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AMHERST — In recent days, a flurry of people have reached out to the nonprofit organization that runs Amherst’s seasonal emergency overnight shelter, perhaps indicating that when it opens Wednesday evening, demand for the service will continue to be...

MISCELLANEOUSCLUTTER— Clutterers Anonymous 12-step group. Free. Meets every Friday, 6:30 p.m., at the South Congregational Church, 1066 South East St., Amherst. Call Mike at 345-5115 or go to http://www.claeast.org/ for more info.UNDEREARNERS...

The Northampton Jazz Festival, shut down last fall because of COVID-19, returns this weekend, Oct. 1-2, with a busy schedule of live performances, with shows in Pulaski Park, several downtown restaurants and other venues, and a final concert at the...

Support groups, resources and more "> DAN LITTLEMothers Hillary Halpern, from left, Brianna Sloane, and Amanda Lamontagne talk with each other as their children Marlowe Halpern, bottom left, Edwin Roberts, and Will Lamontagne play during the "Over the Hump" class for mothers with infants between ages around 6-12 months at the Cooley Dickinson Center for Midwifery Care Thursday in Northampton. DAN LITTLE—Daily Hampshire Gazette "> DAN LITTLE14-month-old Edwin Roberts, of Sunderland, crawls alo...

Published: 4/22/2021 8:51:51 PM NORTHAMPTON — The Rev. Donald Morgan, pastor of Haydenville Congregational Church, said he watched bits and pieces of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd last May. “Of course I tuned in to the verdict,” Morgan said, standing at the front of the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence church on Thursday afternoon. “Since that time I have celebrated, and I have rejoiced,” he said. “But I was...

Hope on Wheels project aims to help homeless Melinda Shaw of Florence and BJ Church of Northampton work on assembling a Humanity Pod as part of a project to provide the local unhoused population with a modular live-in unit, Saturday in Northampton, MA. BJ Church of Northampton attaches a puncture-resistant wheel to a Humanity Pod, a modular sleeper and storage camper, at her garage in Northampton, MA. Melinda Shaw of Florence and BJ Church of Northampton spend a Saturday morning building a prot...

Hope on Wheels project aims to help homeless Melinda Shaw of Florence and BJ Church of Northampton work on assembling a humanity pod as part of a project to provide the local homeless population with a modular live-in unit. FOR THE GAZETTE/SABATO VISCONTI BJ Church of Northampton attaches a puncture-resistant wheel to a humanity pod, a modular sleeper and storage camper, at her garage in Northampton. FOR THE GAZETTE/SABATO VISCONTI Melinda Shaw of Florence and BJ Church of Northampton spend a S...

Who will lead Northampton next? With Mayor David Narkewicz announcing he won’t seek 4th term, race opens up Updated Jan 09, 2021; Posted Jan 09, 2021 Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz speaks at a naturalization ceremony held on the grounds of the Hampshire County Courthouse. (Don Treeger/The Republican) Facebook Share After serving for nearly a decade as the chief public official of Hampshire County’s largest city, Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz announced earlier this week he won’t b...

STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING Published: 12/31/2020 7:25:06 PM As 2020 comes to a close, we look back at a year that will live on for generations. It was a time when we came to learn about social distancing. Businesses, schools and communities struggled to keep pace as they worked to adapt. Families reeled from the loss of loved one, often times without ever getting a chance to say goodbye. How can this year possibly be tol...

3 months ago in Local Denise Vozella Photo: WHMP (Undated) — More than half the cities and towns in Massachusetts are now listed as at high risk for the coronavirus. The number has ticked up over the course of the past week. Elsewhere in New England, a federal food box program set to end with the year is being taken over by Vermont Foodbank. It plans to fund it through February. Schools across Maine are repor...