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Bridge Street School parents wait outside the Northampton elementary for the dismissal of students shortly after noon on Friday, March 13, at the end of a previously scheduled half day. Public schools across Massachusetts were closed for the rest of the school year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Schools see reopening guidance as good framework

by Jacquelyn Voghel Staff Writers, Michael Connors Staff Writers, Dusty Christensen Staff Writers, and Scott Merzbach Staff WritersJuly 7, 2020

In this Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 photo, an Amtrak Acela train passes through Mystic, Conn. A plan to speed up Amtrak's high-speed rail corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C., is welcomed by business commuters but finding its strongest opposition in some shoreline towns in Connecticut. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Public presses for east-west rail service

by Michael Connors Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2020

U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass, speaks to about 30 people attending a meet and greet at the Northampton home of Lisa Lippiello and Bonnie Sachs on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019.

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Joe Kennedy III gets a warm welcome amid Senate primary challenge

by Matt Berg For the GazetteNovember 12, 2019

The Sunderland Select Board voted to move the polling location from the elementary school to the library.

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Sunderland moving polling location to from school to library

by Domenic Poli Staff WriterNovember 5, 2019

Clockwise from top left: State Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, state Rep. Mindy Domb, D-Amherst, state Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa, D-Northampton, state Sen. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow, state Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland, and state Rep. Dan Carey, D-Easthampton.

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Legislative delegation active on climate change

by Bera Dunau Staff WriterSeptember 24, 2019

State Sen. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow, state Auditor Suzanne Bump, State Rep. Aaron Vega, D-Holyoke, Miguel Perez, community coordinator of the Tapestry WIC Family Nutrition Office and Wendy Kane, administrative benefits advocate at Community Legal Aid discuss the recent WIC audit at a roundtable in Holyoke on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019.

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Audit identifies barriers to WIC benefits

by Michael Connors Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2019

ANASTASIA ORDONEZ.

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Amherst school board chief not seeking reelection

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2019

Sally Stuffin of Wendell, left, greets legendary peace activist Frances Crowe on July 14, 2018, during a gathering to witness U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern D-Worcester become the first voting member of Congress to sign two historic pledges that support the abolition of nuclear weapons. Some area candidates also signed the Candidate Pledge for a Nuclear Free Future.

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Public celebration of Frances Crowe’s life to be held Sunday

by Michael Connors Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2019

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi lay flowers at the grave of six Jesuit priests who were murdered by the U.S.-backed Salvadoran military at the University of Central America in El Salvador.

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McGovern joins congressional delegation to Central America

by Michael Connors Staff WriterAugust 17, 2019

Amherst Town Hall.

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Amherst Finance Committee appoints non-voting members

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterJuly 24, 2019