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A PVTA bus makes a turn after a stop at the Hampshire Mall in Hadley.

Editorial: Job well done by PVTA administrator

by Staff Report May 12, 2017

Gabriella della Croce, an organizer with the Pioneer Valley Workers Center, reads aloud a letter from an immigrant worker, identified only as Luis, during a press conference on the steps of Springfield City Hall on Wednesday, April 26, 2017, to call for a general strike on May 1, 2017.

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Valley labor, immigrant organizers plan May Day actions

by Nicole DeFeudis For the GazetteApril 26, 2017

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, a nurse gives administers a flu vaccine shot in Washington. Preliminary data released by U.S. health officials on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2017 suggest this season's vaccine is 48 percent effective. That's not bad since the strain that’s making most people sick is one of the worst. Experts consider it a good year when a flu vaccine is 50 to 60 percent effective. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Flu cases highest since 2014 at Cooley Dickinson, Baystate hospitals

by Morgan Hughes Staff Writer, and Scott Merzbach Staff WriterFebruary 18, 2017

Clinical Nurse Manager Amy Underwood stands for a portrait Friday in a nursing pod at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Florence.

Looking for a new career? Try nursing

by Caitlin Ashworth @kate_ashworthFebruary 12, 2017

Marty Nathan speaks about natural gas leaks during a meeting at her home in Northampton in April.

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Columbia Gas moves to repair natural gas leaks across service area

by Michael Majchrowicz @mjmajchrowiczJanuary 26, 2017

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Ex-Springfield official takes plea deal in sex assault case involving child

by Michael Majchrowicz @mjmajchrowiczJanuary 24, 2017

Elizabeth Katz will serve as a judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Springfield starting in early 2017, pending FBI clearance.

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Prominent local attorney Elizabeth Katz appointed to judgeship

by Amanda Drane @amandadraneDecember 8, 2016

Hundreds rally at Hampshire College on Nov. 27, 2016 to protest the school's decision to hold off on hoisting the flag in the center of the Amherst campus. Hampshire College removed the U.S. flag indefinitely after, since Election Day, it has been set ablaze, replaced, and lowered to half-staff.

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Hampshire College president meeting with Mayor Sarno, others opposed to flag removal

by Amanda Drane @amandadraneNovember 30, 2016

Monte Belmonte, on day two of his 2016 march for hunger, broadcasts from his shopping cart on Tuesday, Nov. 22. By Tuesday morning he had raised $27,000 for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

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Monte’s March sets record, raising $183,299 (and counting) for food bank

by Caitlin Ashworth Staff Writers, and Jack Suntrup Staff WritersNovember 25, 2016

After a Facebook post on Nov. 10, 2016, of hateful graffiti on Mount Tom, about 10 people came out the following day to remove the paint.

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Area Briefs: Blessing on Mt. Tom, senior work-off program, Black Lives banner

by Staff Report November 17, 2016