NorthAssoc received kind permission to record video at Saturday’s Miss Trans Northampton Pageant. Lorelei Erisis was named Miss Trans Northampton 2009 from the evening’s field of eight. Leslie Anne Rios was the first runner-up, followed by Lily Rin and Tammy Twotone. Here are highlights from the event. These videos were recorded by Adam Cohen. “This is a piece I […]
Video: City Council Meeting of 9/3/09; Landfill Issues
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 9/3/09 meeting of Northampton’s City Council. This video is 2 hours 23 minutes long and was recorded by Mimi Odgers of Water Not Waste. Video highlights:0:05:00-0:08:24… Mimi Odgers speaks in the public comment period. She objects to the wording of a landfill ballot question proposed by Councilors Jim […]
Video: Zoning Revisions Committee Meeting of 9/2/09; Presentation on Traditional Urban Design Infill
Here is a blip.tv video of the 9/2/09 meeting of Northampton’s Zoning Revisions Committee. This video is 1 hour 43 minutes long and covers the entire meeting except for a gap of about 10 minutes around the one-hour mark due to technical difficulties. The video was recorded by Benjamin Spencer. Visit his blog at Nomp-Haho. […]
Video: Ordinance Committee Meeting of 8/31/09; Best Practices; Ballot Questions
Here is a blip.tv video of the 8/31/09 meeting of Northampton’s Committee on Elections, Rules, Ordinances, Orders and Claims. This committee is a subcommittee of the City Council. The video is 1 hour 8 minutes long. We join the meeting just a few minutes after the start. The video was recorded by Mimi Odgers of Water […]
Final Settlement Agreement to Purchase Homes by Landfill, May 2009
The Northampton Mayor’s office has just announced that the final settlement agreement to purchase the homes near the landfill has been made public and posted on the city website at this address:http://www.northamptonma.gov/dpw/Landfill/The link is called: “Final Settlement Agreement to purchase homes by landfill, May 2009”. You may also download this agreement here (PDF, 403KB) or view […]
September 10: Kohl Condo Hearing Before Conservation Commission
Kohl Construction’s 20-unit condo proposal for North Street goes again before the Conservation Commission on September 10, 5:30pm in the City Hall Hearing Room, 2nd floor, 210 Main Street. The conditions and convenants are expected to be a focus of the hearing. Concerned citizens are urged to attend. Here are the details: Northampton Conservation CommissionAgenda […]
Latest Version of Landfill Ballot Question No. 2
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 […]
YES! Magazine: “Upgrading the Way We Do Politics”
For those who are frustrated with the way citizens and public officials interact, YES! Magazine offers alternatives: Upgrading the Way We Do Politics…”The term ‘town hall’ conjures up images of townsfolk gathering in some New England hamlet,” writes deliberative democracy scholar Jim Fishkin. But today’s typical “town hall meetings” don’t live up to that tradition. […]
September 15: Urban Agriculture Meeting
Jim Nash of the Zoning Revisions Committee is circulating the following invitation: On September 15th at 7 PM, the Urban Agriculture Sub-committee of the Zoning Revisions Committee will be meeting with the public to discuss modifications and changes to current regulations around chickens and livestock. The meeting with be held in Hearing Room 18 on […]
Pictures from the August 27 Conservation Commission Hearing on the Kohl Condo Proposal
Northampton’s Conservation Commission discussed a hydrological review of the Kohl Construction North Street condo proposal at an August 27 hearing. They took no vote but agreed to discuss the proposal again on September 10 at 5:30pm (City Hall Hearing Room, 210 Main Street, 2nd floor). The commissioners desired to refine language in the draft covenants and project […]