Daily Hampshire Gazette
Philanthropist donates $431,000 to support artists in the Valley
A few years ago, philanthropist Martha Richards needed to figure out what to do with nearly half a million dollars. She’d talked to the board of her Northampton-based nonprofit, WomenArts, about how…
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5mWings, wands and a world record bid: New fairy festival coming to Easthampton
Get your wings and wands ready. There’s a new fairy festival coming to Easthampton. The inaugural Fairy & Arts Festival will take place at Nonotuck Park’s Daley Field in Easthampton on Saturday, Sept. 12, from noon to 6 p.m. The festival will have live entertainment; artisans; food vendors selling fairy-themed dishes; a “divination den” with […]
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Arts Briefs: Graham Nash at the Academy of Music
Graham Nash at the Academy of Music Graham Nash, of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, will perform at the Academy of Music in Northampton on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 8 p.m. Nash’s concert will be a retrospective of his six decades in music, including his time in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Crosby, Stills & […]
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Guest columnist James A. Lomastro: We have had enough of ageism
Older people have had enough of being treated as problems to be managed, obstacles to generational change, or easy targets for political campaigns. We see it in national politics, in local and statewide campaigns, and throughout the business community. A person’s age is repeatedly used as shorthand for incompetence, technological confusion, resistance to change, or […]
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Guest columnist David Ball: Support Ukraine, not Putin!
This is the third time the Gazette has subjected us to the same guest columnist’s view that Ukraine must surrender to its invader — sorry, must “negotiate” — by giving a chunk of its country to Putin and vowing not to join NATO. Not joining NATO would leave Ukraine with no better defense against another […]
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4mBeverly Marie Cook
<html><head></head><body>Beverly Marie Cook<br /><br />Palm Harbor , FL - September 1, 1929 – July 31, 2026<br /><br />Beverly Marie Cook died peacefully on July 31, 2026, in Palm Harbor, Florida, at the age of 96.<br /><br />Born in Hartford, Co ...