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By BRUCE J. STEDMAN
When you hear church bells tolling on the morning of Aug. 6, listen carefully. They have an important message for you.In 1624, English cleric and poet John Donne published a series of poems, including “No Man is an Island.” Donne lived and wrote at a...
As the Democratic Party leaders scramble to figure out the path forward, I ask myself, how will we care for each other, no matter what the future holds. One way is through the work of abortion funds. In the months following the overturn of Roe, as...
By CARRIE BAKER
Last Sunday evening, just hours after President Joe Biden announced he would withdraw from the presidential race, 44,000 Black women met online and raised over $1.5 million for Vice President Kamala Harris in under two hours. On the popular...
Whately Town Moderator Nat Fortune's recent mea culpa in these pages exemplifies the kind of candor and accountability I wish we could see from all public figures [“Put the blame on me,” July 17]. He heard an honest complaint, and publicly took...
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
Over 400 years after Shakespeare wrote “King Lear,” a theater production reimagines the story as one about the complexities of dementia.Director Toby Vera Bercovici of Cleveland Heights, Ohio and Northampton created the play over the course of five...
By HOWARD GOLD
Joe Biden faces a wrenching decision: to withdraw or to stay on as Democratic nominee for the presidency of the United States. His disastrous debate performance on June 27 reinforced an image that many voters held of the president: that he is too old...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — When Greenfield resident Kevin Ross first joined the Northampton Building Department in 2018 as an inspector, he says he was just looking for a little more of a stable income after a lifetime of working in construction.“I was getting...
By BRIAN COOPER
I quite enjoyed the opening paragraph of Jon Huer’s opinion piece predicting that fascism is on our immediate horizon (“On our last Independence Day” Gazette, July 1). Particularly amusing was his humorous and deliberately hyperbolic description of a...
By EMILEE KLEIN
A bill moving through the Legislature will require all new vehicles sold in the state after Jan. 1, 2026 to include adaptive headlights that illuminate the road without shining into the windshields of oncoming drivers.According to the U.S. Department...
By MICHAEL DOVER
Presidential “debates” are not debates, they are performances. They say nothing about policies or facts, and little if anything about why one should or shouldn’t vote for the performers. Last week’s debate showed one thing for certain: No one should...
By CHRIS LARABEE and ALEXA LEWIS
With Massachusetts experiencing its seventh-wettest year on record in 2023 as torrential rainstorms ravaged roads, farms and homes, the federal government, the state and those here in the Pioneer Valley are turning their eyes toward future flood...
By STEVE PFARRER
In the early 1990s, I answered an ad for a reporting job at the Gazette. I had editorial experience — I’d worked as a copywriter, a copy editor, and a proofreader — and I liked writing, but I’d never worked for a newspaper, unless you counted a few...
By CARRIE N. BAKER
To know what’s coming if Donald Trump wins the fall election, check out Project 2025, the extreme right’s policy agenda and plan of action for the next Republican president. The Heritage Foundation produced Project 2025 with support from a coalition...
By SUSAN WOZNIAK
The 19th day of June saw Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry sign into a law a requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public schools. The ceremony was held at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School. Landry is a practicing Catholic.I was...
By PAIGE HANSON
Last week in Northampton, Lez Zeppelin, an all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band, rocked the stage at Iron Horse Music Hall, bringing an electric and mesmerizing performance to the packed audience.“We are just true to the spirit of the band, which is...
By DOMENIC POLI
CHARLEMONT — Being born into slavery in a place called Libertytown is perhaps the ultimate irony.But that’s a significant part of the life story of Basil C. Dorsey, a self-emancipated man whose remarkable quest for freedom will be detailed by local...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — To say that Sam Whitney likes to play sports might be something of an understatement.At the Four Rivers Charter Public School in Greenfield, where Whitney graduated this spring, he played soccer, basketball, and the school’s signature...
By JOHN SHEIRER
About 20 years ago, I was driving the speed limit on Route 9, staying in my lane, keeping a watchful eye, and thinking about the errands I needed to complete that day.Then I saw a black SUV speeding toward me from a side street on my right. I assumed...
By BILL NEWMAN
UMass Chancellor Javier Reyes’ decision in early May to call in the cops resulted in the arrest of 130 protesters, including 85 UMass students, six faculty and other members of the Five Colleges community. That decision was wrong — morally, ethically...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Several years ago, Heidi Weeks made the decision to go into business with her business partner Tim Fisk, who runs Salon Herdis in Northampton. The two had the idea of opening a boutique shop in Greenfield, where Weeks was living.“Between...
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