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The people’s pediatrician: Jonathan Schwab named 2020 Community Clinician of the Year
When Jonathan Schwab was growing up in Bethesda, Maryland, he looked up to his uncle, Robert Abrams, founder of Holyoke Pediatrics and a now-retired pediatrician, as an inspiration and mentor in his life. Years later, Schwab himself became a... → Read More
People of the year: Anti-racist activist, 3D whiz kid, environmentalist honored in annual awards
An anti-racist activist who has organized protests across the Pioneer Valley. A Northampton High School student who made 2,000 3D-printed face shields for local area health care workers. A co-founder of a worker-owned human-powered delivery and... → Read More
Music venues unlikely to reopen soon, despite governor’s order, but arcades getting ready to roll
NORTHAMPTON — With Gov. Charlie Baker’s announcement that most Massachusetts communities can move to the next phase of reopening beginning Monday, performance venues such as concert halls will be able to reopen with up to 50% capacity or 250 people,... → Read More
A new way to play: Little Roots music program attracts families, new fans abroad
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has shut down in-person classes at the Little Roots studio in Florence, children from across the globe can now attend an online version of the Florence-based program in the comfort of their own homes.Little Roots — which... → Read More
Portrait of Florence woman in Down Syndrome Society screens in Times Square
Last winter, Lucie Pasche, a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome, was singing with her musical group The Friendship Band when photographer Isabella Dell’olio took a photo of her mid-performance. On Sunday, that photo was screened in Times Square in... → Read More
Season the day: Shack 181, new beer garden and restaurant, opens in Hadley
HADLEY — For more than 25 years, North Hadley Sugar Shack at 181 River Drive has been serving up hot pancakes for breakfast seasonally, along with its fresh local maple syrup. But now, the sugar shack has expanded its offerings with an indoor/outdoor... → Read More
How are B&Bs getting by? Constant cleaning, contactless dining and socially distanced goat walks
In the first few months of the coronavirus pandemic, Jay Candelario, owner of Jay’s Bed & Breakfast in Holyoke, lost over $100,000 in revenue due to cancelations and a steady decline in guests staying at his Queen Anne Victorian home, which is more... → Read More
Hands-on horses: Full of Grace Farm in Hadley merges academics with experience
At Full of Grace Farm in Hadley, a wide range of students from 7-year-olds to those attending college have learned about barn management, horses and the farm through collaborations with local schools that offer accredited classes and make a day at the... → Read More
Springfield artist with autism raises over $1,500 for Look Park’s Christenson Zoo
NORTHAMPTON — Ben Brodecki, a 28-year-old man from Springfield with autism, has sold more than a hundred paintings since June. And through these sales, he has raised about $1,500 for the Christenson Zoo at Look Memorial Park, where he has been a... → Read More
UMass fisheries grad student gets boost from trailblazer’s scholarship
Kate Abbott, a 29-year-old doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is one of two women nationwide to receive the fourth annual Noreen Clough Memorial Scholarship — a $1,000 scholarship from bass fishing organization Bassmaster... → Read More
New Oxbow exhibit explores how pandemic changed artistic process
After more than four months of being closed to the public, Northampton’s Oxbow Gallery will be reopening with limited hours starting Sept. 4. The gallery will showcase an exhibit titled “Evolving in Chaos,” which features new work by gallery member... → Read More
Earning her wings: Northampton junior makes first solo flight
NORTHAMPTON — Last month, 16-year-old Krista Jordan, a rising junior at Northampton High School, took to the skies during her first solo flight at Northampton Airport. Jordan is the recipient of the second annual Mary Shea Wright Flight Memorial... → Read More
Forbes Library puts focus on racism, diversity
Northampton’s Forbes Library wants to include more diverse voices from the western Massachusetts community with the goal of bringing more anti-racism practices and programs to the library through the recommendations of the Racial & Social Justice... → Read More
Holyoke board votes for all-remote learning
HOLYOKE — In a nonbinding unanimous vote during the Holyoke School Committee’s broadcasted meeting Friday, the committee recommended that the school district move to remote-only learning for the start of the new school year this fall. However, Alberto... → Read More
Easthampton OKs remote start to school year
EASTHAMPTON — The School Committee has voted unanimously to start the coming school year remotely before gradually entering into a phased hybrid model of remote and in-person learning.The vote was taken during a livestreamed meeting... → Read More
‘Wimpy Kid’ author meets awesome kid readers: Sibling fans shine light on Type 1 diabetes
This Sunday, bestselling children’s author Jeff Kinney (creator of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series) will make a 10 a.m. appearance at South Hadley’s Odyssey Bookshop in the Village Commons as part of a socially distanced book tour for his latest... → Read More
Belchertown Fair canceled amid pandemic
BELCHERTOWN – For only the third time in its 163-year history, the Belchertown Fair has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The fair was scheduled for Sept. 25-27 and has been held annually for more than a century. The last two times it has... → Read More
The strength of survivors: Paradise City Dragon Boat Team subject of new short film, ‘Paddle Together’
It wasn’t until after her battle with breast cancer when she entered remission five years ago that Westfield resident Lisa Butler started to grapple with the traumatic experience of her illness. She found healing through a community of cancer... → Read More
Arts in progress: IMA chosen as ‘cultural hub’ for pilot WPA-inspired program for artists
The Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA) in Goshen was recently chosen as one of six cultural hubs in western Massachusetts in a pilot program called Artists at Work (AAW), which is inspired by the Great Depression-era Works Progress Administration to... → Read More
Wheelhouse and chill: Amherst catering company launches meal subscription service
Amherst-based farm-to-table catering company Wheelhouse Farm will be launching a meal subscription service called Wheelhouse at Home that includes prepared meals made with local farm fresh ingredients for pickup or delivery. The subscription service... → Read More