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Rebrand at Cooley Dickinson gives Mass General Brigham higher profile
02-15-2023 11:44 AM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Cooley Dickinson Hospital is getting a rebranding that emphasizes the Northampton hospital’s ties with the Mass General Brigham health care system.New entrance signs leading into the hospital at 30 Locust St. now display the Mass General...


My Turn: America’s love for football defines us
02-10-2023 8:51 PM

By JOHN PARADIS

In 2019, the Boston Globe’s Stan Grossfeld spoke to tailgating couples outside a New England Patriots football game and asked if Tom Brady would ever come between them.“Would you ditch your spouse for Tom Brady?” Grossfeld asked. The survey said:...


Building a new era at Wright Builders: Longtime construction company changes hands
02-09-2023 3:41 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — Having taken over ownership of longtime construction company Wright Builders Inc. from founder Jonathan Wright, 40-year-old Seth Lawrence-Slavas says he is committed to continuing the company’s progressive and sustainable vision.During...


My Turn: A murder in Memphis
02-05-2023 5:20 PM

By BILL NEWMAN

I keep thinking about Tyre Nichols. And the depravity of the five Memphis cops who killed him.   The videos show that this 29 year-old Black man, the father of a four year-old son and a Fed-Ex employee, did nothing wrong, and yet the cops pulled him...


Unbiased views needed to assess forest management
02-05-2023 5:18 PM

Reporter Chris Larabee’s recent article, “Foresters, conservationists oppose Healey logging moratorium,” (Recorder, Jan. 28) quotes state and local experts who believe that “Harvesting timber from forests, for both environmental and commercial...


Note to readers: Hazardous weather delays newspaper deliveries
02-04-2023 8:33 PM

GREENFIELD — Hazardous weather conditions have resulted in delayed newspaper delivery for many Greenfield Recorder subscribers. Not all subscribers will receive delivery on Saturday, but all weekend newspapers will be delivered as soon as possible.


Columnist J.M. Sorrell: Sneetches on the beaches
01-31-2023 4:36 PM

By J.M. Sorrell

Ray Bradbury’s classic book, “Fahrenheit 451,” shows a dystopian fascist future where people take pills and watch state-run TV to stay compliant in a world where books are outlawed and burned when found. The only hope for the future of humanity is the...


My Turn: Netanyahu’s new government — What does it mean for Israel?
01-25-2023 4:05 PM

By Richard Fein

The new coalition government in Israel is the most ultra-nationalist, theocratic in that nation’s history. Many of Israel’s friends are deeply concerned about Israel’s future as a Jewish Democratic State living up to the ethical standards enshrined in...


Our forests need help
01-22-2023 3:47 PM

Kate Lindroos’ column “In the fight against logging, conspiracy takes the (profitable) reins,” (Gazette, Jan. 18) points out how the International Panel on Climate Change acknowledges that forest management can help mitigate climate-related risks to...


Area lawmakers acclimate to redrawn districts 
01-16-2023 4:50 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

The region’s state legislators are getting acclimated to their newly redrawn districts but say their day-to-day lives won’t change much, as they were elected to represent the people, regardless of political affiliation, and who share similar...


On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, write for social justice
01-15-2023 4:58 PM

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in writing letters. Dr. King wrote frequently, including the famous Letter from Birmingham Jail in which he encouraged activism for human rights stating, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”Martin...


ServiceNet to expand mental health services with $4M grant 
01-12-2023 6:16 PM

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A program piloted by ServiceNet in 2020 to help remove barriers to mental health and substance use disorder treatment recently received a $4 million grant through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to extend and...


Tracking air quality: State expands Valley monitoring program to 10 more communities in region
01-09-2023 10:15 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Smoke drifting into New England from wildfires in the western United States last summer, tracked by sensors in Holyoke, Greenfield and other area communities, gave residents real-time information about its causing poor air quality.The...


My Turn: After Singer sang, the curtain came down
01-08-2023 4:16 PM

By BILL NEWMAN

Rick Singer was, in the government’s words, “the architect of a massive, decades-long scheme to use fraud and bribery to secure the admission of high school students to elite colleges and universities ...” The scheme, known by its FBI code name,...


My Turn: Resistance to reality
01-05-2023 4:43 PM

By J.M. Sorrell

Humans have a tremendous capacity to deny and ridicule reality. Wisdom comes from seeing things as they are whereas foolishness rules when we engage in willful ignorance. Our fears or arrogance regarding tough truths are counter to evolution; yet we...


Sullivan sworn in for fourth term as district attorney
01-04-2023 5:00 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — In the old courtroom at the Hampshire County Superior Court, Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan took the oath of office Wednesday for the fourth time after being reelected to the position.As in the previous two elections for...


My Turn: Small miracles do happen
01-04-2023 4:35 PM

By JOANNA BUONICONTI

As we enter into this fresh new year, I cannot help but be in a deeply reflective state as I find myself pondering what the year 2022 brought into my life — the good along with the bad. It is a tradition I adopted years ago, but recently, I have begun...


Northampton man gets 5 years in fatal 2021 hit-and-run in Shelburne
11-29-2022 6:29 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Northampton man was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to three charges related to the 2021 hit-and-run death of Shelburne Falls resident Rhonda Thompson.Peter Toomey, 53, appeared in Franklin County...


My Turn: White Christians still taking native children
11-25-2022 10:11 AM

On Nov. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which gives a preference for Native American people to foster and adopt Native American children. The lead...


Police arrest Millers Falls man who fled crash in Northampton
09-14-2022 3:35 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A Millers Falls man who crashed his pickup truck on North King Street near the Hatfield town line Tuesday at 8:50 p.m. was arrested a short time later on a series of charges after fleeing the scene on foot, according to Northampton...

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