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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — After being given multiple oral warnings to leave the Whitmore Administration Building on Wednesday evening, 56 University of Massachusetts students and one UMass employee were arrested on charges of trespassing, according to a university...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

BOSTON — Stressing that the need for legal drug consumption sites would save hundreds of lives and that there wasn’t a moment to waste, Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan implored lawmakers on Monday to muster up the courage to pass...

By SHELLY BERKOWITZ

“What should it mean when we say “both sides” are responsible in the war between Israel and Hamas?”It is important to correctly identify and label what is meant when we speak of both sides in the Israeli/Palestinian tragedy. The narrative is simple...

By SUZANNE STILLINGER

I don’t often open the closet where my blue dress shirts, slacks, and blazers are hanging. I seldom have the opportunity to wear them in my line of work.My shirts are a canvas for globs of paint, glue and not infrequently, boogers. My pants are a...

By JOANNA BUONICONTI

“There is something particularly lonely about being in your mid-twenties.” I was recently scrolling through TikTok, when I came across a video with that caption; and it stopped me dead in my tracks. Because it addressed something that I’ve been...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — A New York City music venue operator with more than two dozen theaters throughout the Northeast intends to buy the Calvin Theatre downtown and have shows up and running early next year.Calvin owner Eric Suher recently told the License...

By DANIELLE SQUILLANTE

News went viral on Sept. 5 that 61 people were being indicted by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr on racketeering charges for their involvement in the Stop Cop City campaign. This move by the state is both an effort to deter activists from...

By RUTH FOLCHMAN

Most of us know something about the longing for a place we can call home, where we can rest and receive what is offered, allowing things to be as they are without fear or judgment.What a blessing it is when we can find that place within ourselves. As...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — At long last, the Iron Horse Music Hall has a new owner, and music could be emanating from the venerable Center Street location as soon as February.The Parlor Room, a nearby music venue run by a nonprofit, announced Wednesday that it has...

By MARK REYNOLDS and LINDA BUTLER

One year after a major climate bill was passed, Massachusetts has begun to reap the benefits of an influx of clean energy investment and jobs.When the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law last August, it unleashed a stream of clean energy...

Earlier this year, our community-based chapter of an international and nonpartisan climate education organization found itself without a place for our members to meet.We have no budget, and we rely on volunteers to carry out our mission. We are...

By ANDREA AYVAZIAN

Our granddaughter Fiona was about a year and a half old when she was playing with my husband and me in our backyard and a bug began circling around her. Her language skills were still quite limited at that time, and so we were surprised when she...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After roughly 13 years with the city, the last 10 of which she’s served as director of the Department of Energy and Sustainability, Carole Collins is stepping down for a new role in Northampton.“It’s definitely bittersweet,” Collins said....

By BILL NEWMAN

The facts are startling. In December 2019, after Zackey Rahimi and his girlfriend, identified in court papers as “CM,” got into an argument in a parking lot, Rahimi grabbed her, knocked her to the ground, dragged her back to his car and threw her...

Regarding the $808,000 for the region’s climate resilience planning, I’m really happy that western Massachusetts towns are taking climate change seriously enough that they are looking to nature-based solutions to a hotter Earth and its consequences...

By J.M. SORRELL

It can be exhausting to engage in critical thinking and to listen to and learn from others who challenge your world view or your plans for activist work; however, without it, growth is stunted and opportunities are lost. People in identity groups who...

By DOMENIC POLI

If you’ve noticed more ants in your house, shed or basement this summer, you’re not alone.Heavy rain makes for the soggy conditions that are ideal for the insects, and a near-record level of precipitation in Massachusetts in July has resulted in ant...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — With a sunny forecast and a schedule packed with agricultural events, music, motorsports, food and local art, the 206th Three County Fair will kick off Friday and run through Labor Day on Monday.First held in 1818, the Three County Fair...

By RICHARD FEIN

This column is about three “Dumb Wars,” a term borrowed from Barack Obama. I will use that term to mean wars that lacked justification to begin with and resulted in the aggressor nation being worse after the war. My purpose is to remind governments...

By SUSAN WOZNIAK

Several years ago, I arrived home as a neighbor was walking to her car. We waved and she called out that she was going to a nearby bakery and could she pick up something for me. I thanked her, adding that I did not need bread. “But, it’s (insert a...