Northampton football closed its regular season on the road at Frontier Regional Saturday. Also in today's brief (15 items): Football plays at Frontier Regional; Girls soccer hosts West Springfield; Housing Authority meets Monday evening; Corn husk doll workshop at senior center.
The Northampton Board of Health approved a tonnage increase for Valley Recycling despite South Street residents' noise and vibration complaints. The board voted 4-1, with member Cynthia Suopis dissenting, to let the Easthampton Road facility add 150 to 200 tons to its current 324-ton daily limit.
Northampton City Council heard that the downtown parking garage has "concrete cancer" that could cost up to $33 million to fix. Hoffman Architects engineer Rob Marsoli said alkali-silica reaction and chloride-saturated concrete have corroded the 37-year-old E.J.
Northampton's Fiscal Assessment Community Task Force meets Wednesday evening at 5 p.m. Also in today's brief (15 items): Senior Center hosts Lunch and Listen Friday; City clerk tests election equipment Oct. 17-18; Housing Authority board meets Monday.
Community preservation panel weighs $1 million ask for King Street affordable housing project. From our own coverage: CPC hears $1 million King Street housing ask; Conservation Commission delays two wetlands permit votes.
Northampton's Energy and Sustainability Commission reviewed a plan to convert mowed city land into native meadows and heard why Valley Green Energy prices are rising.
This week's obituary notices carry one Northampton, Massachusetts, resident: Giza, Andrew J. Jr., 50, who died October 7, 2026, at Hospice of the Fisher Home. The notice, posted via Mitchell Funeral Home of Easthampton and aggregated on Legacy.com, identifies him as born in Northampton …
Northampton deed filings show a wide price spread with few October sales fully priced so far. From our own coverage: Deed filings show wide price spread. Also in today's brief (10 items): Paradise City Arts Festival wraps fall run; City clerk tests election equipment this week; Disabili…
Northampton's registry of deeds recorded 13 property transfers between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, but only three carried a sale price by this reporting, ranging from $203,000 to $515,000 with a median of $400,000. The period's top sale was 208 North Elm St. at $515,000, sold by Donaldson Jas…