NORTHAMPTON — The Taste of Northampton is back this year and expanded for a two-day stretch of good eats and drink on Saturday, Sept. 13 and Sunday, Sept. 14, all hosted in its original home at the Armory Street Lot.| The Reminder
NORTHAMPTON — Incumbent Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra hosted a “Party for the Prelim” on Sept. 3 at the Florence Civic Center to ramp up support and rally voters ahead of the preliminary election coming Tuesday, Sept. 16.| The Reminder
NORTHAMPTON — The fourth and final candidate to square off in the upcoming Northampton mayoral race is Dan Breindel.| The Reminder
EASTHAMPTON — The Bread & Puppet Theater will return to Easthampton on Friday, Sept. 12, at Park Hill Orchard with its iconic circus as part of its 2025 fall tour to cities and towns in the U.S.| The Reminder
EASTHAMPTON — Easthampton High School’s We the People team continues to be a rising tide for its community as a new cross-generational book group started by the class has made students partner with community members of all ages.| The Reminder
HOLYOKE — The Western Massachusetts Council of Scouting America hosted its annual Distinguished Citizen Dinner on June 4 at the Log Cabin as a pioneering astronaut, a decorated state senator, a university president and a leading attorney were all highlighted for their career work.| The Reminder
EASTHAMPTON — In an evening of laughter on the longest day of the year, Comic Relief: Solstice Edition, an evening of comedy, community and collective action benefiting Tides for Reproductive Freedom, will be live at CitySpace on Friday, June 20.| The Reminder
Ahead of this year’s St. Patrick’s festiviites in Holyoke, Reminder Publishing sat down with Holyoke Grand Colleen Moira Catherine Reardon and Chicopee Colleen Daiana Torres to discuss their reaction to being named the colleens in their cities, and the journeys that made them into this year’s colleens.| The Reminder
EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Fire Department has been awarded a $19,000 grant from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and the Department of Services funding for the Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant program.| The Reminder
WESTFIELD — The Westfield Woman’s Club has been awarded a grant of $2,500 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council through its Festivals and Projects Program, covering the cost of performers and promotion for its “Sounds of Westfield” series of different events throughout 2025.| The Reminder
SUFFIELD — Starting in February the Suffield Players will present a production of Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed court room drama “A Few Good Men” at Mapleton Hall.| The Reminder
NORTHAMPTON — With the new year Northampton’s public electric vehicle charging network has changed how it charges for electricity, designed to enable the city to cover electricity costs and maintain the charging network while passing on savings to users.| The Reminder
HOLYOKE — A roundtable on the continuously rising rates of veteran suicide took place at Holyoke Community College on Oct. 24 as U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) and state Sen. John Velis (D-Westfield) hosted the discussion amongst local and statewide providers.| The Reminder