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By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Enslaved from 1770 to 1776 at the Forty Acres homestead in Hadley, now known as The Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum, Caesar Phelps wrote a letter from Fort Ticonderoga, where he was serving in the Continental Army, to his owner, Charles...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Hadley Town Administrator Carolyn Brennan is poised to retire in December after more than four years serving in the role.Brennan last week submitted a retirement letter to the board, citing “recent medical issues” as a factor in departing.In...
The central domain of this coming election is power. Trump promises this through his Project 2025. Harris promises power through furthering (or restoring) personal freedom. These two competing promises define our aspirations and fate.Trump laces his...
By LYNNE M. LATHAM
Trustees of the Hadley Public Library met with the Select Board last week to share the findings of a report prepared by Gale Associates about the library’s roof. The report is based on a visual inspection of the roof, and it identifies several...
I love the local news but was a bit astonished by the Gazette’s decision to publish the story [“Pushing for an ‘apartheid-free’ store,” Aug. 27] on the top half of the front page. This is news? No, this is more redefining of what “apartheid” and what...
Vice President Kamala Harris has given new energy to the Democratic Party. Harris supports democracy instead of destroying it.Harris supports the poor and middle classes instead of the rich 1 percent. Harris supports women instead of abusing them,...
By Staff Report
HADLEY — A 70-year-old man from the Three Rivers section of Palmer died following a collision between his motorcycle and a truck on East Street Saturday around noon, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.James Lis was transported...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Internet usage by Hadley residents is being surveyed by the town’s Digital Equity Steering Committee, a first step in developing a digital equity plan.With an aim of all townspeople having access to digital devices and the Internet, along...
HADLEY — There are TV shows with “friends” in the title and we all have enough Facebook friends to fill the Mullins Center, but the sort of companions who help you bring in the harvest on a hot weekend in August are the ones you want with you...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — In a town like Amherst, where a significant number of rentals are offered for local college students, accessory apartments, featuring a kitchen, bath and sleeping quarters, have long been allowed by a matter of right, so long as one of the...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — A porch fire early Sunday was most likely caused by smoking materials, prompting fire officials to remind smokers to use caution when disposing of cigarette butts.Fire District 1 responded to the fire at 3 Warner St., in the town’s...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — Repairs to the asphalt shingle roof at the Hadley Public Library, a building that was constructed in the midst of the pandemic and opened on Middle Street four years ago, could cost up to $1 million, according to a report provided to the...
Anyone who wishes may go to the website of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society to read about the extraordinary sacrifices of the 3,519 Americans who have been awarded the medal since its inception during the Civil War.Then you may also wish to...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — A founder of a natural wine importing business is looking at Hadley properties that could be suitable for bottling wine from both in-state and out-of-state organic producers, as well as where locally-made wine could someday be produced and a...
I value guest columnist John Berkowitz as a contributor who genuinely wants peace; and, so, I looked up authors whom he cites as informing his views on Ukraine and Russia [“Past time to end wars in Ukraine, Palestine,” Gazette, Aug. 9]. These writers...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Hadley school leaders got an up-close look at Smith College’s geothermal project on Monday, as the school district explores the possibility of adapting the technology for heating and cooling its own Hopkins Academy.Announced originally...
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
Growing up in Hadley, Steven Latham had a wild Chincoteague pony on his family farm, but it wasn’t until he learned about a veterans’ program pairing veterans with mustangs to train that he was inspired to create his documentary.“A couple friends told...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — Residents who visit the transfer station and compost area will pay more — in some cases more than double — for recycling old electronics, mattresses, ridged plastics and other items.The increases are being implemented to help offset...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — A sufficient number of employees at the Trader Joe’s store in Hadley have signed onto a petition seeking to decertify the union formed two years ago, meaning the National Labor Relations Board will determine if a vote should be held on the...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — A new police staffing study recommends hiring five police officers to fill gaps in patrol coverage caused by a growing amount of specialty services and administrative work, but town officials will wait to make any decisions on public...
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