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Noho Pride parade called off this year as organizers regroup for 2023

NORTHAMPTON - One of state's largest and longest-running celebrations of queer jubilance, the Noho Pride parade and festival, has been canceled this year as a new crop of organizers look to rebuild for 2023."The plan for this year is rebuilding this organization because our entire, essentially the...

Northampton Council on Aging extends deadline for director job applicants

NORTHAMPTON - The city has decided to extend the deadline to apply for the job of Senior Services director, a position that includes overseeing the Northampton Senior Center and running the city's Tax Work-Off Program.Marie Westburg served as director from spring 2018 until her resignation on April...

Legal opinion could thwart CPA funding for Girls Inc. project in Holyoke

HOLYOKE - Community Preservation Act funds that a majority of the Holyoke City Council hoped to give to the nonprofit Girls Inc. are now in jeopardy due to an opinion from the city's legal department.Earlier this month, the City Council voted to give $150,000 to Girls Inc. to do preservation work on...

Childhood as a 'state of being': Carle museum exhibit revisits American modernist 'Nura'

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has featured the work of a wide range of artists over the years, some better known than others.Nura Woodson Ulreich is likely one of the lesser-known ones. As Ellen Keiter, the Carle's chief curator, notes, Ulreich "pretty much fell off the map" after she di...

A-10 semifinals: UMass women's lacrosse holds off Davidson to return to championship game

AMHERST - The UMass women's lacrosse team preserved its perfect Atlantic 10 record and punched its ticket to the conference championship game on Sunday. The Minutewomen will face off against No. 3 St. Joseph's at noon on Sunday for the A-10 title and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. St. Jose...

Guest columnist Kim Callinan: Reinforcing the importance of end-of-life care planning

Nearly half of all older adults now die with a dementia diagnosis, up more than one-third (36%) in just the past two decades, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.While these findings are disheartening, they also serve to underscore the importance of...

Aging with Adventure with Eric Weld: Women in the woods

Women love adventure too.OK, that might seem like a pain-fully obvious statement, or even a little cringe-worthy and ill-informed here well into the 21st century. Of course women love adventure, no less than men or anyone else.Still, it's a point that bears repeating because, for a range of reasons...

High schools: Gabby Dyjach's big day paces Hopkins Academy softball in win over rival Smith Academy

HADLEY - Friday may well have been Gabby Dyjach day at the Hopkins Academy softball field.The Golden Hawks senior outfielder had three hits and three RBIs in a 12-4 win over rival Smith Academy on Friday. She also scored a run and made a fantastic, ranging catch off her shoe strings in right field.I...