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Property mogul Eric Suher sends a letter to Police Chief Jody Kasper By The Shoestring On June 6th, the Shoestring submitted a public records...
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Two special meetings on the Policing Review Commission and open meeting law complaints, respectively By Brian Z. Zayatz On Tuesday, June 23rd, the Northampton...
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The Council voted to cut the police budget by 10%. The Mayor and Councilor Sciarra unveiled a proposal to create a police reform commission....
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An abrupt pivot in local traffic signage. By Charlotte Murtishaw The thousands of carefully masked protestors flooding the streets of Northampton, Amherst, Greenfield, Springfield,...
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By M.C. Porter The first time someone took a photo of me without my consent at Saturday’s Northampton protest was the most violent. I...
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Police budget By Brian Z. Zayatz On Wednesday, June 10th, the Northampton City Council held a special meeting via Zoom with one agenda item,...
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By The Shoestring Over the course of the past week Northampton has seen its largest anti-police brutality protests in recent history, perhaps ever, where...
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By The Shoestring Many readers who have followed our work since the beginning know that we started the project in the midst of...
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Police budget, preparing for Governor Baker’s reopening By Brian Z. Zayatz On Thursday, June 4th, the Northampton City Council held its 12th meeting of...
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By Brian Z. Zayatz On Thursday, June 3rd, the Northampton City Council and Mayor Narkewicz held a public hearing on the city budget...
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Budget presentation, public housing, drainage improvements By Brian Z. Zayatz On Thursday, May 21, the Northampton City Council held its 11th meeting of the...
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COVID updates, anti-racist resolution, expanding absentee voting By Brian Z. Zayatz On Thursday, May 7th, the Northampton City Council held its 10th meeting of...