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EASTHAMPTON — Two cars collided near 77 Northampton St. on Sunday night with one of the vehicles catching fire. No injuries were reported.According to the Easthampton Fire Department, firefighters responded to the crash at about 7 p.m. and found that...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Community members are rallying to celebrate the life of Elise Ollmann-Kahle, a Williston Northampton School student and South Hadley resident who died earlier this month at the age of 17 of complications from cancer. Friends and family...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Jason Vanasse stood in his driveway, washing the windows of his work vehicle, when a car came speeding down the road, jumped the curb, and crashed into his home. He says the vehicle missed him by only a few inches, and the anxiety it...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — A new supplemental math program introduced this school year for middle and elementary school students at Mountain View School aimed at improving math comprehension in students is drawing complaints from some at the middle school who...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — At an emotionally charged meeting full of deeply personal stories from community members and officials, the City Council voted to approve a resolution supporting Question 4 on Election Day next month. The proposed law would provide...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — With help from the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston, the Easthampton Council on Aging is reimagining what the future of aging looks like in the city. In a series of three forums this week, community members...

By ALEXA LEWIS

As students file out of Hampshire Regional High School at the end of the day, they have to make a quick stop at one of the many magnets mounted near the exits. These magnets serve as the “keys” to the Yondr pouches their cellphones remain locked in...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Public Library will soon offer the community a new, renovated annex space that will host community meetings, events, computer classes, and fully accessible children’s activities thanks to the donation by bankESB of a...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Like many who move to Easthampton, Felicia Jadczak and Steve Collicelli were struck by the small city’s vibrant arts scene, and how the creativity and vibrancy it fostered brought community members together. It was reminiscent of one of...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — In the heart of the Cottage Street Cultural District, something new is blooming.Mother-daughter duo Alisha and Linda Markee have created colorful floral arrangements together for years, adorning the weddings of family friends, teaching...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren paid a visit to Easthampton officials over the weekend, stopping in at a local home for a meet and greet on her way to open a new campaign office in Springfield. At the private meeting, on Saturday Warren spent...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Computer puzzles, math skills and an animated penguin named JiJi come together with ST Math, a visual learning program being lauded across school districts for its interesting approach to math education.This school year JiJi arrived at...

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — Research by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs indicates that about 6% of Americans, and about 7% of military veterans, will experience PTSD in their lifetime, while veterans with higher combat exposure are three times as likely to...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Bill Burgart has spent most of his life enjoying the outdoors, traveling the world and giving back to his community. Now, at 82 years old, he hopes to give back to the Pascommuck Conservation Trust, of which he is one of the founders, by...

By ALEXA LEWIS

For decades, Northampton resident Robert Meeropol and his brother Michael Meeropol have been pleading the case that their mother, Ethel Rosenberg, was not a spy. Armed with newly declassified documents that shed more light on their mother’s case, the...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — With fanfare and oversize ribbon-cutting scissors, the WorkHub on Union, a community co-working space at 33 Union St., celebrated its awaited grand opening on Friday evening.The WorkHub, home to The Chamber of Greater Easthampton, hopes...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After enjoying the music and refreshments offered at this year’s River Roads Festival, artists and community members banded together for a noble cause: picking up trash to preserve clean waterways. Nearly 40 volunteers made it out to...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — One blood donation takes about an hour out of a donor’s day, yet it has the ability to save the lives of up to three patients. But blood donations tend to slow down in the summer — people get busy, and they’re usually thinking about...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After five years searching for the perfect spot for a new skate park, officials have come full circle to the site supporters wanted all along — Millside Park, where the last skate park had been located before its dismantling in 2006.The...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The property at 1 Northampton St. which stands prominently near Pulaski Park at the downtown rotary received no bids at its public auction. Of the roughly 20 individuals gathered on the premises on Friday afternoon, none jumped at the...