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Young kids aren’t immune: Mental health issues at crisis point amid lack of specialized therapists
02-11-2024 5:00 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

Local child therapist Alice Barber says that she could discharge all 45 of her clients — children as young as 2 or 3 years old — and her practice would fill back up within a couple of weeks, “no questions asked.” Barber has colleagues who get 10 calls...

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Healing by Standing Together: Online forum features leaders of group promoting Israeli-Palestinian peace
01-31-2024 5:00 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

The hearts of Jewish and Palestinian Americans in western Massachusetts are aching.Over the last nearly four months, hundreds of community members have united at protests in the form of rallies, sit-ins, and letter signings for a permanent cease-fire,...


Blue Cross pauses anesthesia policy after doctors raise concerns
01-28-2024 10:46 AM

By MADDIE FABIAN

Less than a month after it began enforcing a longstanding policy restricting the use of anesthesia during colonoscopies and other procedures, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is pausing that action after physicians statewide lobbied the insurer...


Western Mass. legislators call for changes in Healey housing bill to meet region’s needs
01-21-2024 5:00 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

As the state considers the governor’s proposed $4.13 billion Affordable Homes Act — a comprehensive roadmap for affordable housing across the Commonwealth — a group of 16 western Massachusetts legislators are advocating for amendments to meet housing...


The State of Solar: In a final forum at UMass, experts debate best ways to implement solar projects
01-03-2024 4:04 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final article from the Western Mass. Solar Forum series. The first three forums took place in September, and another series of forums is in the works for this spring.AMHERST — Most experts agree solar energy is...


New walkers help make rougher Mass Audubon trails accessible
08-22-2023 5:00 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON – Flora Majumder, age 88, enjoys taking a 20-minute walk every day. Where she lives — at Lathrop Retirement Community in Easthampton — paths, trails and exercise classes that accommodate the use of a cane or walker are plentiful.But, due...


They’re like ‘vampires:’ Heavy rains, warm temperatures cause mosquito excess
07-30-2023 5:00 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — On a cloudy and humid Thursday morning, John Briggs was doing the same thing he has done since 2014: placing mosquito traps and collecting them for testing in the lab.But this time, recent prolonged heavy rains and heat meant that he was...

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