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Elsewhere…
Hadley “Massage Parlors” Linked to Chinese Organized Crime
Noah Hoffenberg for Gazettenet; subscription required.
Holyoke and Northampton: Fire Relief Efforts Yield Different Results
Elizabeth Roman writes for MassLive
Pine Cone Johnny
A cool photo blog featuring the Western Mass vernacular landscape
NRC Claims Vt Yankee Trititum Leak Poses No Risk to Health or Environment
Dave Gram for the Associated Press; Washington Post
Civility, Interrupted
One man’s take on the Massachusetts Forest Visioning Process
(pdf draft recommendations)
Contrada on the Complicated Bean/Allard Land Deal
“The complicated transaction involves the Bean family, which is selling 45 acres of mostly agricultural land; the Goulet family, which owns the adjacent Allard Farm; the Community Preservation Committee; the nonprofit Trust for Public Land; and the city.”
Candlelight March to DA’s Office Marks 2 Yr Anniversary of Vassell Case
Bobby Hitt for The Daily Collegian
Hilton Garden Inn Developer Says It’s a Go
The president of the Pioneer Valley Hotel Group said Friday that he is about to secure the $12 million bond that the city has required for the Hilton Garden Inn project behind Pulaski Park. Fred Contrada for MassLive.
Doug Kohl Sues Thornes Tenant for 200K Back Rent
Thornes Marketplace owner Doug Kohl wants to get paid, and would like Cedar Chest to find a new owner. James Lowe reports for the Daily Hampshire Gazette (subscription required.)
Make History: Volunteer for City Charter Review Committee
City Council President David Narkewicz wants YOU to apply for the committee that will review the city’s charter. Yes, you. Three councilors and four residents needed.
Council OKs Almost a Million Dollars for Double Farm Purchase
910K to be borrowed over fifteen years; 80K now from CPA reserves. $1.5 million must still be raised to complete deal, brokered by Trust for Public Land, for 185 acres along the Mill River. Conservation, Recreation and Agricultural uses proposed; Bean/Allard task force working out the details. Chad Cain reports for Gazettenet.
Brown to be Sworn In Today: WWLP News
Brown to be sworn in at 5:00 p.m. on Capitol Hill by VP Biden
Duseau Trash Transfer Station: What’s Up?
Fred Contrada for MassLive
Cyberspace, Bullying And Suicide—Again
Madeline Wheeler writes for the Huffington Post
MA ACLU Sues Boston Police for Cellphone Videographer
In 2007, a man was arrested for video recording police officers making an arrest near Boston Common. The ACLU has filed a civil rights lawsuit on his behalf.
Ecologist Mary Booth to Speak on Biomass Impacts
Wednesday February 3, 7:00 p.m., Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, 24 Miles Street, Greenfield. Booth is the co-founder of the Mass Environmental Energy Alliance.
2574 Lbs of Boutique WMass Beef Recalled
Food Poison Journal
Art Auction For Fire Victims
Michael Kusek, Rick Beaupre and William Bazcek
Bucket Loader Brouhaha
by Mary Serreze | Feb 7, 2010 10:44 pm | Comments (3)
Video by Northampton Community Television
Last Thursday, the Northampton City Council discussed a motion to transfer $134,000 from the Parking Meter Reserve Fund to the Parking Division Capital Vehicle Fund to pay for a bucket loader that Parking wants to use for snow removal in its downtown lots. Sound routine? Don’t start yawning yet.
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‘Help for Haiti’ this Sunday; Tracy Kidder on the future of Haiti
by Mary Serreze | Feb 5, 2010 5:04 pm | Comments (0)
Arts and Entertainment Editor Vincent Bator reports on this Sunday’s Help for Haiti benefit concert, and writer Dave Madeloni speaks with Tracy Kidder on the future of Haiti. Read more…
CPC Grants Farmland Preservation Funding; Lombard Recuses Self from Vote
by Mary Serreze | Feb 4, 2010 12:27 pm | Comments (0)
Photo: Lilly Jeffs Lombard, local food and farmland preservation advocate, speaks at a recent public meeting.
Northampton’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) voted unanimously last night to fund the full $990,000 application for the permanent preservation of the Bean and Allard Farms in Florence. A site plan for the land, which is expected to host three uses—agricultural, recreational, and conservation—has yet to be developed.
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HampScanner Twitter Feed Launched
by Mary Serreze | Feb 4, 2010 9:30 am | Comments (0)
Much has been made, in new media circles, of the idea of “crowdsourcing” the news. In Northampton, a growing number of citizen reporters maintain twitter feeds—and post, in real time, from a cellphone or laptop, what they see, hear, or discover.
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State Initiative Petitions Referred to Committee
by Mary Serreze | Feb 2, 2010 9:04 am | Comments (0)
Massachusetts lawmakers have begun to route potential 2010 ballot questions to committees for review.
(Photo: Anti-Tax Crusader Carla Howell)
The Revenue Committee, co-chaired by Lexington Democrat Jay Kaufman, will review a pair of tax questions: The “3% Sales Tax Relief Act,” filed by Carla Howell, former Libertarian party candidate for governor, would reduce the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax, boosted from 5 percent last summer, back down to 3 percent. Another, filed by the Massachusetts Package Stores Association, would exempt retail alcohol sales from the state’s 6.25 percent sales tax.
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Saving the News: McChesney and Nichols to Speak
by Mary Serreze | Feb 1, 2010 10:55 am | Comments (0)
University of Illinois Professor Robert McChesney. Photo by Brian L. Stauffer.
Robert McChesney and John Nichols will speak about their new book — The Death and Life of American Journalism — at the University of Massachusetts’ Goodell Building this evening at 5 p.m.
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The Ambiguous Landfill Vote—What’s Next?
by Mary Serreze | Jan 31, 2010 2:24 pm | Comments (0)
Confused about the Board of Public Works’ ambiguous resolution on the landfill expansion question? You’re not alone.
Even the venerable Daily Hampshire Gazette got it wrong in its headline announcing “BPW Backs Expansion of Northampton Landfill; Council Will Vote.” (Compare the Gazette story with that run in the Republican. — were reporters Owen Boss and Fred Contrada even at the same meeting?)
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Health Risks Alleged at Northampton Public Housing
by Jendi Reiter | Jan 29, 2010 5:08 pm | Comments (1)
K., a still-elegant woman in her mid-50s, has small-cell lung cancer that has metastasized to her brain. A member of a prominent Northampton family, she lives in a second-floor walk-up at the Cahill Apartments public housing project on Fruit Street.
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BPW Votes to Hold Off on Landfill Expansion Application
by Mary Serreze | Jan 27, 2010 9:18 pm | Comments (0)
On Wednesday night after a turbulent public comment session, the Board of Public Works voted to hold off on issuing a special permit application for the expansion of the city’s regional landfill on Glendale Road.
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Historic Votes Expected at BPW Meeting Tonight
by Mary Serreze | Jan 27, 2010 11:18 am | Comments (0)
The Northampton Board of Public Works (BPW), in anticipation of a big crowd, will hold its biweekly meeting tonight at the JFK Middle School cafeteria at 5:30 p.m.
Two discussions and possible motions are on tonight’s agenda—one having to do with a major expansion of the city’s regional landfill on Glendale Road, and the other with the fate of the historic Upper Roberts Meadow Reservoir and Chesterfield Road Dam.
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