Question 5: Do tipped workers need a raise? Controversial measure heads to voters

10-14-2024 3:09 PM

GREENFIELD — Voters will decide on Election Day whether to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers in Massachusetts, a controversial ballot initiative known as Question 5 that could change the landscape for the restaurant and bar industry and other...


Comerford continues push for Indigenous Peoples Day

10-14-2024 10:03 AM

NORTHAMPTON — State Sen. Jo Comerford is continuing her push to officially erase the memory of Christopher Columbus from the second Monday of October, and in its place make the day one of recognition for Indigenous peoples, as dozens of states have...


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Bulletin Board: Ashlie Galenski, Macy DeMaio score in Frontier field hockey’s win over Belchertown
10-14-2024 9:06 PM

Goals from Ashlie Galenski and Macy DeMaio lifted the Frontier field hockey team to a 2-1 to an independent victory over the Orioles in Belchertown on Monday. Stella Heflin assisted Galenski’s goal while Ashley Taylor had the assist on DeMaio’s tally....

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My Turn: This is about all immigrants, not just undocumented ones
10-14-2024 5:31 PM

Somehow, even though Donald Trump himself delights in describing how he’ll shut down various immigration programs, I still meet people who are convinced that “He’s not anti-immigration, he’s just anti-illegal immigration!”I can’t tell whether they...

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Montague’s El Nopalito adds breakfast option
10-10-2024 11:42 AM

MONTAGUE — The recent decision to offer takeout breakfast Thursday through Saturday is boosting business at El Nopalito at 196 Turners Falls Road.“People seem to like stopping in [and] getting their burritos to go,” said Jahmes Peters, owner of the...

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Greenfield, MA - Sandra J. Lively, age 65, passed away peacefully in the early morning on October 9, 2024 in hospice care, after many courageous years coping with Alzheimer's Disease. Born June 30, 1959, Sandra, who preferred the name S... remainder of obit for Sandra Lively

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Erving, MA - Kevin Francis Lynch, 74 of Erving, MA passed away peacefully on October 12, 2024 at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, MA following a brief and sudden illness. He was born on May 8, 1950 in Greenfield, MA, the son of J... remainder of obit for Kevin Lynch

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