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Football closes season at Frontier Regional

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.

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Government · Board of Health

Board OKs Recycling Tonnage Increase 4-1

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.

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Government · Select Board

Council adopts rules for small battery storage sites

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.

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Morning Brief

Fiscal task force meets Wednesday

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.

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Morning Brief

Panel weighs $1 million King Street housing ask

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.

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of October 5 through October 11, 2026

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 …

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Morning Brief

Deed filings show wide price spread

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…

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Real Estate

Northampton September Sales Hold Steady With $400,000 Median Price So Far

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…

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