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By JOE GANNON

While the shock wears off, again, from our presidential election, it is a suitable time to just take a breath before we decide — that is, lock down — our reaction.And we do decide our reaction. We will throw up our hands, rip out our hair, or just...

Kudos to our mayor, Nicole LaChapelle for her actions regarding the flying of the American flag over Nashawannuk Pond. I've been living in Easthampton for 22 years and seeing the flag flying in such a prominent place every summer has given me a sense...

The initial reasoning behind the placement of the flag at Nashawannuk Pond in Easthampton was due to the thoughtfulness and patriotic sentiment brought on by the horrific devastation of 9/11. This has been going on for 23 years! So it has taken 23...

Karen Bercovici’s guest column, “We need to rethink ‘gender care’ for our children” (Gazette, Nov. 14) is full of debunked arguments. It is based on a recent, discredited UK review of other transgender studies by Dr. Hillary Cass. But Cass’ findings...

By SARA WEINBERGER

Vice President Kamala Harris had to get her message out and make herself known to voters in record time. Her difficulty differentiating herself from Biden cost her.For some, she talked about herself too much and not enough about her policies. For...

STAFF REPORT

EASTHAMPTON — A 25-year-old Blandford man died Saturday while kayaking in Lower Mill Pond, despite bystander efforts to rescue him, according to the Northwestern district attorney’s office.Emergency responders received a 911 call at 2:45 p.m. from...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — City officials are cautioning that there may be an outbreak of rabies among wild raccoons in the area, two weeks after a feral cat in Northampton tested positive for rabies.According to the Northampton Department of Health and Humans...

By TOLLEY M. JONES

This morning I stood in front of my altar and lit its candles, held a stub of palo santo to the sputtering flame, and even before I spoke I felt the tingling and buzzing in my shoulders and arms that let me know The Ancestors were already there...

On the debate at the River Valley Co-op, a seeming tempest in a locally sourced teacup, one statement in the recent guest column, “Co-op members should reject divisive, anti-Israel petition,” stood out to me. “The petition to boycott Israeli products...

As an Arab-Muslim and employee of River Valley Co-op, I had the instance of recently receiving a disciplinary action for wearing pins that read,“Free Palestine” and “Remember Gaza.” This reprimand was part of a larger roll-out banning any staff...

Since I worked in consumer protection for many years, I know how easily a skilled con artist can fool smart, well-meaning people. That is what Donald J. Trump just did in the presidential election.I’m not blaming the victims, but I’m confident that...

By OLIN ROSE-BARDAWIL

I know that many reading this were shocked to find out that Donald Trump managed to pull off a victory on Tuesday. Many are bewildered as to how someone with such a criminal record and history of disrespecting democratic ideals could land in the White...

Parents, grandparents, family all help to defray the cost of approximately $200 for cleats, uniform and etc. for football players at Easthampton High. Additionally, players are ask to sell 15 gift cards at $10 each to raise $150.Team bonding at...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Even as about a third of eligible voters in the region and across the state have already cast their ballots in the presidential election, many more voters are expected to come out to the polls on Tuesday to decide national, state and local races, as...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton woman originally facing murder charges for the death of her ex-boyfriend in March 2023 pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter on Monday and was sentenced to 16 to 19 years in state prison.Jean Marie Echevarria,...

I have been thinking a lot about this election. I am Arab American. My father was Lebanese and spent much of his life going back and forth not just to Lebanon but to all of the Middle East, and I was brought up with great love and respect for the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Pedestrian safety and utility infrastructure improvements totaling $4.4 million for an affordable housing development in Easthampton, $1.94 million to build a new roundabout in Amherst at the edge of the University of Massachusetts...

Benefit gallery showAs part of November’s Arts Night Out Northampton, The New England Visionary Artists Museum/Anchor House of Artists at 518 Pleasant St. will hold a benefit gallery show of works by the late Northampton artist Charlie Miller on...

By OWEN ZARET

 Member owners of the River Valley Co-op, please vote “no” on the proposal to deshelve Israeli products through the purported effort by the campaign’s supporters to make the co-op “apartheid free.” The River Valley Co-op, with locations in Northampton...

I am member 76 of the River Valley Co-op. I was right there in the beginning, going to fundraising pancake breakfasts. I joined the co-op as a political act, believing it would reflect my values of local food, workers rights, sustainability,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — River Valley Co-op’s more than 16,000 member-owners are being asked to participate in an advisory poll regarding the removal of Israeli products from its shelves at its Easthampton and Northampton locations.The petition supporting this...