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Sidney Moss: Slavery North initiative is much needed
01-02-2025 8:59 AM

I was distressed to learn about the history of slavery in our local area in the article ”Tracing slavery’s stain” [Gazette, Dec. 19]. I was not aware of the involvement of local community members in owning slaves and maintaining this horrible and...


David Glassberg: Vice President Kamala Harris’ last act
01-02-2025 8:59 AM

On Jan. 6, 2025, Vice President Kamala Harris will preside over the counting of the electoral votes for Donald Trump, just as four years earlier VP Mike Pence presided over the counting of the electoral votes for Joe Biden.It would be fitting for...


Amherst Historical Commission to review demo request at historic home
01-02-2025 7:01 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A rear two-story addition to an historic Lessey Street home, which is in the Emily Dickinson Local Historic District, could be demolished and rebuilt.The Historical Commission will hold a hearing Monday at 7 p.m. under the Preservation of...


Women artists grow wings: “Remember to Remember” at A.P.E. celebrates local women’s ancestry, memory and legacy
01-02-2025 6:16 AM

By MELISSA KAREN SANCES

Five years ago, Muriel “Monik” Johnson watched her friend transform. Leah was a vibrant artist who loved going dancing. Though only 4-foot-9, she delighted in kissing Johnson’s face, starting at her chin, working clockwise to her forehead while she...


Arts Briefs: ‘Valley Folklore’ in Northampton, Poe-themed cocktails in Amherst, and more
01-02-2025 6:10 AM

‘Earth MusicTheater Live’The show “Earth Music Theater Live” will debut at 33 Hawley on Friday, Jan. 17, and Saturday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m.During “Earth Music Theater Live,” the audience will watch high-res footage of the earth and nature captured by...


Around and About with Richard McCarthy: Twilight in a side yard: Imagining a shared moment between two people
01-02-2025 6:00 AM

By RICHARD MCCARTHY

I was biking in the countryside of Montague one summer day (remember those?), and I pedaled past a house with a substantial side yard furnished only with a small table and two simple chairs. Later, when I was home, I watched the sunset from my back...


A Look Back, Jan. 2
01-02-2025 6:00 AM

50 Years Ago■W. T. Grant Co., the giant retail chain, plans to close 66 unprofitable stores between February and July as a cost-cutting measure, the company said Friday. The Grant stores in Northampton and Easthampton will not be among those closed, a...


Crocker Farm School’s Memory Pole project inspired by Indigenous peoples
01-02-2025 3:01 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An illustrated strip of her life story shows her cats, the cello she practices, and an imaginative dragon, but commences with a depiction of woods.“I really like nature and being outside, so that’s why it starts with trees,” says Crocker...


Driver rams New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing 10; FBI doesn't believe he acted alone
01-01-2025 2:43 PM

By ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN, KEVIN McGILL and JACK BROOK

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver wrought carnage on New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police, authorities said.More than 30 people were...


Guest columnist John Berkowitz: Negotiate Ukraine peace now, not risk nuclear war with Russia
01-01-2025 12:41 PM

By JOHN BERKOWITZ

 While I agree with some of Richard Fein’s ideas in his Dec. 23 column about the need to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war [“Ukraine, Russia and a potential ceasefire”], he left out the most important reason for doing so. Continued escalation on the...


Guest columnist Al Norman: Happy Nuke Year for tech kings, industry
01-01-2025 12:41 PM

By AL NORMAN

Executives in the nuclear power industry are clinking glasses this New Year’s Day, with high hopes to make nuclear great again in 2025. Technology industry barons, from Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos, are green-scrubbing nukes to make them presentable as a...


Betty Ussach-Schwartz: Is the prevalence of food pantries a good sign?
01-01-2025 12:38 PM

Anyone living in an urban area in many states has seen an increase of food pantries. From one perspective it is disheartening to see that so many people are in need of basic commodities in a country with low unemployment and vast perceivable riches....


Dan Allie: Westfield opposes placing lithium storage battery facility over aquifer
01-01-2025 12:38 PM

The Westfield City Council passed a resolution opposing the Mass. Department of Public Utilities exempting a proposed lithium battery storage facility from the city’s Water Protection District zoning ordinance, and placing 219 stand-alone containers...


In a nation that’s enduring its own sour patch, the pickle dominated 2024
01-01-2025 12:34 PM

By TED ANTHONY

SHARPSBURG, Pa. — When did we know for sure?Was it April, when Nature Made introduced its pickle-flavored gummy vitamins? Was it November, when Petco’s “Pickle Mania” promotion offered 26 different pickle-themed toys for dogs and cats? Maybe it was...


Northampton Neighbors helps bridge digital divide at Walter Salvo House
01-01-2025 12:30 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Several residents of the Walter Salvo House on Conz Street are now a little more connected to the digital world, after receiving new laptops as part of a program run through Northampton Neighbors, a non-profit focused on serving older...


Survey shows Amherst residents burdened by high costs of housing
01-01-2025 12:27 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Nearly half of residents completing a survey focused on ways Amherst can produce more housing, especially for low- and moderate-income families and individuals, say they intend to leave town over the next five years, with a majority citing...


Safety net weaver steps down: Over 44 years, ServiceNet CEO Sue Stubbs has overseen tremendous expansion of social supports
01-01-2025 12:26 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — Sue Stubbs isn’t afraid of taking risks — in fact, she welcomes it.In the 1980s, near the beginning of Stubb’s 44-year career as ServiceNet’s CEO, there weren’t any homeless shelters to serve Northampton’s unsheltered population. The...


State legislators wrap up session, sending flurry of bills to governor
01-01-2025 12:24 PM

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Top Democrats needed a few extra months to reach agreements on major laws this session, but wrapped up business for the term with almost a day to spare and New Year’s Eve plans intact.The House and Senate adjourned their last meetings of the...


First Night Photos: On with the Show
01-01-2025 12:22 PM


Speaking of Nature: Last year in bird watching: A review of 2024, a record-breaking year for bird sightings and photos
01-01-2025 6:01 AM

By BILL DANIELSON

Happy New Year everybody! I was delighted to have a snowy celebration for this iconic winter holiday and I hope that you are sitting happily with your feet up and a warm beverage in your hand. I am just finishing an hour of bird watching at my kitchen...

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