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By SARA WEINBERGER

The Jewish holiday of Passover, which ended on Sunday, recounts the story of the Jewish people’s escape from slavery in Egypt. Recounting the exodus from Egypt is a call to rise against all the pharaohs, including the pharaoh who occupies the White House. His thin disguise as a crusader against antisemitism is a ruse for decimating free speech and higher education, by scapegoating pro-Palestinians and the country’s most respected universities.

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Sparked by resident worries that an American flag that has flown over Nashawannuck Pond for nearly 25 years between Memorial Day and Veterans Day may have come down for good, a City Council subcommittee began the process Tuesday night of drafting regulations that they hope would bring the flag back.

By ALEXA LEWIS

City councils in Easthampton and Holyoke have unanimously passed resolutions opposing the siting of a lithium battery energy storage system, or BESS, project over the Barnes Aquifer in Westfield.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Easthampton Film Festival will return for its fourth year from Thursday, May 1, through Sunday, May 4, bringing with it a slate of movies that were created, in large part, by local filmmakers.

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — In the art classroom of Mountain View School, students are getting their hands dirty and learning from a pro.

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, Drew Romeo was hard at work printing batches of custom shirts for his neighbors in the Eastworks building.

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The city’s $10.4 million fiber internet project, which began in 2023, is now wrapping up its final stages. High-speed internet service is now available in several sections of the community, and GoNetSpeed anticipates that service will be available throughout all of Easthampton by the end of this summer. 

By RYAN AMES

WESTHAMPTON — The Hampshire Regional baseball team overcame an early 3-0 deficit to defeat Easthampton, 5-3, on Thursday afternoon at Earl Tonet Baseball Diamond.

By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL

Regardless of where you stand politically, it is hard to deny that what Cory Booker did on March 31 was amazing.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) infiltrated the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on March 20. In the flurry of raids and dismantling of government agencies you probably overlooked this egregious act. Don’t. IMLS is the primary source of federal support for U.S. libraries and museums. The agency supports them through grants, research and policy development. The agency has about 75 employees and half of them will be terminated. I live in Easthampton and the local library has been instrumental in providing not only books but courses, book clubs, story times for toddlers, and computer workstations. Over 3,000 people use this library each year. Although books are not being burned literally, conceptually they are being obliterated.

By TOLLEY M. JONES

“Soon ah will be done with the troubles of the world, goin’ home to live with God”

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — For Amy Christenson, a formative memory involving her son, an escalator and a kind stranger is driving a mission to change the world.

By ALEXA LEWIS

SOUTHAMPTON — The town’s 2025 municipal election ballot is taking shape, with interested candidates putting their names forth both through nomination papers and the Annual Town Caucus.

By JOE GANNON

When I saw the above-the-fold headline about a school meeting (“Northampton schools probe staff response to student’s unfulfilled IEP,” Gazette, March 31) I thought, ah jeez, here they go again?

It is a new year and seniors are on the chopping block. Housing is the worst. We cannot find anything. CHAMP (Common Housing Application for Massachusetts Programs) and many housing offices offer help but really give nothing. It is time to change the system. Seniors are people too. Seniors matter.

As our Easthampton High School We the People (WTP) civics team prepares to compete this week in the national WTP civics competition in Washington, D.C., the Easthampton Democratic and Republican committees offer our joint appreciation and support for the team.

We in the Valley are fortunate to have a responsive, caring, engaged congressional representative in Jim McGovern. I’m sure many reading this letter heard him answer questions for hours in his Northampton or Greenfield listening sessions. There was obvious support and appreciation for Rep. McGovern in both standing-room-only gatherings.

I have read Hannah Moushabeck’s children’s book “Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine.” It’s lovely: a story of a father sharing memories and stories with his three daughters about his family and the sights and sounds of East Jerusalem growing up.

Easthampton’s City Council is poised to review an ordinance legalizing and regulating short-term rentals in the city. (e.g. Airbnbs) The current draft allows up to 50 properties for this use, including whole houses, apartments, parts of houses, and accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Before the current moratorium on cease-and-desist orders was declared to address this issue, there was no provision in Easthampton’s building code that allowed short-term rentals. So, any entity renting to visitors for fewer than 29 days, other than licensed Bed and Breakfast establishments, were operating illegally.

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The city is moving along in its search for a new police chief. Four candidates, both internal and external, have advanced into the next stage of assessment.