Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 8/24/10 debate between the two Democratic candidatates for Northwestern District Attorney, Michael Cahillane and David Sullivan. This video is 1 hour 9 minutes long and was recorded by Lachlan Ziegler. The Daily Hampshire Gazette will host a debate between the two candidates on September 1 at JFK Middle School on Bridge […]
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Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 8/19/10 meeting of Northampton’s City Council. Download the agenda (PDF). This meeting includes a discussion of preserving Upper Roberts Meadow Dam (see the public comment period at the beginning of the meeting and then the councilors’ debate during 0:38:50-2:01:22 on the video) and promoting a waste-reduction initiative, Extended Producer Responsibility. The EPR […]
Ward 7 City Councilor Gene Tacy says the Fire Department’s most recent contract gives each member $14.06 for each medical call they respond to, in addition to their regular compensation. In aggregate, these stipends add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. In the Finance Committee portion of last night’s City Council meeting, Tacy says he feels […]
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As a resolution to preserve Upper Roberts Meadow Dam comes before Northampton’s City Council tomorrow, it’s worth noting how locally-produced green energy helped Holyoke attract its upcoming high-performance computing center. Bruce Mohl writes for CommonWealth magazine: Cheap, clean energy stirring interest in Holyoke (7/27/10) Holyoke, one of the poorest cities in Massachusetts, hasn’t attracted any significant business […]
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This week in Foreign Policy, Joel Kotkin challenges the notion that bigger is always better when it comes to cities. Urban Legends The human world is fast becoming an urban world — and according to many, the faster that happens and the bigger the cities get, the better off we all will be. The old […]
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This afternoon’s thunderstorm pressured Northampton’s downtown storm drains. Police closed the North Street underpass after a car began floating and had to be pushed out. Photos by Adam Cohen. Water at the corner of Hampton Avenue and Old South Street overran the sidewalk… State Street approaching Summer Street… See also: Flooding Incidents in the North […]
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The results of breakneck growth in China lead Carlo Rotella to appreciate how Boston values continuity: The growth of a thoughtful city …When I get back from China I no longer take it for granted that I can walk with my kids down our street past trees, yards, and lawns to a park with a […]
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Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 8/12/10 meeting of Northampton’s Planning Board. The board approved a change to View Avenue so that a neighbor to the proposed Kohl Construction condo development can still park two cars on View while allowing more room for traffic (see details in PDF, 2.8MB). The overall fate of the development is still on hold […]
Ward 6 City Councilor Marianne LaBarge, Ward 2 Councilor Paul Spector and Ward 7 Councilor Gene Tacy have proposed “A Resolution of the City Council on the Preservation of the Upper Roberts Meadow Dam” for the City Council meeting of August 19. Concerned citizens are encouraged to attend at 7:15pm in City Council Chambers, 212 […]
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A message from Sarah I. LaValley, Conservation, Preservation and Land Use Planner in Northampton’s Office of Planning and Development: “A public information session on Northampton’s 2011-2017 Open Space, Recreation, and Multi-Use Trail Plan will be held September 14 at 7:00 PM in Northampton High School’s Little Theater. This Plan will be an update to the […]
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