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2 weeks ago | 
theshoestring.org | Shelby Lee |Dusty Christensen
In city centers across the region, people showed up in protest, crowding sidewalks and spilling into the street to oppose the Trump administration's assault on the federal government, immigrants, free speech, and much more.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
theshoestring.org | Shelby Lee
Hats, t-shirts, and patches of various versions of the American flag - including more than a few "Thin Blue Line" flags - adorned the crowd of community members gathering in the Easthampton High School auditorium entryway on Monday.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
theshoestring.org | Shelby Lee
Managers began doling out disciplinary notices to employees at River Valley Co-op this week, following an announcement of enforcement of an existing ban on almost all non-co-op issued buttons and pins, employees said. The ramped-up enforcement comes on the heels of the co-op's 16,500-odd member households casting ballots on an advisory poll on a member-led proposal to deshelve products made in Israel over the country's violations of international law.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
theshoestring.org | Shelby Lee
Critical workspace improvements are moving forward for parks-and-rec workers in Easthampton following the City Council's unanimous designation of $60,000 from the general stabilization fund for the purpose of upgrading Parks and Recreation Department facilities. The move follows councilors' unanimous passage of a "Parks and Recreation Support Resolution" on Aug. 7, with the heft of the resolution outlining the importance and necessity of the parks and parks services.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
fhtimes.com | Shelby Lee
At the Town Council meeting on Oct. 15, I came to the microphone for public comment. Everything was moving along smoothly until my comments turned to Council candidate Clayton Corey. Mayor Dickey interrupted me, asked me to stop and explained why. So, with all due respect to the Council and the mayor, I stopped. There was a discussion raised by Hannah Toth and her final word was “let him speak.” But I felt it best to honor the mayor’s admonishment and simply sum up my comment.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
fhtimes.com | Shelby Lee
I wasn’t aware residents were involved in an election at the last council meeting, but we were!It was discussed how the council will move forward now that they are short one person. Toth commented on how Gayle Earle had already won her seat, so why not put her onto the dais now? Seemed reasonable, but her comments fell on deaf ears when it came to Dickey, McMahon and Kalivianakis. Here’s when the “election” took place.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
fhtimes.com | Shelby Lee
As an Independent, conservative new resident of Fountain Hills, I am writing to express my concern about the growing polarization in our community. It is disheartening to see neighbors and friends divided by partisan politics, unable to find common ground or engage in constructive dialogue. Unfortunately, I often see letters from those supporting our current mayor with insults and accusations leveled at her opponents and other current Town Council members.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
dev.to | Shelby Lee
EngFlow and Google are teaming up to bring you a Build Meetup! It's an event all about build, developer productivity tools, CI/CD, and DevOps. There will be: Enlightening talks that will spark your curiosityNetworking opportunities of the human variety, not the OSI model kind. Food and drinkThe agenda is packed with talks about the Bazel build system and toolchains, unit test optimization, migrating build systems, pipeline stability, automated release strategies, cross-platform testing, and more.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
theshoestring.org | Dusty Christensen |Dan McGlynn |Shelby Lee
Police at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are seeking felony charges of "inciting to riot" against two pro-Palestine activists over their roles in a May 7 protest encampment on the school's campus. The pending charges are the latest actions the university has taken against protesters who were involved in the encampment, which was the scene of a violent police crackdown resulting in the arrests of over 130 people.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
theshoestring.org | Shelby Lee
In recent years, one of the biggest political battlegrounds in Easthampton have been its parks projects. A skate park, pickleball courts, a dog park, and places to play basketball have filled discussion in public meetings. But as those parks projects advance through planning phases, some Parks and Recreation Committee members and maintenance staff workers are skeptical that the city has done all the necessary groundwork to support this expansion of maintenance demands.
