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H.S. Roundup: Amherst field hockey blanks Palmer
The Amherst field hockey team posted its first shutout of the season in its 2-0 win over Palmer on Friday night. Hurricanes goalie Kayla Kim needed just two saves to record the clean sheet. Sophia…
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4mH.S. football: Luis Selgado scores four touchdowns, Easthampton smothers Greenfield, 30-12
GREENFIELD — Big-yardage plays abounded in Friday night’s nonleague football game at Veterans Memorial Field, but Easthampton made its three-score lead in the first half stand up. Luis Selgado scored all four of his team’s touchdowns, three rushing and one receiving, to lead the Eagles past Greenfield, 30-12. Selgado caught 10 passes for 127 yards as […]
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State awards $14.8M for projects in Hampshire County
NORTHAMPTON — Infrastructure associated with two developments that will bring affordable and market-rate housing to Easthampton and Northampton, and sewer and drainage improvements for a Belchertown mobile park, are among Hampshire County projects being supported through Community One Stop for Growth grant funding. The Healey-Driscoll Administration Thursday announced the grants for 26 projects totaling $14.8 […]
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8mHilltowns push back on Verizon landline phase-out
WORTHINGTON — Select Board Chair Charley Rose said he has received two complaints from town residents who are scared about Verizon’s proposal to discontinue traditional copper landlines. Meanwhile, Verizon says worry not. The major U.S. telecommunications company said that it will not discontinue service without an alternative in place for customers. No one is immediately […]
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4mGuest Columnist Dave King: Done doomscrolling — Time for action!
Like many people, I am deeply troubled in the face of war crimes, ICE shootings, and the specter of another January 6th attempt to overthrow the election, this time with more planning, people and resources. But the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators of these atrocities and the takeover of the social structures designed to protect […]
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9m'Our community is paralyzed by fear': Pioneer Valley Workers Center steps up support amid ICE surge
It’s no secret to Claudia Rosales and the Pioneer Valley Workers Center (PVWC) that fear among the immigrant community has peaked since President Donald Trump took office for his second term and immigration enforcement skyrocketed. They see and feel it every day, but it is not slowing them down, as the center works to support […]