Deborah Allain-Thomas receives Athol Lions Club service award
Deborah Allain-Thomas, owner of Else Where at the Uptown Common in Athol, was recognized as the recipient of December s Athol Lions Club Community Service Award. Contributed photo/Mitchell R.Grosky
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Last week, Deborah Allain-Thomas, the owner of Else Where at the Uptown Common in Athol, was awarded a framed certificate recognizing her as the recipient of December’s Athol Lions Club Community Service Award. King Lion Joshua Grosky, as well as Committee Members Karen Perkins and Mitchell Grosky presented the award to thank Allain-Thomas for “all you have done throughout our community to exemplify the motto of Lions International: We Serve.”
Let me introduce myself. I am Joan Livingston and as of today, I’m the Pioneer Valley editor-in-chief, who will oversee three newspapers: the Daily Hampshire Gazette, the Greenfield Recorder and the Athol Daily News.For nearly two years, I have led.
Daily Hampshire Gazette editor âeliminatedâ six months after significant company layoffs
By Diti Kohli Globe Correspondent,Updated December 30, 2020, 2:10 p.m.
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The Daily Hampshire Gazette in Western Massachusetts has seen a shift at the top of its masthead after editor-in-chief Brooke Hauser tweeted that she had been laid off Tuesday morning.
âAnd.I was just told my job was âeliminated,ââ she wrote. âI love my staff, I love this paper, and I love this community. What a shame.â
Tuesdayâs announcement marked the latest round of cuts at the Northampton-based Gazette, one of the countryâs oldest newspapers. A total of eight newsroom employees were affected: longtime sports editor Mike Moran and two others accepted buyouts, and four people were laid off alongside Hauser. As with so many news organizations nationwide, the Gazette has faced financial struggles as prin
‘I love my staff, I love this paper, and I love this community’: Brooke Hauser, editor in chief of Daily Hampshire Gazette, laid off
Updated Dec 29, 2020;
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Brooke Hauser, the editor in chief of The Daily Hampshire Gazette in Northampton, announced over social media Tuesday that she was laid off from her job.
“And. I was just told my job was ‘eliminated,’ Hauser wrote on Twitter. “I love my staff, I love this paper, and I love this community. What a shame.”
Hauser’s announcement was met with an outpour of support over Twitter, with several people commending her for her work as an editor and calling the news of her firing terrible.
Mariano gains more local backing for speakership
SUSANNAH WHIPPS
Published: 12/27/2020 3:01:56 PM
Modified: 12/27/2020 4:01:05 PM
GARDNER A vote on who will succeed Mass. House Speaker Bob DeLeo reportedly could take place as early as Tuesday. However, DeLeo who has been in talks to take a position at Northeastern University must first submit his letter of resignation, after which the members of the Democratic caucus will meet to name their nominee for Speaker.
Independent state Rep. Susannah Whipps, a former Republican who now caucuses with the Democrats, has said she will support House majority leader Ron Mariano of Quincy for the Speakership. Mariano is being challenged by Rep. Russell Holmes of Mattapan.