Daily Hampshire Gazette
Holyoke police unions urge review of councilor’s role on police matters
Holyoke police unions demand city guidance and possible recusal for Councilor Israel Rivera after alleged threats to cut police funding and use of racial slurs during a Dec. 20 arrest.
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10mAward-winning play, 'Unreconciled,' comes to the Academy this weekend, tackles clergy sexual abuse with conviction and compassion
Date: April 13, 2007 To: Jaybird <Jay Sefton> From: Dad <Joe Sefton> Subject: the bastard. Link: Priest Defrocked Over Abuse Cases Jaybird, just saw this in the Inquirer. Please call me. Love, Dad “Holy s—,” Jay Sefton thought. His father — a lifelong Havertown boy, a diehard Catholic and Philadelphia Phillies fan, a chain-smoking Army vet and a veteran claims adjuster — knew how to email a link to an article. But besides that: No one had ever called what happened to him abuse. After growing up in a working-class, hard-drinking town where feelings were expressed with four-letter words, Sefton, the […]
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5mKiln it at 20: Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour fires up for its second decade of craft this weekend
Twenty years ago, Cummington potter Christy Knox had a vision: a pottery tour hosted by local artists in the Hilltowns. The inspiration struck after two of her friends had returned from a tour in Minnesota and raved about the experience. Meanwhile, Knox and her friend and fellow pottery, Constance Talbot, had recently taken part at […]
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8mArts Briefs: A spoken-word performance in Huntington, The Champlain Trio in South Worthington, and more
The Champlain Trio to perform at Sevenars Academy The Champlain Trio will perform their “In Her Voice” program at the Sevenars Academy in South Worthington on Sunday, July 26 at 4 p.m. Comprising pianist Hiromi Fukuda, violinist Letitia Quante and cellist Emily Taubl, the acclaimed New England-based chamber group will showcase piano trios by historic […]
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4mJohn Joseph Bobala
<html><head></head><body>John J. Bobala<br /><br />Northampton, MA - John Joseph Bobala, 83, of Northampton, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Monday July 20, 2026, at his home. He was born in Holyoke on February 24, 1943, to t ...