2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (9+ words) Editorial: Heading to Boston for Local News Day'The Shoestring...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (947+ words) The Shoestring found that the state has been testing at least 40 government use cases for AI, though it remains tight-lipped about most of them. Last month, Gov. Maura Healey was joined by a virtual Sam Altman of Open AI to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1811+ words) Ahead of the historic Turners Falls paper mill's near-certain demolition, the Montague Reporter and The Shoestring examine eight crucial years through the eyes and voices of its stewards. Jan Ross heard the whir of the fax machine and grabbed the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (360+ words) Centered on patient data-sharing between Baystate and tech giants Meta and Google, the suit could expose the hospital system to hundreds of millions in liability. A federal judge has denied Baystate Health's motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit accusing the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1369+ words) Organizers of a week of action believe state intervention can help prevent financial "death spirals" in shrinking districts Last week, 36 school districts across the state sounded the alarm about their funding woes in what they called the Rural and Declining…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1308+ words) At the top of Easthampton City Hall's salt-crusted stairs, inside a cramped conference room in the back of the building, a rebellion is blooming every Thursday evening. You wouldn't know it from the scenery alone. During a meeting in early…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1486+ words) This article was written in collaboration between The Montague Reporter and The Shoestring. GREENFIELD " Earlier this month, after a power fluctuation caused a hardware failure that severed the connection between the city's municipally-owned internet service provider, Greenfield Community Energy and…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (627+ words) A Venezuelan-American living in western Mass writes from Caracas to share his perspective on U. S. intervention in South America. Donald Trump's economic war against Venezuela killed my father in 2017. These personal deaths are just two of the thousands that U. S. imperialism has…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1006+ words) The meetings have been ongoing for years, but a recent Facebook post about them has prompted some to question the cozy relationship between police and landlords. "Is this rage bait?" one commenter asked. "This would be laughable if it also…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1522+ words) The Holyoke Fire Department would like to have sprinklers in all our buildings, but we are bound by the building code and the law," said Capt. David Rex, a department spokesperson. Around 8 a. m. on Dec. 2, 2025, Glorisel Cordero was making scrambled eggs…...