The Shoestring

The City Budget, no Weed Cap, and the Grateful Dead BLAIR GIMMA On May 17, the Northampton City Council held its ninth meeting of the year. Approximately 7 people attended. A reporter from The Gazette was there. Public Comment One community member noted that he was a father of a 14 year old and praised […]

A Story by Magenta Dynamite Magenta Dynamite There was a full moon on the night she witnessed the exchange, and she later recalled the buzz in the air, that strange heightened glow of a night on which streetlights are extraneous and the world expands. It was one of the first really warm evenings of spring, […]

  Will Meyer Last Friday, May 11, the Gazette published two op-eds about chambers of commerce. The first, a letter to the editor written by “a group of residents of Amherst and surrounding communities, of Mexican and other Latin American descent, and allies” said that the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce [AACC] did not adequately […]

They say his Downtown Survey is “unscientific” and “misguided,” and that the mayor “subvert[ed their] intent” The Shoestring This evening, Tuesday, May 8, City Councilors Alisa Klein (Ward 7) and Maureen Carney (Ward 1) released a public statement entitled “On Mayor Narkewicz’s ‘Panhandling Work Group’ and its recently released ‘Downtown Northampton Survey.’” In the strongly […]

Leaf Blowers, the role of Newspapers, Teenage Voting, and a new director of Senior Services BLAIR GIMMA On May 3, the Northampton City Council held its eighth meeting of the year. Councilor Murphy was present, but left early. Approximately 15 people attended. A reporter from The Gazette and MassLive were there. The publisher of The […]