Editor’s note: The following press release represents the IAFF Local 108′s response to Mayor David Narkewicz’ investigation of Fire Chief Brian Duggan, conducted by the city’s human resource director, which found no basis for eleven complaints filed by the firefighters’ union. Previous missives from the Local, the Mayor, and the Fire Chief can be found [...]

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Editor’s note: The following press released was issued by Mayor David Narkewicz today. It announces the release of Human Resources Director Glenda Stoddard’s investigation into a series of complaints lodged against Fire Chief Brian Duggan by the International Association of Firefighters Local 108. Stoddard’s report can be viewed here. CITY OF NORTHAMPTON Mayor David J. [...]

Editor’s note: Mayor David Narkewicz has issued the following response to the press release sent to various media outlets this morning by the International Association of Firefighters Local 108, in which they publicly announced their April 1 vote of no confidence in Fire Chief Brian Duggan. Duggan’s response to the Local 108 can be found [...]

Editor’s Note: The Northampton firefighters union took a vote of no confidence in Fire Chief Brian Duggan on April 1, and informed Mayor David Narkewicz and Council President Bill Dwight on April 5. This morning, the IAFF Local 108 issued a press release on the matter, which can be found here.  Duggan has responded with [...]

Editor’s Note: The following letter and resolution, issued in an April 27 press release by Michael Hatch, president of the International Association of Firefighters Local 108, is presented here in its entirety for our readers. Chief Brian Duggan could not be reached for comment this morning. We’ll be following up on this story. — MCS [...]

One week from deadline, the mayor and his finance director are crunching numbers, identifying savings, and meeting with department heads in an effort to present a balanced budget to the City Council next Thursday.   NORTHAMPTON — It’s not going to be easy, but Mayor David Narkewicz says he’s confident he can find enough savings [...]

NORTHAMPTON — A Hampshire County Grand Jury has returned an indictment on one charge of murder against Ryan D. Welch in connection with the Feb. 20 death of Jessica Ann Pripstein. The case now moves to Hampshire Superior Court, where an arraignment is expected on Friday. Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan said his office [...]

By MARY SERREZE NORTHAMPTON — A Hampshire County Grand Jury returned indictments today in the case of Nancy Renee Gehrung, 48, of 56 Matthew Drive, in connection with an armed burglary on on Christmas evening. Gehrung broke into 73 Massasoit Street and pointed a loaded firearm at the residents when they returned home, said Assistant [...]

HOLYOKE — Governor Deval Patrick said Tuesday that Massachusetts shouldn’t sit back and wait for conditions to improve, but make bold moves now to create the 21st-century economy. “We have to be about building our own future — inventing our own destiny — not sitting around waiting and whining about how tough it is!” proclaimed [...]

Three years ago, local writer Eric Goldscheider sat down with evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis (1938 – 2011) for an article published in the University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni magazine. It is reproduced here by permission of the author. Margulis, a ground-breaking scientist who had been a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, passed away [...]

Mount Massamaet Windfarm Inc. Yanks Permitting Bid Before Crowded Zoning Board of Appeals Hearing in Shelburne Falls. The ZBA unanimously approves withdrawal of “grossly inadequate” special permit application; proponent says he may be back. SHELBURNE — A developer hoping to build eight wind turbines atop Mt. Massamet, an iconic landscape feature near the tourist village [...]

NORTHAMPTON — Northampton Community Television will set up a mobile studio at City Hall to provide live coverage of the Nov. 8 municipal election. Watch here on the web, on tune into Channel 15 at 7:30 p.m. Syndicated radio show host David Pakman, NCTV’s Henry White, and Daily Hampshire Gazette reporter Dan Crowley will anchor [...]

NORTHAMPTON — The two elected positions on the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) are up for grabs this year, and four candidates will be on the Nov. 8 ballot: Mari Gotdiener, Jim Durfer, Marlene Morin, and David Rothstein. And if you think this race doesn’t matter, you’re wrong. Essentially, The nine-member committee reviews grant applications for [...]

NORTHAMPTON — A question that would remove Northampton from the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act (CPA) program will be on the Nov. 8 ballot, thanks to a petition drive where more than 1,000 signatures were collected by a Sept 27 deadline. Ward 7 City Councilor Eugene Tacy said he orchestrated the drive at the request of [...]