A City Council committee revised a draft code of conduct for appointed board and commission members. The draft would become Division 13 of Article Three and require state ethics commission training within 30 days.
The ECA Coordinating Committee reviewed a proposed Chamber of Commerce partnership to revive the Cultural Chaos street festival in June 2027. A member said the projected budget was $24,500, with municipal costs of $6,800 against $3,500 in 2025.
The Conservation Commission closed out a 1982 wetlands order for 3 Chestnut Street. A voice vote issued a certificate of compliance for the 1982 order covering a solar greenhouse about 60 feet from Brickyard Brook; the original file said only "application approved as submitted."
Two Easthampton-resident obituaries were published this week: Burke, Dorothy (Dottie) Delisle, 89, who died Monday, September 7, with her family at her side, and Cunneen, Arthur, 79, who also died September 7. Both were connected to Mitchell Funeral Home, with Burke's fuller notice appe…
The Hampshire County Registry of Deeds recorded 11 Easthampton property transfers between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but only two listed a disclosed sale price: $245,000 at 5 Morin Drive and $459,900 at 11 Elizabeth Lane, Riverview Unit 11, for a two-sale median of $352,450. The Elizabeth La…
The Commission on Disability approved its minutes and spent its Sept. 10 meeting on strategic planning. Members reaffirmed accountability, connection and equity as guiding values and listed publicity, funding and recruitment as challenges.
Easthampton's Public Safety Committee agreed to hold its proposed e-bike ordinance while the state weighs the Ride Safe Act. The panel, meeting Sept. 10, pulled the item from the City Council's October hearing and kept it on its agenda, aiming to finish by spring.
Easthampton's Finance Committee held a divestment resolution for legal edits and backed a $62.50 payment.
Easthampton's Board of Health asked 99 East Street owners to return in mid-November with a unit ready for inspection. A staff member said the owners' RV exceeds the six-month temporary housing limit, and the owners said they have spent a little over $80,000 on the rebuild.
Easthampton's skate park began mobilizing the week after the Parks & Rec. Commission met. The commission approved its August 12 minutes as amended by roll call, with one abstention.
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