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2,500 Medicare Advantage patients may lose Cooley Dickinson primary care coverage Oct. 1

NORTHAMPTON — Around 2,500 area residents with Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage are being notified that their insurance will no longer cover primary care providers affiliated with Cooley Dickinson Hospital beginning Oct. 1. Even though many people this month are receiving letters from Blue Cross Blue Shield stating, “Important notice: your health care provider […]

A 'heart the size of Northampton': Longtime owner of Kathy's Diner remembered

NORTHAMPTON — Even in the depths of Alzheimer’s disease, the late Kathy Teft still fondly remembered the decades she spent owning and operating Kathy’s Diner on Strong Avenue. Teft died on June 29 at the age of 86 after more than a yearlong struggle with Alzheimer’s, leaving behind a multi-generational legacy as owner. Following her […]

Choclo Bakery rising in downtown Northampton where Hungry Ghost once stood

NORTHAMPTON — When are you opening? Sam Coates-Finke and Ana Valle have heard that question over and over since they bought the former Hungry Ghost Bread space at 62 State St. last December from Jonathan Stevens and Cheryl Maffei, with plans to reopen it under the name Choclo Bakery. For a while, they didn’t have […]

Carrying a prayer for the water: Indigenous grandmothers on a 2,000-mile journey

WORTHINGTON — In the breakdown lane along Route 9 at the Worthington-Windsor border Monday, a small group of grandmothers in reflective jackets gathered around a smooth, egg-sized stone, hauling a copper bucket of water and carrying a small leather satchel of tobacco. After placing the stone on the forest floor about 20 feet off the […]