Daily Hampshire Gazette
Truth be told: Florence center keeps abolitionist’s story alive
Tom Goldscheider of the David Ruggles Center shares the powerful history of abolitionist Sojourner Truth and her significant time spent in Florence, Massachusetts, to preserve local Black history.
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2mDriver escapes serious injury in one-car rollover crash
WESTHAMPTON — A driver received minor injuries in a one-car rollover crash at the intersection of North and Chesterfield roads on Tuesday at around 10:15 a.m. The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle, a Ford Explorer, traveling northbound on Chesterfield Road, according to Westhampton Deputy Fire Chief John Bridgman. The driver sustained minor injures to her hand Bridgman said, declining to comment on how the rollover occurred. The Westhampton Fire Department responded, along with State Police. “She got lucky,” Bridgman said, noting that the driver’s injuries were not serious. Bridgman said responders helped the woman exit the vehicle after […]
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6m‘Hillywood Award’ to shine spotlight on female filmmakers at Ashfield FilmFest
Ashfield Town Hall will host the Ashfield FilmFest this weekend, featuring a Friday documentary screening and panel, followed by a Saturday short film competition with various awards, including the new Hillywood Award.
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Guest columnist Jonathan Kahane: I'm a loser
I can just hear my “friends” — and many others for that matter — saying, “Finally, it took him 81 years to recognize what we’ve all known for a very long time, and have often told him so to his face.” Even my kids have intimated it in not very delicate terminology at times. Others […]
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3mDenise Rochat
<html><head></head><body>Denise Rochat<br /><br />Northampton , MA - Denise Rochat, 77, a longtime Northampton resident and professor emerita of French Studies at Smith College, died peacefully in Grafton, Vermont, on September 11, 2026, after an unex ...
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2mKatherine Madden
<html><head></head><body>KATHERINE MADDEN<br /><br />Northampton, MA - Katherine (Baumann) Madden, 77, passed away on September 11, 2026 at Linda Manor in Northampton. Born to William and Rita (Flynn) Baumann on November 14, 1948 in Holyoke Massachuse ...