At 8am on January 21, Northampton’s Board of Public Works met to discuss a Waste Management Alternatives study proposed by HDR Engineering. Here is a Google video of the entire meeting. The video is 2 hours and 31 minutes long, and was recorded by Adam Cohen. You’ll notice some intermittent fan noise. We did our […]
Gazette Column: “Keeping our schools small is worth a large effort”
Today’s Gazette includes a column from Greg Kerstetter (email), who teaches fifth grade at the R.K. Finn Ryan Road School in Northampton: Lesson Plan: Keeping our schools small is worth a large effort Here’s what the [Strategic Planning Commitee] could not agree on: whether to close an elementary school to save money… Members of the […]
Video: Planning Board Meeting of January 22; Hospital Hill; Kohl Condo Proposal
Here are two Vimeo videos (part 1, 86 minutes; part 2, 112 minutes) of portions of the Planning Board meeting of January 22. These videos were recorded by Lachlan Ziegler. Part 1[We join the Planning Board just a minute or so into the start of their meeting] 0:00:00-0:59:59… Informal discussion with Mass Development on Planned […]
February 4 and 12: Two Important Meetings about Northampton Schools
Today’s Gazette reports that the Northampton Education Action Team will host a public meeting on the budget crisis at J.F.K. Middle School on Wednesday, February 4, at 7:00pm. At the School Committee meeting of Thursday, February 12, the Strategic Planning Committee will present its final report. “That 25-member committee has spent the last several months […]
February 26: A Traffic Calming Informational Discussion
The Ward 3 Neighborhood Association is circulating the following announcement from the Department of Public Works: On behalf of the Northampton DPW, I am pleased to invite you to “A Traffic Calming Informational Discussion” scheduled for February 26th, 2009 (Thursday @ 7:00 pm) in the JFK Middle School Community Room located at 100 Bridge Road. […]
Video: Conservation Commission Meeting of 1/22/09; Non-Compliance with Wetlands Protection Agreements; Kohl Asked to Revise Condo Proposal Again
Here is a Google video of a large portion of the Conservation Commission meeting of January 22. This video is 3 hours and 7 minutes long, and was recorded by Adam Cohen. See portions of a Gazette article on this hearing, pictures of the Kohl condo proposal as reviewed, the conservation staff report and a […]
Planning Commissioners Journal: “Managing Stormwater Runoff: A Green Infrastructure Approach”
This article from the Winter 2009 edition of Planning Commissioners Journal underscores the benefits of working with nature to manage stormwater: Managing Stormwater Runoff: A Green Infrastructure Approachby Lynn Richards, Acting Director for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Development, Community, and Environment Division …Green infrastructure strategies reduce and manage stormwater through infiltration (water soaking into […]
Northampton Redoubt: “Mr. Kunstler, is all infill good?”
Daryl LaFleur published the following interview with James Howard Kunstler on Northampton Redoubt this weekend. Kunstler is the author of The Geography of Nowhere, written “Because I believe a lot of people share my feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities, and ravaged countryside that makes up […]
Northampton Democratic Caucus Will Be Held on February 7
Michael Bardsley, one of the two At-Large City Councilors for Northampton, is circulating the following announcement. Download a PDF of the caucus flyer. …The Northampton Democratic Caucus will be held February 7th at the JFK Middle School. The meeting starts at 11:00 AM. You must be there by 11:30 AM to be able to vote […]
Video: Best Practices Committee Meeting of January 8; Public Forum Slated for February 11
Here is a Google video of the complete January 8 meeting of Northampton’s Best Practices Committee. This video is 1 hour and 43 minutes long and was recorded by Ken Mitchell. There will be a Best Practices Public Forum on Draft Recommendations on Wednesday, February 11, 7pm in the Community Room of J.F.K. Middle School, […]