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Willow Vandoloski stares into the phone camera, a solemn expression on her face as she recounts the story of her brother’s death.


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06-13-2025 10:04 AM

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Northampton Post 28 makes a statement: 6-1 win over reigning champs Belchertown Post 239 (PHOTOS)
06-13-2025 10:13 PM

NORTHAMPTON — It had been quite some time since the Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion baseball team suffered its last regular season loss after going undefeated en route to the District 3 championship a summer ago, but Post 239 experienced that feeling on Friday evening at Arcanum Field.

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Guest columnist Joseph Levine: Antisemitism, anti-Zionism and the rights of Palestinians
06-13-2025 5:00 PM

The recent murder of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington and the attack on the people attending a vigil for the Israeli captives in Gaza has poured fuel on the fire consuming the movement for Palestinians rights, supposedly justifying the harshest crackdown on protected political speech since the days of McCarthy and the congressional Un-American Activities Committee. The almost universal response to these crimes  – blaming the people who are protesting the unprecedented carnage wrought by the Israeli military in Gaza — highlights several troubling features of the state of debate over Israel/Palestine at this time.

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Brutal? No, beautiful: Holyoke artist Michael Karmody has found beauty — and a decent living — in concrete creations
06-12-2025 11:01 AM

HOLYOKE — Artist Michael Karmody knows a hard truth about concrete — that it is often associated with sidewalks and jails, not attractive things.

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