Housing
About 60 people refused to leave Moose Camp on Monday morning when Northampton police and city officials arrived to clear the camp.
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Housing
A band of people living outdoors in Northampton say they found a safe place to hunker down for winter. Now, the city says they...
Column
Firsthand accounts of an antisemitism training for NPS staff contradict reporting in the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
Education
The university’s change of course follows The Shoestring’s reporting on the potential charges and renewed pushback from faculty and staff.
Education
Activists continue to call for UMass to divest from war profiteers and drop charges against demonstrators.
News
After three nights of sleeping on the floor, the group ranging in ages from 65 to 85 announced they would vacate.
News
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Community
Hundreds gathered in Northampton on Sunday, with more actions to support arrested UMass students and pressure elected officials still to come.
Culture
Recorded live at Greenfield's 10 Forward, Alive People finds wonder in the mundane.
Culture
Western Mass has a vibrant music and spoken word scene in the air all around us. It's time more people tuned in.
Trippin' on the Shoestring Podcast
Valley residents discuss the impact of government spending during the early Covid-19 pandemic, who was left out of that spending, and how locals organized...