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By JOE GANNON

As with many past Fourths of July, I celebrated Independence Day by reading the Declaration of Independence. Corny? Maybe. But I find it reassuring and even edifying to re-read the actual words that led us to our independence. Not our freedom. Not a...

By REBECCA MULLEN

NORTHAMPTON — Look Park transformed into a scene of pastoral, community celebration Saturday evening, as onlookers gathered to watch the seventh annual Northampton Family Fourth fireworks display.It was an all-American summer’s day: 75 degrees,...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HOLYOKE — It was with music, chants of “freedom” and fists raised high in the air that Holyoke welcomed the controversial, long-jailed Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera on Thursday.Lopez Rivera, 74, is known for his role as a leader of the...