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Health Risks Alleged at Northampton Public Housing

by Jendi Reiter | Jan 29, 2010 5:08 pm | Comments (1)

cahill stairway 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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Passing the Buck on Salvo House Hazards

by Jendi Reiter | Dec 18, 2009 4:54 pm | Comments (1)

Everyone agrees that serious maintenance and safety issues persist at the Walter Salvo House. Finding someone to take responsibility for them is another matter.

Northampton Housing Authority Executive Director Jon Hite met with Ward 3 City Councilor-Elect Angela Plassmann and residents of the public housing complex at Plassmann’s office hours at Salvo House on Dec. 12. At Large City Councilor-Elect Jesse Adams was also in attendance.

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Salvo House Report

by Jendi Reiter | Dec 9, 2009 7:03 pm | Comments (0)

Bloodstains in the hallway. Broken fire alarms. Sexual harassment in the dining room. These were just some of the maintenance and safety complaints that residents of the Walter Salvo House brought up to Ward 3 City Councilor-Elect Angela Plassmann at a tenants’ association meeting on December 8.

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Northampton Media to relaunch with new features; new design

Within the next couple of weeks, NM will relaunch with a new site template—one that will allow this organization to grow and prosper into a nimble, 21st-century news organization. Many thanks to the dozens of people who provided seed money by contributing to our web development campaign. Without your help, clearing this initial hurdle would not have been possible. Hope to do you proud.
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Notice of Project Change for Hospital Hill: MEPA process

David Byrne Speaks in Providence at Urban Planning Conference

Kennebunkport ME sued over public access to Goose Rocks Beach

Homeowners claim property rights in landmark court case; town invokes colonial law; beachgoers organize on Facebook.

Federal investigation into Middletown power plant explosion find 12-hour shifts; 7-day workweeks

Cedar Waxwings return to the Valley

Judicial Nominating Committee rejects a bevy of candidates for $110,000/yr Springfield court job

State list of underperforming schools: Holyoke and Springfield featured

Spring Bulb Show opening lecture March 5 at Smith

Landmark Chicopee eatery for sale

Sharkey’s is for sale. Will a buyer save this gastronomic landmark from turning into a parking lot?

Two Montague Brothers Busted in Cemetery Thefts

Senate passes ban on text messaging while driving

Cape Wind before Interior Secretary Salazar

Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation to take public comment

Brown assigned to Armed Services, Homeland Security, Veterans’ Affairs

The Boston Globe

Inside Holyoke’s Victory Theater

Mark Roessler for the Valley Advocate

NYTimes on MA marijuana law challenges

MA cities and towns to Beacon Hill: No more cuts in local aid

State to ‘Hamp: Keep the Landfill Odor Sniffers

One Million Powerless in Northeast

USA Today

New York Composer Writes Saxophone Ode to Miss Flo’s Diner

Facebook glitch sends private messages to random individuals

Fast Company profiles Cisco/Holyoke Deal

The Holyoke deal is significant in that it represents Cisco’s first attempt to rewire an existing city rather than simply build one from scratch.

Hamp girls’ indoor track team awesomely fast

Four Northampton girls set Div III meet record in 4×4, finishing with a blazing 4:01.75.

Postponed: Zoning Revisions Committee public forum; new date TBA

The city’s Zoning Revisions Committee, in informal partnership with the Northampton Area Chamber of Commerce, has been working for months to come up with a plan for updating local land use regulations. “We welcome suggestions on how to improve the transparency of the process and increase public awareness and participation,” writes ZRC chair Joel Russell. Wednesday, February 24, 7 PM at the JFK Middle School.