Guest columnist Bob Couch: Liberal media's selective reporting fails to inform the public

Judge allows wrongful death lawsuit over Northampton High bullying, student suicide to proceed

EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, help is available by calling or texting the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, available 24/7. NORTHAMPTON — A mother’s legal battle against the city claiming wrongful death after her daughter took her life in 2020 amid […]

In narrow race, 1st Franklin District seat goes to Wondolowski

The race for the Democratic nomination for the 1st Franklin District seat in the House of Representatives was hard-fought, with Lora Wondolowski eking out a victory over Corinne Coryat by less than 100 votes. While Coryat achieved victory in 10 of the 18 municipalities, Wondolowski ultimately pulled ahead with 4,355 votes across the district, 95 […]

US Sen. Ed Markey fends off challenge from Moulton in Democratic primary

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts secured the Democratic nomination in his bid for a third term in office Tuesday, fighting off a challenger who argued that it was time for a generational change. Markey, 80, defeated U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, in the Senate primary. Moulton, a moderate, was among the many Democrats who […]

Book Review: In 'Half a World Away' Northampton author Jonathan Wright's 10-year-old self begins a lifetime of wonder

When Jonathan Wright was mining memories for his new book, “Half a World Away,” he went first to his journal, written when he was 10 years old and on an intercontinental trip with his family in 1963. The diary was full of gems that captured a sense of wonder — and, at times, horror — about the state of the world and young Wright’s place in it. There were the black-and-white images, too, that he had taken throughout the nine-month venture, photographs that he and his brother supplemented with a stack of colorful postcards. As an adult now in his 70s, […]

Reframing the monsters: New musical show redefining classic literary villains to debut Sept. 12

What if some of the world’s most famous literary monsters aren’t so evil after all? Performance trio Shadow, Sound, Spectacle will bring their show Literary Monsters to Easthampton Media on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., followed by a Q&A. The trio features Jess Martin on music, Amy West on shadow puppetry and Abby Hanna on cinematography and special effects. The show uses those mediums to revisit the stories of monsters in works by authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Washington Irving, Bram Stoker, Emily Dickinson and Anne Rice — characters like Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula and the Headless […]