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By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — In the wake of two pedestrians struck by vehicles in the last week on busy streets bordering Smith College — the latest in a string of such incidents dating back years — city and college officials said this week they are moving ahead...
By HANNAH BEVIS
The Northampton girls basketball team has consistently been a strong program, though they’ve hovered around the .500 mark the last couple of seasons. This year, all early signs point to them surpassing that and being serious contenders when it comes...
By MADDIE FABIAN
NORTHAMPTON — A lifelong resident of Northampton, the late Ed McMahon had always donated to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund, “wanting to help the kids and their families,” said his daughter, Kara McMahon.When he died in 2013, his family continued the...
By STEVE PFARRER
The 1980s were a brutal time in South Africa. Decades of apartheid, the ironbound racial segregation system that relegated a majority Black population to second-class citizenship under white rule, led to increasing Black resistance, followed by severe...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
More than 100 scholars from the region’s Five Colleges have signed onto a letter sent to the New England’s 12 U.S. senators demanding a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, the peaceful release of Israeli hostages and arbitrarily detained...
By HANNAH BEVIS
EASTHAMPTON — Christian W.Z. Reader believes firmly that comics should be for everybody, regardless of their income.When they were growing up, Reader didn’t have money to spare and would often skip school lunch in high school in order to save any...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — With nearly $6 million already in hand to rebuild a horticulture building destroyed by fire 18 months ago, Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School recently launched a campaign to raise the remaining $750,000 needed to move the...
By MADDIE FABIAN
NORTHAMPTON — This year was a tough run for Massachusetts farmers, with over $42 million and 13,000 acres of crop losses reported due to extreme weather events during the spring and summer.Despite the Feb. 4 freeze, May 18 frost and July 10 flooding...
By EMILEE KLEIN
FLORENCE — Carolyn “Sissie” Horrigan remembers one December years ago when Santa Claus strolled down Main Street with Mrs. Claus, greeting people and delivering presents to those naughty and nice.She said a young boy in the window of Fitzwilly’s...
By MADDIE FABIAN
AMHERST — As former longtime public school employees, Jack Horrigan and Jan Ryan worked with children over the span of their careers and saw firsthand the significance of Christmas to kids.That’s why every year, the two donate to the Sidney F. Smith...
By JAMES PENTLAND
NORTHAMPTON — The applications are in, the vouchers are going out and the presents are ready to be claimed.It’s that time of year again when the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund launches its appeal and generous donors respond. The fund provides vouchers for...
By HANNAH BEVIS
NORTHAMPTON — With three seconds left on the clock in the first half, the semifinal matchup between No. 2 Smith Vocational and No. 3 Blue Hills seemed to balance on a thread. The Vikings desperately needed a stop to go into halftime with some...
By HANNAH BEVIS
Last year’s Smith College basketball team had a season for the history books. The Pioneers qualified for its first ever Final Four after winning their third consecutive NEWMAC title. Senior Morgan Morrison won the D3hoops.com Player of the Year Award,...
By STEVE PFARRER
NORTHAMPTON — Fresh from having received gifts from two alumnae that have enabled the Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) to drop its admission fees, the museum has won additional funding to expand its programming for visitors.The Art Bridges...
New voice on ‘Jazz à la Mode’SPRINGFIELD/AMHERST — If you’ve tuned into New England Public Media’s “Jazz à la Mode” this past week, you may have heard a new guy introducing the music on the Monday-to-Friday evening show. And if you’re a jazz fan, you...
By MADDIE FABIAN
EASTHAMPTON – In the only contested City Council race at next Tuesday’s municipal election, a former city councilor and a former candidate for the council will face off to fill the Precinct 5 seat currently held by Dan Rist, the longtime city...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A $1 million gift from Amherst College is supporting the renovation and expansion of the Jones Library expected to break ground next year, marking the largest contribution so far to the ongoing $14.6 million capital campaign.The college’s...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — More than a year into a six-year, $220 million project to convert Smith College into a geothermal campus, officials used last weekend’s two-day presidential inauguration ceremonies to highlight the work that’s expected make its campus...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — When Sarah Willie-LeBreton first received word that she would be the new president of Smith College, she recalled bursting into tears of joy.At her inauguration ceremony Saturday, Willie-LeBreton showcased similar joyful emotion,...
By HANNAH BEVIS
NORTHAMPTON – By the time Friday night’s game between Smith Vocational and Monument Mountain was over, most of the field was a muddy mess and the Spartans’ jerseys were no longer white, covered in mud after battling in rainy conditions all night...
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