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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....
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Northampton City Council Passes Budget over Calls to Reduce Police “Footprint”
Northampton City Council to Vote on Budget Thursday
Northampton City Council Moves on Reparations, Climate Department, and Liquor Licenses
Northampton City Council To Vote on Liquor Licenses
Northampton Poised to Create Reparations Panel
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Episode 13: Cathy McNally on Taking Down her Black Lives Matter Sign
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Judge: Civil-Rights Lawsuit Against Northampton Police can Proceed
Protesters rally against police brutality in Northampton after violent arrest
EXCLUSIVE: Northampton Police Tackle, Pepper-Spray 60 Year Old Woman
Records: Easthampton Police Install Automatic License Plate Reader on Route 141
Journalist Sues Northwestern DA over Redacted Records
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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
REAL Talk at JFK Middle School
Striking Springfield Daycare Workers Use Their “Outside Voices”
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- Housing
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 agencies are using a controversial exemption to the public records law to redact information about the prison project.
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Co-editor Brian Zayatz traveled to Eden Prairie, MN to convene with fellow nonprofit outlets. By Brian Zayatz Late last year, The Shoestring advisory board...
Transportation
MassDOT presented options and sought feedback for proposed passenger rail from North Adams to Boston By Sarah Robertson FRANKLIN COUNTY – More than 150...
Community
“[If] we do nothing, I guarantee you the library will be nonexistent in five years.” By Ben Parra [Full Disclosure: Ben Parra works as...
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Rival volunteer groups have staked out around MA to determine the fate of a new law By Brian Zayatz [Update 8/19/22: Fair and Secure...
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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 Mo Schweiger “I want to show people that you don’t have to have a lot of money or experience to make art,” says...
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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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By Mo Schweiger A contentious city council meeting was held in Easthampton on July 6th to discuss the proposed ordinance: Deceptive Advertising Practices of...
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By Mo Schweiger On June 16th Northampton Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra signed the controversial $49,000 contract with Motorola Solutions, cementing a five-year agreement to purchase...