 cents and, just...

By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL

When it was first announced that Kamala Harris would be replacing President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket, I had my doubts about her ability to win the election. She had a poor performance in her first bid for the presidency in 2020, and there...

Honest education on antisemitism importantI’m a Jewish educator working in Northampton Public Schools so naturally, I think honest, good education on antisemitism is important.I attended the presentation given to the NPS community on Sept. 3 by...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — City, state and hospital officials gathered in front of Cooley Dickinson Hospital on Tuesday to, quite literally, mark a major milestone toward the completion of a new emergency department and to celebrate the more than $11 million...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A research-and-development laboratory previously in Amherst, where studies and tests were ongoing to improve lubrication systems in military jets and helicopters so they will last longer and use less oil, recently relocated to a larger...

Herbicides safe? I don't think so. Maybe there is a reason why Japanese knotweed showed up here, given the prevalence of ticks and Lyme disease. Lyme disease is nothing to mess around with. If people were aware that Japanese knotweed is a cure for...

The other night, my kid had a nightmare about guns. I bet he wasn’t the only one, in the wake of all the publicity about the Apalachee High School shooting.The New York Times reported afterward that the Georgia school contracted with a private...

As a Jew in the past year (especially) I find myself constantly aware of what I say about being Jewish/Israel/Gaza/the current hostage situation. I am also reminded by many — neighbors and friends — that I should “be careful” about how I choose to...

Why is the entire world in such turmoil? In America, students and other campus disrupters make demands that would get them summarily shot or “disappeared” in many nations, some to our south. Nonetheless, these demonstrators embody the decline and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Maintaining and improving existing public housing properties is an ongoing challenge for local housing authorities with limited resources, an issue that housing advocates and professionals are hopeful the state’s $5.16 billion housing...

By JOHN SHEIRER

Yesterday, when I was walking our cute, smart dog Libby through our neighborhood, a gaggle of strangers rounded the corner and approached us. “Hey, what are your policies for this neighborhood!” they shouted. “When are you going to tell us where you...