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Guest columnist William Lambers: National School Lunch Week inspires free meals for hungry kids

For National School Lunch Week (Oct. 12-16) let’s remember America’s proud history of using school meals to reduce child hunger. Back in the early 1900s it was a Cincinnati school teacher, Ella Walsh, who started penny lunches for needy kids. If children could not afford the penny they would get the meals for free. Walsh’s […]

Area Briefs: WMass Fly Fishermen to host free clinic Saturday

WMass Fly Fishermen to host free clinic Saturday HUNTINGTON — The Westfield River Watershed Association (WRWA) and the Western Mass. Fly Fishermen (WMFF) will honor their late president with the free Bill Rose Memorial Fly Fishing clinic Saturday, Oct. 17, from 9 a.m. to noon. The clinic will take place on Route 20, in the […]

Guest columnist Adam Solender: A more complete picture of Jewish community

A recent column in the Gazette raises important questions about Israel, Zionism, antisemitism, and divisions within American Jewish life. These are difficult questions, and no serious Jewish communal leader should pretend that our community is of one mind on them. But the column also makes broad assertions about Jewish federations and other established Jewish organizations […]

Columnist Karen Gardner: Vote like I'm on the ballot

Boss, Boss, have I got a great idea for you. How ’bout we don’t just execute that guy who shot up that Army base back in ’09? How ’bout we arrange a bunch of soldiers for a full-on firing squad and livestream the whole thing? Oh, Petey, that’s a spectacular idea! You are just the […]

Thomas A. McCaulley

<html><head></head><body>Thomas A. McCaulley<br /><br />Northampton, MA - Thomas A. McCaulley, 84, of North Elm Street in Northampton passed away at home peacefully and surrounded by family. Tom was born in Northampton, attended local schools and grad ...