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NORTHAMPTON — A planned affordable housing development in the city is one of 27 projects across the state to receive a combined $246 million in subsidies and tax credits from the Healey-Driscoll administration.The money comes in the form of direct...

50 Years Ago ■Federal District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro made an unannounced visit and inspection of Belchertown State School yesterday to gather first-hand information regarding the pending case against the state. The Belchertown Friends...

50 Years Ago■ Armed with the facts that over $1 billion is lost annually in the U.S. to shoplifters and that 77% of a group of students polled at the University of Massachusetts say they shoplift, a panel of experts yesterday told businessmen that...

NORTHAMPTON — Some $1.23 million in Community Preservation Act money approved by the City Council last week will go toward 11 projects, including affordable housing downtown and in Leeds, outdoor recreation and improvements to the Northampton...

It’s a New Year’s tradition for many people to look back and be grateful for accomplishments and look ahead to hope for a better year. I hope you’ll join me in celebrating some of the examples of progress on climate crisis solutions in 2022 that I’ve...

I was so happy to read the letter from residents of Old School Commons, welcoming the Resilience Hub as their neighbor at the long-vacant First Baptist Church. We need people to stand up for services that assist the unhoused as well as those among us...