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NORTHAMPTON — In a small wooded area off of Cooke Avenue, people living in camp tents spent Monday morning scrambling to collect whatever belongings they had in anticipation of what the day might bring, and writing phone numbers on their forearms in...

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NORTHAMPTON — Students from Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School and from UMass Amherst got to see the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justices in action on Friday, as the court held a special sitting at Hampshire County Superior Court...

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NORTHAMPTON — Opening arguments in the trial of a city man accused of murder in 2021 are set to begin on Tuesday, as selection of the 12 jurors for the case wrapped up in Hampshire Superior Court on Thursday.Steven Malloy, 35, of Northampton, was...

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On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, Ronny Almog awoke and checked Facebook and Israeli news on his computer and quickly realized something was wrong.“I called my mom in Israel, and I told her, it seems like there is a very intense war,” said Almog, who...

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One year since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, professors across the Five Colleges specializing in the Middle East, international relations and world security cast a dour view on the future of the conflict, with recent Israeli incursion...

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NORTHAMPTON — Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers at the Smith College Center for Early Childhood Education at Fort Hill found themselves facing staffing shortages, high turnover rates and anxiety over whether they would have enough sick...

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NORTHAMPTON — Several members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, including U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, are demanding an explanation on reports of price disparities found at different Stop & Shop locations in the commonwealth, something the...

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The Northampton Board Registrars is gearing up for what it says will be “very high” turnout on Election Day, Nov. 5, with voters picking a new president and weighing in on a state general election and five initiatives on the ballot.City Clerk Pamela...

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NORTHAMPTON — When it comes to the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Northampton, Susanne Fuchs doesn’t mince words.“I think the city’s a disaster, if you ask me,” said Fuchs, a professor at Smith College who was out riding her bike by City Hall...

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NORTHAMPTON — The City Council is expected to confirm the appointment of John Cartledge as the next chief of the Northampton Police Department on Tuesday night, following a Committee on City Services hearing last week that resulted in a positive...

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NORTHAMPTON — Five years ago, Sara Lamountain-Costigan was living in an apartment in Easthampton with her husband, Tim, and their four children. But the family aspired to someday live somewhere they could call their own. “We always hoped to have a...

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NORTHAMPTON — Even before she arrived at the Northwestern district attorney’s office in 2019, Erin Aiello had a history of helping animals.In 2016, as an attorney in private practice, she represented a local chapter of the American Society for the...

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NORTHAMPTON — Citing hundreds of bills filed across the country perceived as targeting transgender individuals, the Northampton City Council on Thursday introduced a resolution to declare the city a “sanctuary city” for transgender and gender-diverse...

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NORTHAMPTON — After a tumultuous budget season for its school district, Northampton city officials are stepping up efforts to try to get more state funding for the district. A resolution before the City Council on Thursday calls for state to...

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NORTHAMPTON — Multiple members of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s cabinet visited Northampton on Wednesday to mark the groundbreaking of a planned affordable homes project at Prospect Place, the former nursing home at 737 Bridge Road that has fallen...

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Card-skimming devices that can steal credit and debit card information from customers continue to be found at numerous Cumberland Farms locations across western Massachusetts, including in several communities within Hampshire County.The gas station...

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NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man pleaded not guilty to in Hampshire Superior Court on Friday to 35 charges related to the dissemination of child pornography and child sexual abuse material.Liam Galpin, 22, is facing seven counts of possession of child...

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NORTHAMPTON — Inside a greenhouse at Grow Food Northampton’s community farm, a variety of crops have been put up for display, with placards posted by each one explaining its cultural and historical significance, with some even containing QR codes for...

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NORTHAMPTON — In the place sometimes known as the Paradise City, it may come to no surprise there would be pushback against putting up a parking lot.That’s the dilemma currently facing Carla Cosenzi, president of the TommyCar Auto Group, which...

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NORTHAMPTON — City, state and hospital officials gathered in front of Cooley Dickinson Hospital on Tuesday to, quite literally, mark a major milestone toward the completion of a new emergency department and to celebrate the more than $11 million...

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NORTHAMPTON — After remaining virtually unchanged since its original opening nearly 70 years ago, Forbes Library is looking to upgrade its museum dedicated to Northampton’s most historically prominent politician, former U.S. President Calvin...