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Easthampton PD “Wish List” Includes Major Investments in Weapons and Vehicles
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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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State Auditor Diana DiZoglio invoked her office's right to review whether the reorganization plan is really best for taxpayers, a right which UMass disputes.
Health
As inflation coincides with the rollback of pandemic aid programs, the Food Bank of Western Mass. says it is "blowing through" its rainy day...
Environment
As prices soar, the fossil fuel industry looks after its interests on Beacon Hill. By Jon Lamson The state’s five for-profit utilities, which function...
Labor
By SARAH ROBERTSON AMHERST – The University of Massachusetts Amherst is still pursuing plans to move about 100 public, unionized jobs to the non-unionized...
Housing
By Sarah Robertson HOLYOKE – “We’re not going to be victims anymore, we’re going to become a problem,” said Holyoke resident and community organizer...
Community
In this series, The Shoestring will explore and remember the impacts of COVID pandemic on different aspects of life in western Mass. To speak...
Education
By SARAH ROBERTSON AMHERST – Unionized employees of the University of Massachusetts Amherst development office held a rally on campus Monday against a plan...
Education
As tensions over mediated contract negotiations continue, educators will stop non-essential work By Ben Parra On Monday, February 27, School Committee members of the...
Housing
City councilors raise questions about rent control in Holyoke at “Know Your Rights” workshop with Holyoke community orgs By SARAH ROBERTSON HOLYOKE – City...
Education
Mediated contract negotiations have reached a standstill, leaving teachers with little bargaining room By Ben Parra On Thursday, February 2nd, the Amherst-Pelham Education Association...