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By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN
AMHERST — In his short story “The Daughters of the Moon,” the writer Italo Calvino described a mythological New York City “where every object was thrown away at the slightest sign of breakage or aging, at the first dent or stain, and replaced with a...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A recently installed monument at West Cemetery honoring a family of black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War will be dedicated Saturday afternoon.The memorial, which also serves as a gravestone for the final resting place...
By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN
AMHERST — Earth is in the midst of a mass extinction of animal life, and the term “Anthropocene extinction” gives an obvious clue as to the cause: human activity.Due to everything from habitat destruction to environmental degradation and climate...
By JACK SUNTRUP
SOUTH HADLEY — Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School trustees voted Tuesday to place Head of School Scott Goldman on paid administrative leave after staff leveled three grievances and two petitions against him.Now, a select panel from...
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH
EASTHAMPTON — Until the school year ends on June 26, the Confederate flag is banned from Easthampton High School. The School Committee voted 5-1 Tuesday to prohibit any display of the Confederate flag on school property unless it is part of the...
Staff reports
The Belchertown girls tennis team qualified for the postseason with a 5-0 win at West Springfield on Tuesday.Jordyn Paul held off Ally Fontaine 6-2, 6-1 at No. 1 singles.Julia Morgado and Madison Slater needed three sets at No. 1 doubles. They beat...
Staff reports
Matt Hewes and Andrew Roman were locked in a pitchers’ duel, Tuesday at Arcanum Field in Florence.Hewes allowed three hits and struck out 11, but Roman allowed three hits and fanned 14 as Pathfinder beat Smith Vocational, 2-1.Hunter Brooks, Hewes...
By EMILY CUTTS
NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton man accused of manufacturing explosives and explosive devices was ordered held on $150,000 bail Tuesday. Bryan O. Desmarais, 42, of 36 Ridgewood Terrace, pleaded not guilty in Hampshire Superior Court Tuesday afternoon...
By JACK SUNTRUP
Winter ticks, it seems, live by climate change and die by climate change.The parasitic blood-suckers have hammered the New England moose population for years. Shorter winters mean a greater likelihood tick larvae live long enough to grab onto a host....
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH
EASTHAMPTON — Dozens of students, parents and some community members gathered outside Easthampton High School Monday morning to create a “disruption of education” in response to a student being allowed to wear a Confederate flag sweatshirt to school...
By Chance Viles
Belchertown — Despite approving many articles at annual Town Meeting Monday night, one of the most anticipated proposals — a potential withdrawal from the Hampshire Council of Governments — was shelved until next month due to a technical...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — By an overwhelming majority, Town Meeting on Monday declared Amherst a sanctuary community, ensuring what supporters say will mean better protection of civil rights for all residents.At the fifth session of annual Town Meeting, members voted...
By FRAN RYAN
CHESTERFIELD — After four years of planning, work on a new Veterans Park is expected to begin this summer after Town Meeting’s decision Monday night to approve $34,430 toward its construction next to Town Hall. The 67 of the town’s 901 voters who...
By LISA SPEAR
When polio swept the nation in the early to mid 20th century, Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton had a ward full of cribs for sick babies. Some children spent weeks in the hospital, behind glass, not able to touch another human being, survivors...
By MORGAN HUGHES
NORTHAMPTON — Despite the threat of rain, an estimated 30,000 people were out on the streets for the 36th annual Northampton Pride Parade, which kicked off at noon Saturday.Tens of thousands of cheerful and colorfully decorated people lined up around...
By EMILY CUTTS
Hampshire County is set to get nearly $6.6 million in state aid to help repair roads, with $1 million of that total headed to Northampton.The money has been authorized for the county as part of a $200 million Chapter 90 reimbursements bill signed by...
By JACK SUNTRUP
HOLYOKE — The Connecticut River powered over the Holyoke Dam Sunday under an overcast sky, and hundreds of people stopped to see it.From Route 116’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, that view is not a new one. But for the first time ever, MassDOT on...
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH
LEEDS — Just about everyone at Leeds Elementary School knew Phyllis Ryan.Always the first person at school and the last to leave, Ryan was there to greet the early-bird students with a hug at 7 a.m. and say goodbye to the after-school students at 5...
By CAITLIN ASHWORTH
EASTHAMPTON — An Easthampton High School student who wore a Confederate flag sweatshirt to school Wednesday was within his civil rights to do so, despite racial tension that has erupted at the school in recent weeks.School officials, based on advice...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — With potential costs for deferred maintenance at the Jones Library likely significantly higher than estimates included in a report released this week, library officials said Thursday that pursuing a state grant for an expansion and...
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