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Leaf Blowers, the role of Newspapers, Teenage Voting, and a new director of Senior Services BLAIR GIMMA On May 3, the Northampton City Council...
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Police
How executive indifference, an overburdened board, and a sensationalist media are failing the promise of parole in the commonwealth.
Politics
Walter Gunn has acknowledged wrongdoing, but has yet to step down from the board.
Education
Activists continue to call for UMass to divest from war profiteers and drop charges against demonstrators.
Education
Three candidates are vying for two at-large school committee seats in a tight race on Tuesday as the schools face a budget crunch.
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Baystate management paid the police to manage the strike Kate Nadel Last year, before the Greenfield nurses went on strike, the administration threatened to...
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Northampton gathers in solidarity with the people of Palestine during the Great Return March BLAIR GIMMA Earlier this week, 75 people gathered at the...
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ROMAN NICHOLAS On Friday, April 13th, the Parlor Room was sold out. At 8pm, I was told there might only be standing room...
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Snow is Expensive BLAIR GIMMA On April 19, the Northampton City Council held its seventh meeting of the year. Councilor Dennis Bidwell (Ward 2)...
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Northampton Connects and The Privatization of Public Dialogue Harrison Greene and Will Meyer New York Times columnist David Brooks loves “civility.” In 2011, he...
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An interview with Alex Vitale, author of The End of Policing Will Meyer Brooklyn College sociologist Alex Vitale, whose book ‘The End of...
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A new online survey from the Mayor’s ‘Work Group on Panhandling’ considers further criminalization of the houseless. The Shoestring On Monday, The Shoestring published...
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We asked houseless people what they thought of the Mayor’s confidential “survey on panhandling.” The Shoestring [UPDATE: 4/12, The Mayor’s Work Group on Panhandling...
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Water, Guns, n’ Weed BLAIR GIMMA On April 5, the Northampton City Council held its sixth meeting of the year. Councilor Maureen Carney (Ward...
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How extreme right-wing forces use front groups to shape Massachusetts politics Blair Gimma and Will Meyer The radical far-right billionaires Charles and David Koch...