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NORTHAMPTON — New lighting is going up on the two bridges that span one end of Main Street as part of a city initiative to help improve visibility at night and encourage visitors to walk further down to explore an area of downtown that features...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — When she accepted the job more than eight years ago to become the city’s first female police chief, Jody Kasper had this message for the community: “I hope to live up to your expectations and I will do my very best to do that.”Former...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — In an attempt to both reduce light pollution and allow for greater safety at night, the city is looking to update its outdoor lighting policy, something it hopes to bring to a vote before the end of the year and the subsequent formation...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Several years ago, Tom Rozene and his family were struggling with homelessness and food insecurity. But on Thanksgiving Day that year, they knew they could go to Edwards Church in Northampton to get a free meal, courtesy of dozens of...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Despite pleas from the biggest group opposed to Picture Main Street to pick an alternative design, the City Council officially went on record Thursday in support of the city’s years-in-the-making plan for a $21 million redesign of Main...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Malfunctioning equipment responsible for sterilizing medical instruments and devices forced Cooley Dickinson Hospital to temporarily suspend both elective and emergency surgical operations on Nov. 6, though some of those procedures...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — When Chris Freeman was in eighth grade, his father took him to the Iron Horse Music Hall for his first concert at the venue, where he was immediately entranced by the atmosphere, sitting at one of the tables by the wall plastered with...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Single-family homeowners will likely see their tax bills go up by about $500 on average next year, even though the city is looking to lower its property tax rate.That’s because the average single-family home in Northampton has ballooned...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — When Brien Baker was teaching English in Japan during the 1980s, he heard a story about a colleague that witnessed a student buy an 8-ounce can of soda from a vending machine, even though a 12-ounce soda cost the same price. When the...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — A week after a barrage of racist and antisemitic comments made over Zoom at a City Council meeting, councilors are considering limiting public comment at their bimonthly meetings to only items listed on the agenda.If enacted — the idea...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — In addition to at-large positions on the City Council and School Committee, voters in Tuesday’s election also decided races for the council’s Ward 3 seat and School Committee’s Ward 4 seat.Michael Stein, the incumbent Ward 4 committee...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The City Council will convene in a special meeting Thursday to discuss steps to address its rules regarding public comment after last week’s meeting was disrupted by numerous racist and antisemitic remarks made over Zoom.What had been...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra has designated Capt. John Cartledge to lead the Police Department on an interim basis while a search takes place to find a replacement for Chief Jody Kasper, who announced earlier this week that she is leaving...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Four candidates are vying for two at-large seats on the Northampton City Council, the only multi-candidate council race in the municipal election Nov. 7. The candidates are Garrick Perry, the current Ward 4 city councilor; Marissa...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — With a budget override looming for Northampton, spending and money dominated a significant portion of the conversation at a Wednesday forum featuring the four candidates running for two at-large positions on the City Council.Candidates...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — A sleepy campaign for Ward 3’s city council seat is now competitive after a longtime resident recently announced a write-in campaign for the position heading into next Tuesday’s municipal election.The race to replace outgoing councilor...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — After 25 years of service and a lifetime spent in western Massachusetts, Northampton Police Chief Jody Kasper is leaving the city to take on a new role as chief of police for the idyllic island town of Nantucket.“Pursuing this...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — One day, Kara McElhone hopes her services will no longer be needed. But until then, she plans to keep up on her mission of protecting children as executive director of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Hampshire County.“How we treat our...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — As Halloween approaches, members of the New England Mountain Biking Association (NEMBA) are grappling with the city over a different kind of saw massacre.Members of the association recently discovered that a bridge they paid for and...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
BOSTON — Stressing that legal drug consumption sites would save hundreds of lives and that there isn’t a moment to waste, Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan implored lawmakers on Monday to muster up the courage to pass legislation before...
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