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Seniors at Hadley apartment complex plea to legislators for help as they grapple with sharp rent spikes
Hadley’s Beau Elson selected for NECBL All-Star Game
Amherst developer, Hadley farmer pitch duel-use solar array with 1,248 panels on River Drive parcel
In letter to community, Williamsburg officials vow fix after chaotic Town Meeting
Amherst mulls changes to hunting policies on town conservation land
Elevated E. coli again closes Puffer’s Pond for swimming
Columnist Russ Vernon-Jones: Let us not waver
Area property deed transfers, July 18
Making News in Business, July 18
Youth leaders stir ‘Good Trouble’ at Northampton rally in honor of civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis
NORTHAMPTON — Alice Jenkins, Marisol Pierce-Bonifaz and Joey Pisani are still technically teenagers. But in Pulaski Park on Thursday, the three youths led a rally of more than 100 participants with all the verve and vigor of veteran organizers.
Housing advocates, tenants decry rent hikes in Easthampton
EASTHAMPTON — Easthampton tenants and advocates gathered outside the Municipal Building Wednesday with signs and megaphones, calling for city councilors to support their opposition to out-of-state property owners increasing rents.
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‘Without us, there is no UMass’: Unions representing staff decry bargaining tactics by administration at campus rally
Area property deed transfers, July 18
Holyoke man sentenced to state prison for violent attack of Northampton man in business parking lot
Arbiter orders reinstatement of Amherst middle school counselor involved in alleged anti-trans actions
Williamsburg officials raise concerns about comprehensive plan consultants
Youth leaders stir ‘Good Trouble’ at Northampton rally in honor of civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis
Editors Picks
A Look Back, July 18
Area briefs: De la Luz’s free, two-day SalsaFest in Holyoke; DCR Summer Nights program for youth; Mt. Tom B-17 crash remembrance on Saturday
Arts Briefs: Glasgow Lands in Northampton, Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour, and more
She’d rather entertain: Queer icon Sandra Bernhard brings new show to the Iron Horse next week
Sports
Northampton Post 28 clinches playoff spot with run-rule win over Sheffield
NORTHAMPTON — Post 28 is playoff bound.
Local baseball: ’Hamp falls, Belchertown Post 239 locks up No. 1 seed
Belchertown Post 239 stays hot, tops Greenfield for 9th straight win (PHOTOS)
UMass enters MAC while conference faces uncertainty
Medal haul: West squads strike gold, silver and bronze at Bay State Games
Opinion
George Kriebel: We can fund the switch to green energy
Daniel Lyons’s letter of July 15 responds to Pat Hynes’s column of July 8 advocating ending the use of all fossil fuels, by quoting a report by Vaclav Smil describing the enormous technical, economic, and political challenges which make a rapid transition away from fossil fuel use impossible. Smil’s report was published by the Fraser Institute, which Wikipedia says is a nonprofit organization which ceased disclosing its corporate donors in the 1980s, but also says that Fraser has received major donations from Charles and David Koch and ExxonMobil, all interested in promoting fossil fuels.
Rutherford H. Platt: First Baptist Church project a foreshadowing of Picture Main Street?
Columnist Johanna Neumann: Building community lighthouses
Letter: The Academy of Music Theatre neglects the hearing impaired and deaf
Joe Hebert: UMass swimming and diving teams a story of success
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Business
Sidehill Farm yoghurt biz changes hands in Hawley
HAWLEY — After 25 years running Sidehill Farm, founders Paul Lacinski and Amy Klippenstein are moooving on.
Area Property Deed Transfers, July 11
A concept for years, Lichter & Levin Delicatessen opens in Northampton
Easthampton planners OK karaoke concept for dormant property; review housing project at closed Notre Dame church
‘We’re trying a new adventure’: International Cafe and Deli opens in South Deerfielde-Edition
Arts & Life
Book Review: Joy in ‘The Wonder and Happiness of Being Old’: Northampton author’s new book offers insights on aging
“The Wonder and Happiness of Being Old” by Sophy Burnham (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 256 pages)
Speaking of Nature: Bouncing through the grass: The flight window for the northern pearly-eye is July
The mane event: New England Morgan Horse Show to return to Northampton
World of wonder: Walter Wick’s dynamic photographic illustrations at Norman Rockwell Museum
Author with local roots to host ‘Books and Bottles’ fair at Black Birch VineyardObituaries
Mary Ann Wilcox
[IMAGE]Mary Ann Wilcox Montgomery, MA - Mary Ann C (Kosiba) Wilcox, 68, of Montgomery, passed from this earth on July 2, 2025. She was the daughter of Max and Mary Kosiba formerly of Chicopee. She was a 1974 graduate of Chicopee High Sch... remainder of obit for Mary Ann Wilcox
George Smith
Westhampton, MA - George A. Smith On Monday, July 14, 2025, George A. Smith, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and uncle passed away. He was born December 6, 1937 in Northampton, MA. The son of the late Harold M. Smit... remainder of obit for George Smith
Margaret M. Mohr
Easthampton, MA - Margaret M. Mohr (Kessler) 104 (Easthampton's oldest resident) passed away peacefully at Cooley Dickenson / Mass General Brigham Hospital on July 12th, 2025, surrounded by her family. She was born at home on East Green... remainder of obit for Margaret M. Mohr
Brooke Wiig Lynes
Ludlow, MA - Brooke, age 89, lately of Ludlow, MA, died peacefully on July 1, 2025, following a long illness. She was born in 1935 in Pyramid, Nevada, the only daughter of Francesca and Beverly Blackmer and the only white child ever bo... remainder of obit for Brooke Wiig Lynes
