‘What kind of mug person are you?’: Deerfield family puts spin on book exchange concept with ‘mug library’

Guest columnist Brian Cooper: Picture Main Street a case study in heels-dug-in stubbornness

Well, I guess I know where I won’t be parking my car or walking through with my family: Northampton’s crumbling parking garage, where structural concerns have already forced the closure of the upper levels. The thought of a slab of concrete coming crashing down and pancaking somebody into the pavement isn’t particularly reassuring. But they’re […]

Mount Holyoke launches $650M 'Forever Uncommon' fundraising campaign

SOUTH HADLEY — Mount Holyoke College has launched the largest fundraising campaign in its history with a $650 million goal to support the future sustainability of the 189-year-old institution. The multiyear campaign, Forever Uncommon, focuses on research and professional development, scholarship sustainability and infrastructure updates to support the college’s next century. The college is turning […]

Raising up untold stories: David Ruggles Center nears fundraising goal for exhibit overhaul

The David Ruggles Center for History and Education hopes to look very different this time next year. The center, a museum in Florence that highlights the village’s abolitionist history, is just a few thousand dollars away from reaching a fundraising goal that will allow it to overhaul its exhibits in early 2027. “We’re in a […]

Arts Briefs: 'Fiddler on the Roof,' a jazz ensemble, story slam, and more

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in Northampton Valley Light Opera will present its production of “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Academy of Music in Northampton on Thursday, Nov. 5, and Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m.; and on Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m., with a pre-show talk at the Yiddish […]

Guest columnist Merriam Ansara: We must act and condemn the slow genocide of Cuba

For years now we have marched, rallied, protested, passed resolutions condemning Israel’s genocide against Gaza and the Palestinian people, aided by our own U.S. government. Slowly but surely, the public, along with the rest of the world, is grasping the extent of the horror and voicing the need to call Israel to account. There is […]