Mary Serreze’s blog just announced: This Just in from David Pakman and our friends at VFR and NCTV: Be There or Be Square!The 2009 Northampton Mayoral Debate, hosted by Valley Free Radio and Northampton Community Television, will be held at the Northampton High School Auditorium on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. Doors open […]
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Northampton’s City Council plans to discuss the following non-binding question for the November 3 ballot at its September 3 meeting (City Council Chambers, 212 Main Street, 7:15pm).See also:Video: Special Meeting of the Board of Public Works and the City Council, 8/21/09; Landfill Ballot Question No. 2The claim that there will be “no new environmental risk […]
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Michael Bardsley campaign headquarters hosted a grand opening yesterday at 131 Main Street in Florence. Mr. Bardsley is running for Mayor. Here is his 18-minute speech in a video made available by the campaign. Additional videos and pictures can be found at MichaelBardsley.com. Please note: The North Street Neighborhood Association does not endorse specific candidates […]
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Here is a 1 hour 13 minute blip.tv video from the 8/21/09 special meeting of the Northampton Board of Public Works and members of City Council. This video was recorded by Lachlan Ziegler. The participants discussed the language of a City Council-sponsored nonbinding question for the November election ballot regarding the proposed expansion of the municipal […]
These two blip.tv videos (part 1, part 2) cover the complete 8/13/09 meeting of Northampton’s Planning Board. The recording was made by Ben Spencer. The first video is 1 hour 28 minutes long and addresses these agenda items: 7:00 P.M. Request by Marge Curello for Special Permit/Site Plan Amendment to change the house plans/elevations for the single […]
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For Immediate Release Contact: Angela D. Plassmann 180 Fair Street, Ext. Northampton, MA 01060 413-265-1260 an****@*************nn.com Northampton, MA – August 2, 2009 I, Angela D. Plassmann, announce my candidacy for the position of Northampton City Councilor, representing Ward 3. Many people in Ward 3 believe their voices are not given enough weight in City Hall. […]
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Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 7/30/09 special meeting of Northampton’s City Council. The councilors deadlocked on how to proceed with a citizens’ petition to put a question on expanding the Northampton landfill on the November ballot. This video is 1 hour and 30 minutes long, and was recorded by Mimi Odgers of […]
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Here is a blip.tv video of the complete Northampton City Council meeting of 7/9/09. This video is 3 hours and 54 minutes long, and was recorded by Mimi Odgers from Water Not Waste. We have also broken out shorter segments of this video that cover the public comments period, ballot questions on expanding the landfill […]
We welcome a new citizens’ group and blog to the Pioneer Valley political scene: Water Not Waste.“Water Not Waste is a new citizens’ group committed to preserving the quality of the Barnes Aquifer in Western Massachusetts. We oppose the expansion of the Northampton Landfill over this aquifer. Our current priority is passage of the Proposed Initiative […]
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This press release appeared today on the Sustain Northampton Yahoo group: Press ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJULY 3, 2009On Thursday, July 2, 2009, At Large City Councilor Michael Bardsley and Ward Six City Councilor Marianne LaBarge submitted an Order to be place[d] on the agenda of the meeting of the Nothampton City Council scheduled for Thursday, July […]