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Sidney Moss: Thoughts for surviving a dangerous era
12-03-2024 7:26 PM

When I read the Gazette daily, I can’t help but be discouraged about America’s future. When I see the direction that President Donald Trump wants to take us, I feel pessimistic and scared about whether we can keep our democracy. The question for me...


Climate activist Bill McKibben’s light in dark times: Solar
12-03-2024 5:14 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — The past few weeks have been tough for climate activism, and longtime climate activist Bill McKibben, who makes his home in Vermont, is feeling the heat.This year will be the hottest year on record, breaking the record-setting temperatures...


UMass athletics: Men’s soccer, field hockey tourney runs highlighting final A-10 seasons
12-03-2024 4:44 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — There may be plenty of reasons for UMass fans to lament the athletic department over the past two weeks – a third-straight disappointing football season and a subpar men’s basketball start (3-5 record) among the results-based reasons outside...


DiZoglio, advocates plan legislative audit newsmaker
12-03-2024 4:11 PM

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — Auditor Diana DiZoglio plans to hold a press conference Wednesday marking a month since her legislative audit ballot question cruised to victory. But the victorious Question 1 will be staying on ice for at least another month.The Methuen...


Data shows a historic dry fall for western Mass
12-03-2024 3:59 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

With bodies of water receding and brush fires throughout the state, it was clearly a dry fall for the Pioneer Valley and new data analysis confirms the season was historically dry for western Massachusetts.Preliminary National Weather Service data for...


Easthampton Parks and Rec Commission punts Nashawannuck Pond flag issue to City Council
12-03-2024 3:09 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Dozens of Easthampton residents filed into the Easthampton High School auditorium on Monday night for discussions on the U.S. flag over Nashawannuck Pond amid shifting reasons from the mayor’s office for calling for it to be taken down....


Intrepid NHS journalists find stories in city, grill state inspector general for video news mag The Transcript
12-03-2024 2:54 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Cameras and stage lights face Jane Harrison-Millman as she sits in front of a live audience. Across from her sits Massachusetts Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro, responsible for leading the independent agency responsible for detecting...


Amherst’s Merry Maple lighting Friday kicking off holidays downtown
12-03-2024 10:15 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A traditional celebration that has been part of Amherst’s holiday season since the 1960s, the Merry Maple lighting is back at its usual location on the North Common on Friday, with a newly lit maple tree.A year after continued construction...


Guest columnist Leigh Graham: How to advocate for students with disabilities
12-03-2024 7:01 AM

By LEIGH GRAHAM

 Massachusetts mandates partnerships between school districts and caregivers in support of students with disabilities. This happens through Special Education Parents Advisory Councils, or SEPACs, required in each public school district in the state....


Guest columnist Jacqueline Sheehan: Electoral College is smoke and mirrors
12-02-2024 5:58 PM

By JACQUELINE SHEEHAN

 I’ve been thinking about the election. I know, who hasn’t been thinking about it? But not just this election, all of our elections. I have two suggestions.Donald Trump has been crowing about a landslide. It’s not. In actual votes, 48.4% of Americans...


Robin and Jim Mias: Thank you Northampton public employees
12-02-2024 5:58 PM

We just wanted to say thanks to the Department of Public Works and all our Northampton public employees who had a hand in the planning and and eventual completion of the Northampton bike path, the Look Park roundabout and the various roads and...


Marie Lane: Holding the line
12-02-2024 5:58 PM

I would like to thank Karen Bercovici for her recent guest column “We need to rethink ‘gender-affirming care’ for our children” [Gazette, Nov. 14]. She offers readers a wealth of research with clarity and conviction.I know it’s hard to believe, but...


Cynthia Brubaker: Support The Jones Library
12-02-2024 5:58 PM

In these tumultuous times, it is more important than ever that we safeguard and support our civic institutions. In Amherst, one of our most beloved and democratic institutions is the Jones Library. It is in dire need of renovations and expansion. I...


Scotia MacGillivray: Turn and face the change
12-02-2024 5:58 PM

In September and October of this year, I worked on a proposal regarding protections for transgender health care in Northampton. Health care protections that were inclusive for trans children. It was eventually presented by the Ward 7 council member to...


Photos: Here comes Santa
12-02-2024 5:36 PM


Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund: ‘A little sunshine’ for the holidays
12-02-2024 5:34 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — Each year, the R.K. Finn Ryan Road School donates a portion of their Sunshine Fund to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund, with hopes of brightening the holiday season for children and families in need.“We have a lot of children here who might...


UMass football: Amid coaching search, pair of blunders has athletic department in the spotlight
12-02-2024 5:24 PM

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — In the midst of trying to hire a new head football coach, the University of Massachusetts athletic department can’t seem to get out of its own way.While Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford hasn’t addressed the fanbase since firing former head...


Doula changes draw support at hearing
12-02-2024 5:16 PM

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — MassHealth recently expanded access to its doula services program, and regulatory changes that state officials made on an emergency basis yielded scant public feedback Monday.During a roughly 10-minute hearing, only a state health official...


State overrules Shutesbury bylaw limiting grid batteries
12-02-2024 5:14 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — A general town bylaw creating a licensing process for large-scale battery storage in Shutesbury has been struck down by the state attorney general’s office, for both unreasonably regulating renewable energy and improperly regulating...


On the right side of the law: Hands-on exposure helps South Hadley criminal justice students
12-02-2024 5:09 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — High school students aren’t the only ones learning from South Hadley High School’s criminal justice vocational program.During the spring semester, members of the class of 23 students will be at the Police Academy in Holyoke to act out...

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