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Guest columnist Rob Okun: The Each One Reach One strategy for No Kings, March 28
With more and more people feeling the U.S. is spiraling out of control — recklessly piloted by a White House in chaos — No Kings on March 28, couldn’t be coming at a better time. It’s a line in the…
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4mUMass freshman Ethan Eskit anchoring top-ranked goaltending unit
Goaltending can make or break a hockey team. After losing star netminder Michael Hrabal to the NHL last spring, UMass hockey fans had every reason to worry about the state of the team’s goaltending heading into the 2026-27 season. Enter Ethan Eskit. The freshman puck-stopper from Calgary, Alberta has emerged as a steady option for […]
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6mA marriage of art and craft: Florence couple opens ceramics and textiles studio in Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — Cara Taylor and Kim Rosen, a married Florence couple who each carry decades of experience working as ceramic and textile artists, respectively, have combined forces to open a joint studio and showroom. The years-vacant, roughly 1,400-square-foot site of the former Green Mountain Power Equipment store at 187 Locust St. has been transformed. Taylor’s […]
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Making News in Business, Nov. 13
Gorth joins Eric Carle Museum board of trustees AMHERST — The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has appointed Phillip W. Gorth to its board of trustees. Gorth is an Amherst native and a graduate of Amherst College, where he studied law, jurisprudence and social thought. He subsequently built a career in finance and […]
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6mSouth Hadley TM rejects school bus stop-arm cameras over surveillance, data concerns
SOUTH HADLEY — Town Meeting voters this week rejected a proposal to install cameras on school bus stop arms to catch drivers who illegally pass stopped buses, with many residents citing concerns about surveillance and data breaches. The article failed 70-24, with two abstentions. In January 2025, Gov. Maura Healey signed a law allowing cameras […]
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8mRoad debate makes for a bumpy ride in Westhampton
Westhampton has 47 miles of road and two Highway Department employees to take care of them. That math is at the center of a growing debate at Select Board meetings, fueled by a resident’s push to widen Spruce Hill Road, neighbors’ complaints about the condition of Northwest Road and an unannounced repaving of Hooker Road. […]