With help from touring Occupy Wall Street activists, local protestors disrupted a City Council meeting with chants and demands for “conversation” — then seemed confused when Council President Bill Dwight asked them to set a date to meet. By MARY SERREZE NORTHAMPTON — The Occupy Wall Street Northeast Road Trip rolled into town Wednesday on [...]

The council’s newest member and highest vote-getter appears to have the council presidency sewn up two weeks before the formal vote on inauguration day.   By DAVID REID NORTHAMPTON – William “Bill” Dwight, who was elected Nov. 8 to an at-large seat on the City Council, will become that body’s junior member shortly after he [...]

NORTHAMPTON — Four pols, two seats. An hour and 15 minutes allotted. Questions answered in two-minute soundbites, in serial rotation. The mayoral hopefuls waiting in the wings, preparing to take the stage. It ain’t easy being an at-large candidate for City Council this year. Last Wednesday night, at the Bridge Street Elementary School, the Ward [...]

NORTHAMPTON — Should a proposed solar array at the city’s landfill be run as a public utility or by a private company? What about those vacant lots on King Street? Where should residents turn when it seems that the city’s planning and building departments aren’t enforcing their own rules? Should the mayor or the city [...]

There are several upcoming debates for mayor and for at-large City Council. Here are the wheres and whens of the first round of debates, starting tonight.   For Mayor. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7-9 p.m. Northampton High School.  This event is at 7 p.m. tonight. The Baystate Village Association and the Florence Civic and Business Association will [...]

Several candidates for the Nov. 8 election waited until the last few days to hand in their nomination papers. But no one stepped up to challenge the new Ward 3 city councilor. By DAVID REID NORTHAMPTON – Ward 3’s Owen Freeman-Daniels, the newest and youngest member of the City Council, will run unopposed on the [...]

With Two Candidates Dropping Out of the Races, the Contests Firm Up and the City Saves up to $20,000. NORTHAMPTON – Two would-be candidates who took out nomination papers to run for at-large City Council, one of whom also took out papers to run for mayor, said Friday they will not follow through with their candidacies. [...]

NORTHAMPTON – The field of at-large City Council candidates has expanded to six, now that Florence resident Christopher Allard has taken out nomination papers for the two-year, $5,000-a-year post. Every two years, voters elect two at-large councilors to represent the entire city, while also voting for one councilor to represent each of the seven wards [...]

NORTHAMPTON — William “Bill” Dwight, 55, who’s running for one of two at-large city council seats here, kicked off his campaign last Tuesday with a gala event at the Florence Civic Center. Dwight, 55, of 39 Myrtle St., served as Ward 1 city councilor for four terms, from 1996-2004. He is a former radio talk [...]

Morning talk show host Bill Dwight will be leaving the airwaves at WHMP after all, according to a message that Dwight posted to his Facebook page at about 3:00 p.m. “Sorry for the drama…but the management of WHMP and I could not come to an agreement regarding editorial autonomy and the show is no more. [...]