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New Tax Cuts Prompt Debates about Affordability
Local Rallies, Actions Continue as Israeli Bombardment of Gaza Intensifies
Activists Blockade Northampton Weapons Manufacturer
Redacted: State Withholding Plans for New Women’s Prison
McGovern, Activists Disagree on Strategy for Ending Cuba, Venezuela Sanctions
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Police Statewide are Keeping Their Weapons Inventories Secret
Amid sexual harassment scandal, Holyoke police captain retires with pension, PTO payout
“We’re Gonna Cheat”: Northampton Police Accused of “Open Admission of Malfeasance”
State’s Longest Sentences Could Get a “Second Look”
Judge: Civil-Rights Lawsuit Against Northampton Police can Proceed
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Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and The Shoestring Wants to Give You Art
Grassroots Organizing Sweeps New Faces into Greenfield City Government
The Wired, Wired West: The Collapse of Public Internet in Easthampton and the Struggle to Connect Massachusetts’ Overlooked Communities
A “Progressive Blueprint” for Greenfield
PHOTOESSAY: Pressing On: Reflections on the Gazette Building Demolition
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Easthampton Parent Sues Schools Over Unenrollment of Child by Non-Custodial Parent
Meet the At-Large Candidates for Northampton School Committee
New UMass Group Works to Oust Raytheon From Campus
Longmeadow School Board Candidate Appears to have Scrubbed Far-Right Views From Social Media
UMass Ordered to Pause Privatization of Advancement Jobs for Legal Review
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‘Right to Shelter’ at a Tipping Point in Massachusetts
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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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...
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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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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 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...
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Activists and City Councilors point to misrepresentations of the facts. By Joanna Mae Boody and Spencer Fox Peterson On May 19th, the City Council...
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Trader Joe’s attempts to unionize, Senate passes The Work and Family Mobility Act, City Council moves forward with banning brokers’ fees. As many of...
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Protestors expressed “eloquent rage” in response to a leaked Supreme Court draft. By Rebeca Pereira On Sunday afternoon, in the sweltering May heat, a...
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A Berkshire County District Attorney investigation is ongoing By Joanna Mae Boody and Spencer Fox Peterson On the evening of March 25, 2022, 22-year-old...