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By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — In the heart of the Cottage Street Cultural District, something new is blooming.Mother-daughter duo Alisha and Linda Markee have created colorful floral arrangements together for years, adorning the weddings of family friends, teaching...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Public Library will soon offer the community a new, renovated annex space that will host community meetings, events, computer classes, and fully accessible children’s activities thanks to the donation by bankESB of a...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Like many who move to Easthampton, Felicia Jadczak and Steve Collicelli were struck by the small city’s vibrant arts scene, and how the creativity and vibrancy it fostered brought community members together. It was reminiscent of one of...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren paid a visit to Easthampton officials over the weekend, stopping in at a local home for a meet and greet on her way to open a new campaign office in Springfield. At the private meeting, on Saturday Warren spent...

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EASTHAMPTON — Computer puzzles, math skills and an animated penguin named JiJi come together with ST Math, a visual learning program being lauded across school districts for its interesting approach to math education.This school year JiJi arrived at...

By ALEXA LEWIS

NORTHAMPTON — Research by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs indicates that about 6% of Americans, and about 7% of military veterans, will experience PTSD in their lifetime, while veterans with higher combat exposure are three times as likely to...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Bill Burgart has spent most of his life enjoying the outdoors, traveling the world and giving back to his community. Now, at 82 years old, he hopes to give back to the Pascommuck Conservation Trust, of which he is one of the founders, by...

By ALEXA LEWIS

For decades, Northampton resident Robert Meeropol and his brother Michael Meeropol have been pleading the case that their mother, Ethel Rosenberg, was not a spy. Armed with newly declassified documents that shed more light on their mother’s case, the...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — With fanfare and oversize ribbon-cutting scissors, the WorkHub on Union, a community co-working space at 33 Union St., celebrated its awaited grand opening on Friday evening.The WorkHub, home to The Chamber of Greater Easthampton, hopes...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After enjoying the music and refreshments offered at this year’s River Roads Festival, artists and community members banded together for a noble cause: picking up trash to preserve clean waterways. Nearly 40 volunteers made it out to...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — One blood donation takes about an hour out of a donor’s day, yet it has the ability to save the lives of up to three patients. But blood donations tend to slow down in the summer — people get busy, and they’re usually thinking about...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — After five years searching for the perfect spot for a new skate park, officials have come full circle to the site supporters wanted all along — Millside Park, where the last skate park had been located before its dismantling in 2006.The...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The property at 1 Northampton St. which stands prominently near Pulaski Park at the downtown rotary received no bids at its public auction. Of the roughly 20 individuals gathered on the premises on Friday afternoon, none jumped at the...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The search for a permanent superintendent is kicking off in Easthampton, and the School Committee anticipates announcing a job offer as early as December.At a School Committee meeting on Tuesday night, committee chair Laura Scott said...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — In its prominent Easthampton location near Pulaski Park at the rotary downtown, the property at 1 Northampton St. is set to be sold at a public auction this week.The property is zoned for mixed use as a commercial-residential...

By ALEXA LEWIS

On a late summer afternoon, as the sun begins to grow heavier in the sky and commuters make their ways home from long days at work, they may notice a few unique classic cars whizzing by them. For the drivers of these cars, the day is only beginning,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — Derelict, frequently flooded, and packed with equipment, the Parks and Recreation Department’s maintenance building and storage sheds at Nonotuck Park have raised some eyebrows as they’ve continued to fall into disrepair. But over the...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — By this Sunday, tenants of One Cottage Street must decide to either sign a new lease at $15 per square foot or give written notice of their departure. For William Hewitt, who has made cabinetry and furniture in his studio there for 44...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — A collection of River Valley Co-op member-owners, workers and community members are calling on the store to become “apartheid-free” by removing Israeli products from its shelves at its Easthampton and Northampton stores.Store management,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Everyone falls prey to the feeling of loneliness from time to time but few — whether they are 80 or 18 — realize just how detrimental persistent loneliness can be to their mental and physical health.While U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy garnered...

By ALEXA LEWIS

EASTHAMPTON — The union representing teachers and other educators in the Easthampton Public School District is making a pitch for the school administration to incorporate unexpected school funding from the state this fiscal year into a new contract...