Former judge Mike Ryan releases the police video of his arrest Oct. 15, when he was slammed against the trunk of a car and charged with assault and battery on a police officer. The exclusive video, Ryan’s defense lawyer says, does not jibe with the police reports, which allege Ryan was threatening the officer. By David [...]

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UMass Amherst Minuteman Marching Band performs Arriba con la Conga at the Oct. 17 post-game tribute to the late, great band director George Parks.

Your City Episode #1: Northampton Police Department from Northampton Community Television on Vimeo.

The committee, which meets today, will discuss the complaint and vote on whether to support a police station ballot question. NORTHAMPTON – Bridge Road resident Philip Brocklesby has filed an open meeting complaint with the city clerk, claiming that three members of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee broke the law. The complaint, filed Sept. [...]

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Here’s video of the Sept. 1 debate between Northwestern District Attorney candidates David E. Sullivan and Michael A. Cahillane, as recorded by Northampton Community Television. The event, held at Northampton’s JFK Middle School, was sponsored by the Daily Hampshire Gazette , the Greenfield Recorder, and WHMP, and included panelists from each of those news organizations. [...]

Missed the Aug. 24 Northwestern District Attorney Candidates’ debate at the Look Park Garden House, sponsored by the Pioneer Valley Young Democrats? Well, thanks to Northampton Community Television, you can watch it on line. Thanks to NCTV for granting Northampton Media permission to embed this video. You can read NM reporter David Reid’s take on [...]

NORTHAMPTON — A local resolution instructing federal lawmakers to “bring the war dollars home” has failed to gain the support of the City Council’s three-member Committee on Social Services and Veterans’ Affairs. (Download PDF of resolution) At its July 19 meeting, the committee voted 2-1 to advance the bill to the full nine-member council with [...]

A look at street musician culture in Northampton. Videography by NM intern Eddie Hand, a UMass-Amherst journalism student from Acton, Massachusetts.

For the past six months, the Northampton Area Chamber of Commerce, through its Economic Development Committee, has been developing plans for the rezoning of King Street, Northampton’s “Miracle Mile.” These planning meetings have been closed to the general public and to the press, but have been attended by a “broad cross section of business and [...]

NORTHAMPTON — An ordinance that would regulate the delivery of unsolicited publications passed city council on first reading last Thursday. The ordinance, introduced by Council President David Narkewicz and Ward 3 Councilor Angela Plassmann, would require that publications not be thrown on the streets or sidewalks, that a consumer-trackable opt-out system be established, that complaints [...]

NORTHAMPTON–Despite pleas from top management at The Springfield Republican, an ordinance that would regulate how unsolicited publications are delivered has sailed through two council committees and the Board of Public Works, and is now on its way to the full City Council for debate. Complaints about the haphazard delivery of The Republican’s “Extra,” a purple-bag-clad [...]