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By Northampton Abolition Now The Group Northampton Abolition Now (NAN) sprang out of last summer’s uprising in defense of Black lives, calling for defunding...
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By R. Nicholas On March 22nd, 2020, The Shoestring reported on the unionization effort at Safe Passage, a Northampton organization offering services to survivors...
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Policing Review Commission presentation, plastics reduction ordinance, financial orders, expanding the franchise By Brian Z. Zayatz On January 7th, the Northampton City Council held...
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By R. Nicholas On December 7th, 2020, UAW Local 2322 released a press statement on behalf of the paralegals and admin staff at Northampton...
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Media Criticism from The Shoestring. By The Shoestring Police stenography strikes again The latest in local police stenography comes from MassLive, whose recent article...
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The Commission’s first report is due tomorrow. How well was it set up to deliver strong recommendations? By Brian Z. Zayatz After months of...
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By The Shoestring 2020 wasn’t the year we were expecting when it began. But 75 articles later, we are pleased to share a few...
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Election reforms, Community Preservation Act funds, upcoming zoning bylaw changes By Brian Z. Zayatz On December 17th, 2020, the Northampton City Council held their...
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COVID-19 update, fireworks, additional funding for Health Dept. By Brian Z. Zayatz On December 3rd, 2020, the Northampton City Council held its 22nd regularly...
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Regular Media Criticism from The Shoestring By The Shoestring COVID Paywalls When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March, Gazette Editor-in-Chief Brooke Hauser pledged to...
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Tax classification, police misconduct allegations, municipal newspaper boxes By Brian Z. Zayatz On November 19th, 2020, the Northampton City Council held its 21st regularly...
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Antone Wilson and The Struggle of Promising Black Cops By Chris Faraone Antone Wilson emailed me for the first time last year. A senior...