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By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN

 Imagine this: a high-paid, Ivy League-educated lawyer and nonprofit executive from Los Angeles shows up in Massachusetts and claims that our restaurant workers are being paid a “sub-minimum wage” that’s below the state minimum wage. To solve this...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Several members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, including U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, are demanding an explanation on reports of price disparities found at different Stop & Shop locations in the commonwealth, something the...

I’m writing in support of Richard Chu’s letter expressing concern for better transparency in Northampton’s city decision-making [“Collaboration, transparency missing in city government,” Sept. 30]. I also observed during the meetings held over school...

Live classical musicOn Sunday, Oct. 20, members of the Israeli Chamber Project (pianist Assaff Weisman, violinist Carmen Zori, and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan) will perform three works: “Duos for Violin and Cello” by Jörg Widdman, “Violin Sonata in D...

By CAROLYN BROWN

Northampton writer Cleo Rohn won the 2024 Beals Prize for Poetry last week for her poem, “Not Every Poem Has to Be About God.”Rohn won the award, which included a cash prize, at Winchendon’s Beals Memorial Library. The award and the library were both...

A Sept. 13 Gazette article reports that Gov. Maura Healey, in June, “launched a $1 million, taxpayer-funded initiative designed to discourage people seeking help from ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ … which the administration dubbed ‘anti-abortion’”...

By CAROLYN BROWN

NORTHAMPTON — The Majestic Saloon, Northampton’s only nightlife venue explicitly focused on the LGBTQ community, is for sale and is slated to host its final show on Halloween night.Co-owners Kayla Abney and Alden Peotter attributed the necessity of...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

The Northampton Board Registrars is gearing up for what it says will be “very high” turnout on Election Day, Nov. 5, with voters picking a new president and weighing in on a state general election and five initiatives on the ballot.City Clerk Pamela...

By J.M. SORRELL

One of the many memorable speeches at the Democratic National Convention was delivered by Michelle Obama. She spoke of hope making a comeback and the potential for good in our country. Ms. Obama also cautioned there are people who will do everything...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — When it comes to the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Northampton, Susanne Fuchs doesn’t mince words.“I think the city’s a disaster, if you ask me,” said Fuchs, a professor at Smith College who was out riding her bike by City Hall...

By JOANNA BUONICONTI

Last April, I went on my first successful date with a guy, and when I got home that night, I went on Instagram for a few minutes in an attempt to wind down. This was my first mistake, considering that going on Instagram and seeing everyone living...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council is expected to confirm the appointment of John Cartledge as the next chief of the Northampton Police Department on Tuesday night, following a Committee on City Services hearing last week that resulted in a positive...

Northeast Biodiesel’s recent closing is disappointing for many reasons. One is that our region’s used cooking oil will continue to be exported to other countries that have the infrastructure to recycle it into heating and transportation fuel. Another...

I read Gazette columnist Andrea Ayvazian’s piece (“Building solutions: Our collaborative spirit,” Sept. 21) with bemusement if not with dismay at the way she portrays the city as a city that has been collaborative or consultative in regards to its...

By MOLLY MERRETT

I am a Jewish valley resident, and I have been a member-owner of the River Valley Co-op since 2010. I support the campaign to de-shelve Israeli made and sourced products from our co-op.I strongly believe that Jewish safety is entwined with...

“Poor, poor, pitiful me.” The words of the Linda Ronstadt song echo every time I hear Rep. Jim McGovern bemoan the fact that many of his constituents feel he has done nowhere near enough to stop the genocide in Gaza. Mr. McGovern will eagerly tell you...

By JAMES PENTLAND

Touring extensively behind “Now,” his first album of new material in seven years, Graham Nash returns to Northampton for an Oct. 4 show at the Academy of Music.Nash has been looking back as well as to the present on this year’s touring dates, some of...

By SUSAN WOZNIAK

A week or two ago, I overheard an interesting recommendation. A man told his friend that the food at a local restaurant was, “really good.” I found myself at 8 p.m., near the restaurant at six hours past my last meal.The place was empty but the...

A matter of record(s)NORTHAMPTON — If you like shopping for vinyl records, this news will be music to your ears: the Downtown Market Vinyl & Vintage Fair will have thousands of records (and other vintage goods from local and regional sellers, of...

By CARRIE N. BAKER and CARRIE CUTHBERT

J.D. Vance’s comments devaluing childless women, Donald Trump’s lies about Haitian immigrants and the Project 2025 agenda to dismantle U.S. civil rights laws show that many current-day Republicans do not believe all people deserve to be treated with...