Tim Jacobs and other residents of Edwards Square have asked us to publish this open letter. There will be public hearings on the proposal by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish on October 14 starting at 7:30pm in City Council Chambers. Concerned citizens are urged to attend. An open letter from the concerned citizens of Northampton. We welcome […]
October 19: Public Meeting on the King/Summer/North Street Intersection & Manhan Rail Trail
The Office of Planning and Development announces: PUBLIC MEETING: King, Summer, and North Street Intersection & Manhan Rail Trail SUBJECT: Proposed improvements at the King/Summer/North Streets intersection AND the proposed new Manhan Rail Trail access ramp at Edwards Square and North Street. WHEN: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 TIME: 6:00 PM WHERE: City Council Chamber, 212 […]
October 18: Final Public Forum on the Draft Open Space, Recreation, and Multi-Use Plan
The Office of Planning and Development announces: The final of three public forums on the draft Open Space, Recreation, and Multi-Use Plan will be held this coming Monday October 18th at 7:00 PM in City Council Chambers [see below]. This will be the same format at the first two forums (presentation on the draft plan […]
October 21: Free Flu Vaccine Clinic Sponsored by Northampton Health Department
Ward 3 Open Space Survey Results
The Ward 3 Neighborhood Association and Smith College have just released the results of an informal survey regarding open space and recreation. Here are the top five responses to Question 7 (among the 94 respondents who answered the question correctly): If you could tell the City three things that we needed in Ward 3 that would make […]
October 21: Presentation by Grow Food Northampton
The Leeds Civic Association and the Baystate Village Association will co-sponsor a presentation by Lilly Lombard, President of Grow Food Northampton. Time: Thursday October 21, 7 pm Where: Music Room, Leeds Grammar School, Florence Street, Leeds Come on out to learn about Grow Food Northampton’s effort to buy the Bean and Allard farmland in Florence […]
October 16: Ward 6 Get Together at Hickory Dell Farm
Photos: “Perseus and Medusa” at the Paradise City Arts Festival
Easthampton artist Matt Evald Johnson reinterprets a classic legend in “Perseus and Medusa”. See it now at the Paradise City Arts Festival at the Three County Fairgrounds, open through Monday. Learn more at Mr. Johnson’s website, www.evaldart.com. Photos taken by Adam Cohen and published with kind permission of the artist.
October 14: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish on Planning Agenda
October 14 will be a busy evening for the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Planning Board. Items of special importance to Ward 3 are marked in red: THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS will hold a public hearing in Council Chambers, 212 Main Street, Northampton: 5:30 P.M. Special Permit request by Andrew Payne & Loretta […]
OPD Call for Applicants to Serve on Zoning Revisions Committee
From the Office of Planning and Development: The City of Northampton Planning Board seeks to fill 2 vacancies on the Zoning Revisions Committee (ZRC), which is a 9-member advisory committee. One vacancy is to be filled by a person with technical skills and experience to address zoning, land use and planning issues. The other vacancy […]