We are pleased to share this announcement from The Amherst Orchid Society. Admission to the Orchid Show is $3, and children under 12 are free.
Hampshire Life Profiles Ward 3
Today’s Hampshire Life supplement in the Gazette includes a long profile of Ward 3 and the Ward 3 Neighborhood Association. It’s upbeat and enjoyable, but curiously omits any mention of Ward 3’s current City Councilor, Angela Plassmann.Some excerpts: Good neighbors …Ward 3 is the old part of the city, a place of narrow streets, elegantly […]
Northampton Media: “Health Risks Alleged at Northampton Public Housing”
Northampton Media continues its investigation of conditions in Northampton’s public housing: Health Risks Alleged at Northampton Public Housing (January 29, 2010)K., a still-elegant woman in her mid-50s, has small-cell lung cancer that has metastasized to her brain. A member of a prominent Northampton family, she lives in a second-floor walk-up at the Cahill Apartments public […]
February 3: Ward & Neighborhood Organizational Meeting for the 2010 Census
The Ward 3 Neighborhood Association announces: The 2010 Federal Census is coming in March and we want to raise awareness around the city about how easy, safe and important it is to complete. The city has created a Complete Count Committee [link] to help in that process. It has ordered materials that seek to inform and […]
February 11: Traffic Calming Meeting for the Montview Neighborhood
The Ward 3 Neighborhood Association announces: NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING MEETINGTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 20107:00 at COLLEGE CHURCH, 48 Pomeroy TerraceThe Montview Neighborhood** Traffic Calming committee (formed originally as a sub-committee of the Ward 3 Neighborhood Association) has been working for over two years to devise ways to make our neighborhood safer, cleaner, and quieter by encouraging […]
Video and Slides: Joel Russell Presents Form-Based Zoning
The Northampton Design Forum sponsored “An Introduction to Form-Based Zoning” on January 26. The A.P.E. Gallery on Main Street filled to hear Joel Russell’s presentation. Mr. Russell is a member of the Northampton Design Forum and chairs Northampton’s Zoning Revisions Committee. Here is a complete blip.tv video of the presentation, recorded by Adam Cohen. The […]
February 24 Forum: “Rezoning Northampton for a Sustainable Future”
The Zoning Revisions Committee has issued this press release:City of Northampton Zoning Revisions CommitteeFor Immediate Release: January 21, 2010Contact: Joel Russell, Chair, Zoning Revisions Committee, jo******@***il.com, 413-584-7228Danielle Kahn, Vice-Chair, Zoning Revisions Committee, dj********@***oo.com, 413-320-7208Carolyn Misch, Northampton Office of Planning and Development, cm****@***********ma.gov, 413-587-1287“Rezoning Northampton for a Sustainable Future”The future of King Street, appropriate forms of […]
Volunteers Wanted for Charter Review Committee
The Northampton City Council home page issues this call for volunteers: The City Council is seeking four volunteers to help conduct a review of the City Charter in accordance with Section 22-1(4) of the Northampton Code of Ordinances: “At least once in every 10 years, in every year ending in a zero, the City Council […]
Rebuttal to Dr. Geoffrey Kuter’s Brief for Landfill Expansion
Dr. Geoffrey Kuter recently submitted this letter (PDF) in support of expanding the Northampton landfill. We present it and then offer our rebuttal. Concerned citizens are urged to attend the January 27 Board of Public Works meeting.Our rebuttal:The city has operated a landfill for a generation yet our recycling rates lag behind most of our neighboring […]
January 27: Landfill Expansion on Board of Public Works Agenda
We urge concerned citizens to attend this meeting: The Board of Public Works [blog] is holding its regular public meeting on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 5:30 p.m. at the Community Room located in the JFK Middle School on Bridge Road. On the Board’s agenda for this meeting is the discussion of a motion whether or not […]