Investigations Dings, Dents, and Damage: EPD Cars Had a Rough Year and a Half Easthampton’s most expensive police vehicles have suffered damage, both in and outside the city. tommy leeDecember 13, 2024
Community Easthampton Parks Commission Business Sidelined for Flag Debate The Parks and Recreation Commission, whose full agenda was delayed almost an entire month, will resume its usual business after City Council step-in. tommy leeDecember 5, 2024
Community Dress Code Crackdown Follows “Apartheid Free Co-op” Vote After a member-led proposal to remove Israeli products from River Valley Co-op failed, the stores' employee dress code and other policies appear to be... tommy leeNovember 9, 2024
Community Progress for Dilapidated Parks-and-Rec Building in Easthampton Easthampton’s City Council unanimously approved $60,000 in funding for work space improvements for Parks and Recreation maintenance employees. tommy leeOctober 29, 2024
Education UMass Seeking Felony Riot Charges Against Palestine Activists The fallout continues from UMass' protest encampment crackdown. Records show the police response cost at least tens of thousands of dollars. Dusty Christensen, Story Young, Dan McGlynn and tommy leeAugust 8, 2024
Community Parks and Wrecked: Inside Easthampton’s Crumbling Maintenance Building With new parks in planning stages, some question when long overdue building upgrades will be prioritized for the parks department. tommy leeAugust 1, 2024
City Council Tense School Budget Debate Concludes in Northampton The mayor's budget will move forward, resulting in some 20 layoffs in the schools. tommy leeJune 21, 2024
City Council Northampton City Council Stalls Budget Vote over Schools Finger pointing and charter objections dominated Thursday's City Council meeting. tommy leeJune 7, 2024
Education “Afraid of our Own Power”: Northampton City Council Punts School Budget Question Councilors declined to invoke a law that would give them the power to allocate additional funding despite pressure from NPS families and staff. tommy leeMay 20, 2024
Investigations “Be a Hero”: Hampden DA Deploys DNA Dragnet Meet FIGG, the controversial forensic technology behind the DA's offer of free ancestry tests. tommy leeMay 14, 2024
Education After Violent Arrests, UMass Pro-Palestine Protestors Seek Chancellor’s Ouster Activists continue to call for UMass to divest from war profiteers and drop charges against demonstrators. Dusty Christensen, Brian Zayatz and tommy leeMay 9, 2024
Education Northampton Students Walk Out Over Proposed School Budget Cuts Monday's action was followed by a special School Committee meeting, where Mayor Sciarra spoke to the necessity of cuts. tommy leeApril 3, 2024