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Despite months of debate, the issue of who should decide COVID policy remains tenuous and unresolved By Jonathan Gerhardson NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton School...
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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 Joe Pater This page is updated every Friday by noon with current new case data for Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin counties and their...
Labor
Court finds unionizer’s activities to be harassment towards former supervisor By Jonathan Gerhardson WEST SPRINGFIELD — Dan Arlin had been a driver for UPS...
Community
Those leading aid efforts also feel the issue most personally By Irina Costache Seeing Hurricane Fiona hit the island of Puerto Rico, Holyoke City...
Community
A potential thirteenth marijuana dispensary in Northampton has met resistance. By Matt Berg NORTHAMPTON — After federal agents raided Ezra Parzybok’s home in Florence...
Police
Residents have rallied against the decision following an expensive racial discrimination suit. By Joanna Mae Boody and Spencer Fox Peterson Update 9/21/2022: An earlier...
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The Ripples Group recommends reproductive injustice in their error-filled report to MA DOC By Sierra Dickey A June report commissioned by the Massachusetts Department...
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by Blair Gimma On Thursday July 28th, Trader Joe’s United (TJU), an independent union organized by the Trader Joe’s store in Hadley, won its...
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by Blair Gimma On Saturday, July 23rd, Trader Joe’s United (TJU), the newly formed independent union of workers at the Trader Joe’s in Hadley,...
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Meet the GOP candidate who spews misinformation, wants to jail teachers and librarians, and tries to ruin events for children By Andrew Quemere On...
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By Sierra Dickey Since the police murder of George Floyd in 2020, many have questioned the harms of American policing. Recently, policing in Western...
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By Cathy McNally It wasn’t dramatic. I didn’t go out into my nice front yard, yank my Black Lives Matter sign out of the...