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On Thursday, the City Council and mayor showed strong support for the creation of a city commission “to investigate racialized harms perpetrated against Black...
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Easthampton PD “Wish List” Includes Major Investments in Weapons and Vehicles
Harassment Prevention Order Upheld Against Holyoke PD Captain
Holyoke PD Captain Suspended Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Court Documents Reveal New Details In Northampton Police “Turmoil”
Easthampton officers are using force. But are they properly reporting it?
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Springfield Residents Rally for Fair Home Buyback Negotiations with Fannie Mae
Holyoke Residents Rally for Basic Housing Rights, Call for New City Office to Protect Tenants
New Tenants’ Union Co-Hosts ‘Know Your Rights’ Workshop
Northampton Landlord Retaliates Against Renters for Forming Tenants Association
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By Dusty Christensen NORTHAMPTON — The City Council will soon discuss whether to give a tax break to the owner of Hotel Northampton to...
Education
Administrators have surrendered the school’s charter, leaving students to find new schools and staffers out of work when the school officially closes by June...
Culture
The talented artist died in April 2022. On Thursday, which would have been his 35th birthday, his old hangout spot in the Flats neighborhood...
City Council
The new ordinance, if it survives a possible mayoral veto, would limit the number of cannabis retailers allowed in the city at 12, with...
Education
The plaintiffs have alleged that school officials failed to “investigate, take seriously, implement remedial measures, and/or respond to the sexual assault” of minor students...
Education
Trustees voted Thursday not to surrender the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School’s charter to the state over academic and financial concerns. By Dusty...
News
“I don’t worry about people trying to influence me because it can’t be done.” By Dusty Christensen LUDLOW — When election results rolled in...
Labor
By Dusty Christensen HADLEY — Trader Joe’s workers in Hadley are heading to the bargaining table for the first-ever labor negotiations with the company....
Labor
An NLRB election is likely to take place this semester By Dusty Christensen SOUTH HADLEY — For many college students, dorm life is one...
Police
By Dusty Christensen HOLYOKE — Holyoke’s police chief has reinstated the license to carry firearms of a city police officer who lost his department-issued...
Labor
By Dusty Christensen HOLYOKE — Federal regulators are alleging that a cannabis worker died early this year from inhaling ground-marijuana dust at an indoor...