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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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Police
How executive indifference, an overburdened board, and a sensationalist media are failing the promise of parole in the commonwealth.
Politics
Walter Gunn has acknowledged wrongdoing, but has yet to step down from the board.
Education
Activists continue to call for UMass to divest from war profiteers and drop charges against demonstrators.
Education
Three candidates are vying for two at-large school committee seats in a tight race on Tuesday as the schools face a budget crunch.
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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...
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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...
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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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The music of the late incarcerated abolitionist will be performed in Florence this Saturday. By Mo Schweiger Lois Ahrens never anticipated that the sheets...
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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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By Sierra Dickey GREENFIELD — residents called for major cuts to the Greenfield Police Department in council meetings Wednesday and Thursday after a lawsuit...
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Northampton City Council will vote on the matter on Thursday. By Mo Schweiger An April 25th Northampton Community Resources Committee meeting drew dozens of...