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Guest columnist Barry Hirsch: No peace, no future with Hamas still a factor
10-03-2024 5:09 PM

By BARRY HIRSCH

 Like many people, I have felt the pain and sadness of the war in Gaza every day since Oct. 7. I have a colleague who is Palestinian and I know he sees his children’s faces in every injured Palestinian child. I have another friend whose son is in the...

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Canine companions: Five College students foster, train puppies to become service dogs through Diggity Dogs partnership
10-25-2024 1:39 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Ever since Cash, a purebred black Labrador retriever, was about 8 weeks old, he has been University of Massachusetts senior Rachel Pranga’s constant companion, with her around the clock no matter where she goes or what she does.“He literally comes...


Prepare to be transported back to your youth: Thornes is about to open an extensive arcade of vintage video games
10-25-2024 1:34 PM

By CAROLYN BROWN

An arcade near Boston will soon have a new location in Northampton.Hometown Arcade will open its third location in the basement of Thornes Marketplace this November, replacing what used to be Acme Surplus, though the exact opening date is yet to be...


Guest columnist Robin Goldstein: Listen to our restaurant workers and save their livelihoods by voting ‘no’ on Ballot Question 5
10-21-2024 12:00 PM

By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN

 Imagine this: a high-paid, Ivy League-educated lawyer and nonprofit executive from Los Angeles shows up in Massachusetts and claims that our restaurant workers are being paid a “sub-minimum wage” that’s below the state minimum wage. To solve this...


Arts Briefs: Poetry reading, pickleball, Mount Holyoke’s first musical in five years, and more
10-21-2024 11:55 AM

UMass Libraries to honor founder of Black Feminist ArchiveAMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries will celebrate Irma McClaurin, the founder of the university’s Black Feminist Archive (BFA), at its annual reception on Saturday,...


Arts Briefs: Vinyl and theater in Northampton, art contests in Ware and Belchertown, and more
10-03-2024 5:10 PM

Turning trash containers into art BELCHERTOWN — If making visual art (rather than just appreciating it at gallery shows) is your thing, this call for artists may be for you. Artists are invited to submit proposals for designs to decorate three...


Guest columnist Molly Merrett: Co-op deshelving campaign part of global anti-apartheid movement
10-03-2024 5:08 PM

By MOLLY MERRETT

I am a Jewish resident of the Valley, and I have been a member-owner of the River Valley Co-op since 2010. I support the campaign to de-shelve Israeli-made and -sourced products from our co-op.I strongly believe that Jewish safety is entwined with...


Local colleges see effect of Supreme Court ruling
09-13-2024 9:16 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...


Hadley school officials get geothermal primer from Smith College
09-13-2024 9:16 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Hadley school leaders got an up-close look at Smith College’s geothermal project late last month as the school district explores the possibility of adapting the technology for heating and cooling its own Hopkins Academy.Announced...


Spigot opens for housing authorities: County leaders excited about what $2B statewide authorization will mean for residents here
09-13-2024 9:16 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Maintaining and improving existing public housing properties is an ongoing challenge for local housing authorities with limited resources, an issue that housing advocates and professionals are hopeful the state’s $5.16 billion housing...


Brian Cooper: Boycotting Israeli ice cream isn’t going to get it done
09-09-2024 10:41 AM

I am writing to express my admiration of the sheer bravery on display by the people protesting at River Valley Co-op to demand that they remove a handful of Israeli products from the shelves [“Pushing for an ‘apartheid-free’ store,” Aug. 27].These...


State’s new housing law to trigger zoning reset for accessory dwellings
09-03-2024 11:20 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In a town like Amherst, where a significant number of rentals are offered for local college students, accessory apartments, featuring a kitchen, bath and sleeping quarters, have long been allowed by a matter of right, so long as one of the...


Guest columnist Gary Michael Tartakov: Calling for an end to killing Palestinians with our help
09-03-2024 11:17 AM

By GARY MICHAEL TARTAKOV

On July 24, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood in the Capitol, thanking the U.S. Congress for itscooperation in Israel’s war on Gaza, I was standing on Pennsylvania Avenue, with thousands of Jews, Palestinians and others, facing the...


Museum consortium to invest $600K in training to promote careers in the field
08-22-2024 11:31 AM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Member institutions of Museums10, a consortium of 10 museums located across the Pioneer Valley, are investing more than $600,000 into professional training development for staff members and student interns to promote career advancement in the museum...


Guest column by Chris Mohn: Mandating teaching about antisemitism
08-15-2024 6:27 PM

By CHRIS MOHN

Due to rising incidents of antisemitism, an amendment to our state budget signed Monday by Gov. Maura Healey Senate will require teaching about antisemitism. The amendment calls for for the creation of a Special Commission on Antisemitism and directs...


UMass to house programs for nursing pipeline and regional food systems
08-08-2024 5:21 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $4 million research and education regional simulation laboratory for nursing students and $30 million to support the development of a regional food hub, both to be located on the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst, are...


Grounded since end of 2022 season, ValleyBike returns Aug. 12
08-08-2024 5:21 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — For the first time since ValleyBike’s 2022 season ended, hundreds of bikes will be available on Aug. 12 to ride around the Pioneer Valley in a long-awaited relaunch of a regional bike-share program.“We are so excited to bring back this...


Guest columnist Bruce J. Stedman: Bells will toll for all on Aug. 6
08-01-2024 8:59 PM

By BRUCE J. STEDMAN

When you hear church bells tolling on the morning of Aug. 6, listen carefully. They have an important message for you.In 1624, English cleric and poet John Donne published a series of poems, including “No Man is an Island.” Donne lived and wrote at a...


Guest columnist Brian Cooper: Fearful of autocracy? We are well protected
07-29-2024 10:41 AM

By BRIAN COOPER

I quite enjoyed the opening paragraph of Jon Huer’s opinion piece in the Daily Hampshire Gazette predicting that fascism is on our immediate horizon [”On our last Independence Day,” July 1]. Particularly amusing was his humorous and deliberately...


Feds eye flood mitigation measures in Pioneer Valley
07-24-2024 11:09 AM

By CHRIS LARABEEand ALEXA LEWIS

With Massachusetts experiencing its seventh-wettest year on record in 2023 as torrential rainstorms ravaged roads, farms and homes, the federal government, the state and those here in the Pioneer Valley are turning their eyes toward future flood...


Knitters’ paradise: Webs, ‘America’s Yarn Store’ and a mainstay for Valley crafters for generations, turns 50
07-18-2024 1:01 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

When Webs opened their doors on May 16, the first day of the store’s annual tent sale, store manager Angela Cheek watched as a rush of people flowed through the doors for three whole continuous minutes on a Thursday morning. Within an hour, the...

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