The Northampton School Committee adopted a Protect Act policy protecting immigrant students from federal immigration enforcement, voting 9-0 with one member recorded as present.
Northampton's Conservation Commission continued two wetlands permits and closed out a 1999 driveway case. Commissioners pushed Smith College's Mill River streambank stabilization permit to January 14, 2027, after a roll call hampered by dropped connections.
The Northampton Community Preservation Committee approved minutes unanimously but deferred decisions on two funding requests totaling more than $1.3 million.
A city commission heard a proposal to name a Northampton place for Bethsheba Hull.
Northampton's Valley Green Energy program locks in two-year competitive electricity rates for every utility territory in town. Also in today's brief (15 items): Valley Green Energy locks in 2-year rates; City posts weekly road construction list; Superintendent releases October newslette…
A School Committee subcommittee heard that the district's new after-school program had 327 children enrolled. Superintendent Anna Maria Azarloza told members about 243 attend daily across the four elementary schools, with a waitlist of "probably under 10" at Bridge Street.
The Northampton Public Schools Budget and Property Subcommittee voted 3-0 to approve its minutes and heard an update on a plan to bring more bus routes in-house.
Northampton's council committee unanimously recommended Richard Parasolini as public works director and Angie Gregory as central services director.
Two Community Preservation Act-funded recreation projects are progressing in Northampton: a new baseball scoreboard is installed and working, and the city's planned pump track is nearing a construction bid, according to the Community Preservation Committee's Sept. 30 meeting. The commit…
One Northampton obituary notice was logged this week: Rosa, Bryan Torres, age 32, who died September 28, 2026. His obituary, posted to Echovita, lists his residence as Northampton, MA and notes that arrangements are being handled by Mitchell Funeral Home of Easthampton; no further biogr…
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