Guest columnist Jamie Danielle Daniels: Mamdani's order isn't good politics, it's medicine

All in the family: Dunphys reunite in Williamsburg after 111 years

WILLIAMSBURG — The last name Dunphy is iconic in Williamsburg and remains honored, plastered on the front door of the Anne T. Dunphy School. For just a brief moment when the new school was going up, there was discussion to change its namesake, but the community said absolutely not. Descendants of the Dunphys haven’t had […]

Area Briefs: Drive-through flu clinic Saturday in Easthampton

Drive-through flu clinic Saturday EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Health Department and Fire Department, in partnership with Northampton’s shared services nursing team, will hold an annual free drive-thru flu vaccine clinic Saturday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Public Safety Complex, 32 Payson Ave. Flu vaccines are free and open to anyone […]

Boston Tea Party veteran to be honored with special marker in Hadley

HADLEY — On Dec. 16, 1773, Jeremiah Cady, 21, a Shutesbury resident, was invited to a meeting at the Old South Meeting House in Boston, where he joined in the destruction of 342 chests of tea. Involved in the Boston Tea Party, one of the precipitating events for the Revolutionary War that began in 1775, […]

UMass Amherst chancellor cites financial 'momentum' despite graduate enrollment drop

AMHERST — Even as undergraduate enrollment remains stable, with steady numbers of both first-year and transfer students, the University of Massachusetts is facing declines in other student populations. “We know when it comes to graduate students we are seeing the challenges of enrollment,” UMass Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes told the Faculty Senate at its latest […]

Columnist Sara Weinberger: A Yom Kippur reflection on Temporary Protected Status

Today is Yom Kippur, when Jewish people, in public and private confession, recall our misdeeds and apologize to those we’ve harmed through words, actions, and inactions.  During the days leading to Yom Kippur, I’ve thought about the flood of cruelty that continues to be visited upon our immigrant neighbors. How do I apologize for the times […]