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NORTHAMPTON — An Easthampton woman pleaded not guilty in Northampton District Court on Tuesday to a charge of trying to disarm a police officer who was taking her into protective custody over the weekend.Brandi Forman, 51, faces a maximum sentence of...

NORTHAMPTON — One of downtown’s most distinctive and prominent buildings, 1 King St., has a new owner and, next year, it will return to its roots as a bank.DP Holdings LLC, the company that owned 1 King St., sold it to JPMorgan Chase Bank last month...

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council has allocated $500,000 in Community Preservation Act funds to the private owner of the vacant St. John Cantius Church, the historic 10 Hawley St. structure that is slated to become 10 units of market-rate housing.The...

SOUTH HADLEY — A student at Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School embarked this week on a 300-mile bike ride to Seneca Falls, N.Y., considered the birthplace of women’s suffrage, with a goal of registering as many new voters as possible...

HOLYOKE — City Councilor Wilmer Puello-Mota returned to his duties at Tuesday night’s council meeting, voting as a full member days after a Hampden Superior Court judge ruled he could not be removed from his seat while he faces child pornography and...

NORTHAMPTON — Police found a missing senior who had fallen down an embankment on Monday night and spent hours yelling for help.At around 9:30 p.m., officers responded to a home on South Street to help the resident find their husband. He had left three...

HOLYOKE — Employees of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home are left to seek other avenues of relief after a federal judge on Monday tossed a lawsuit claiming that mismanagement of the veterans’ health care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a...

NORTHAMPTON — This year’s Shelter Sunday fundraiser to benefit local homeless services organizations was not confined to a single day, so those who have not yet donated to the Oct. 2 drive still have a chance to participate.Beneficiaries of the 31st...

NORTHAMPTON — A Florence woman who accused her physical therapist of inappropriately touching her, leading to Edward Kostek’s conviction on indecent assault charges last month, is suing Kostek and his former employer, Cooley Dickinson Hospital.The...

NORTHAMPTON — Jewish leaders and their congregations came together Sunday to show support and respect for the local immigrant community at a time when those who are fleeing violence and oppression in their homelands are struggling to find acceptance...