Beginning, Again: At the Senior Center, arts and crafts foster friendship

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Beginning, Again: Finding home, one match at a time

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story concludes a four-part series, “Beginning, Again” about people who moved to this area during their retirement years. Today’s piece is about Dorothy Barr, who moved to Florence from Cambridge and soon found a group of football fans at JJ’s Tavern. To read all of the stories in this series, visit gazettenet.com. Dorothy […]

Guest columnist Shane L. Dillon: Jeromie Whalen and a time for change

During the pivotal 2020 congressional cycle, I had the privilege of working for Representative Richard Neal. I was a high school student at the time, navigating a summer of newly lightened COVID-19 restrictions. Like many young people across Massachusetts’ 1st Congressional District, I was driven by a dual pragmatism: the immediate need for employment and […]

1st Franklin District candidates talk school funding, affordability at Sunderland forum

Three candidates for the 1st Franklin District state representative seat discussed education funding, economic development and housing affordability during a Sunderland Democratic Town Committee forum on Wednesday night.

UMass Amherst professor wins $1.3M NIH grant to develop more accurate at-home HIV test

AMHERST — A University of Massachusetts Amherst engineering professor has developed an at-home HIV test sensitive enough to rival — or exceed — results from standard laboratory testing, and has won a two-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to move the technology toward commercial use. Chang Liu, an associate professor in […]