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NORTHAMPTON — The city has fired a member of the Northampton Reparations Study Commission and the chair of the commission has resigned ahead of a City Council meeting where it will be determined whether or not to continue the commission’s work on its final report.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — The opening of the Lichter & Levin Delicatessen is proof that, in Emily Lichter’s words, “sometimes the silliest ideas become your greatest.”

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

A Holyoke man who worked as a corrections officer in Connecticut has pleaded guilty to multiple charges related to his harassment of an FBI special agent in South Carolina on messaging apps over the course of several weeks around the beginning of the year.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Running a business downtown can come with its fair share of risks and challenges, but a car crashing into the store is generally not among them.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — More than two years after a woman died of an allergic reaction, allegedly from eating a pizza at a downtown restaurant, her estate is now seeking a court order to test the pizza, according to a civil lawsuit filed in Hampden Superior Court.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

CHESTERFIELD — At the headquarters for the Hilltown Community Development Corp., Executive Director Dave Christopolis offers his own frank assessment of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill” by the president.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — As the coming arrival of the Picture Main Street project continues to loom over the city, both advocates and opponents of the project are ramping up efforts to either promote or change the plan before it’s set to begin next year.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

An Easthampton man has been found dead in Vermont near the Massachusetts border, with the cause of his death still under investigation by Vermont State Police.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Thornes Marketplace has found a new tenant for the space left by the departing Cornucopia, who themselves have secured a new, larger space in the city of Holyoke.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A conservative legal group has targeted Smith College with a federal complaint over its decision to admit transgender women, alleging the school’s interpretation of Title IX to prohibit discrimination of gender identity is misguided.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — It’s not uncommon to see protesters and activists assembled in front of Northampton City Hall, speaking out in support of social issues and against injustices of the day.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — More housing is planned for the neighborhoods around Hawley Street, with site plan for three condominium buildings containing a total of eight housing units unanimously approved by the Planning Board earlier this month.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

SPRINGFIELD — A federal judge on Wednesday denied a motion to reconsider pretrial detention for a Hadley man who allegedly sold plutonium and possessed numerous other explosive and hazardous materials in his home before being indicted two months ago.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Superintendent Portia Bonner plans to leave the position at the end of the 2025-2026 school year, at the end of her third year with Northampton Public Schools.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Despite claims of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran after nearly two weeks of rocket barrages between the two nations, experts in Middle Eastern and international relations across the five colleges noted the challenges ahead of ensuring a quick solution to the conflict, with a protracted period of fighting remaining likely.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

EASTHAMPTON — The City Council passed the $62 million fiscal year budget put forward by Mayor Nicole LaChapelle, although not without some controversy regarding reduced hours for several city employees.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra has appointed Katie Deppen, the city’s current superintendent of engineering in the Department of Public Works, as the next Central Services director.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Thornes Marketplace is offering a $250 gift card to anybody who can identify several young men who set fire to pride flags hanging from the department store’s awning on Thursday.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In a repeat of last year’s outcome, the City Council on Wednesday failed to approve Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra’s budget for next fiscal year, owing in large part to the council president’s legal inability to cast the deciding vote.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In a small patch of land between Northampton High School and the Hope Northampton church, members of the school’s Environmental Club are hard at work planting several native species of fauna such as the swamp milkweed, the blue-stemmed goldenrod and the clustered mountain mint.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — An Amherst man has pleaded guilty to 11 charges stemming from a spate of crimes committed between 2017 and 2019, including forcible rape of a child, unlawful possession of a firearm and breaking and entering in the nighttime.