Daily Hampshire Gazette
‘Guerrilla advocacy’: Northampton, Gateway students lobby Healey on school funding
NORTHAMPTON — Four guidance counselors and one adjustment counselor for 850 students. Overcrowded classes. Not enough teachers. No field trips. And fewer art courses. Those were some of the…
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5mA time warp with a twist: ‘Rocky Horror’ gets a fresh spin
The iconic cult-classic musical “The Rocky Horror Show” first time-warped its way into the public eye more than 50 years ago, and it’s had a devoted following ever since. With the recent death of star Tim Curry, a local production is honoring his legacy while giving the show a more modern touch. K and E […]
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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 […]
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5mArea 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]