Politics Meet the candidates: Northampton City Council Ward 1 One of three candidates will be eliminated in this month's preliminary election. Brian ZayatzSeptember 4, 2025
Education Mount Holyoke College workers go on strike Nearly 200 workers took part in the multi-union strike Tuesday. They include the school's dining workers, facilities staffers, and housekeepers. Dusty Christensen and Melanie DuronioSeptember 2, 2025
Politics Meet the candidates: Northampton City Council at-large Six candidates, including one incumbent, vying for two at-large City Council seats and will face off in a September preliminary election. Brian ZayatzAugust 30, 2025
Community Two arrested as peace activists continue campaign against Northampton military contractor Demonstrators aimed to prevent L3Harris employees from entering their workplace early Wednesday morning, calling attention to the company’s ties to the genocide in Gaza. Dan McGlynnAugust 21, 2025
Column Opinion: Federal library funding cuts will hit rural areas the hardest Cuts are already limiting Mass. residents’ access to research and educational tools, but there is still time to oppose them. Eric PoulinAugust 20, 2025
Immigration Life under ICE: Surviving and organizing amid a new immigration regime Federal agents have already disappeared some living without legal status in western Mass; for others, fear pervades. Dusty ChristensenAugust 16, 2025
Labor As wage theft hounds western Mass workers, some fight back Via the state attorney general's office and preventive city ordinances, local workers are fighting to get their full paychecks. Brian ZayatzAugust 9, 2025
Education A high-stakes test: What comes next for Holyoke after receivership? After 10 years under state control, officials have lauded the progress the district has made. But others have questioned the metrics the state has... divina cordeiroAugust 5, 2025
Politics Amid divides, local Jewish groups protest Israel’s starvation of Gaza The demonstration comes as more of Israel's political allies break with the country over the starvation of Palestinians in Gaza. Dan McGlynnAugust 2, 2025
Community “Transparency, accountability, and respect”: Foster youth advocate for a bill of rights of their own Earlier this month, youth who have experienced the Massachusetts foster care system spoke out on Beacon Hill. divina cordeiroJuly 29, 2025
Labor Case dismissals likely as bar advocate pay negotiations at standstill Lawyers representing indigent defendants have drawn the ire of legislators and the governor as they refuse low-paying work Brian ZayatzJuly 26, 2025
Investigations Surveillance state comes to Chicopee A network of hundreds of cameras, accessible to police at any time for any reason, is concentrated in the city's poorest areas. Jonathan GerhardsonJuly 24, 2025