The Gazette’s website reports: Former City Council President Michael R. Bardsley plans to run again for mayor of Northampton this year, believing he can rebuild the support that took him within 344 votes of victory in 2009…“I think the council has increasingly become one that will go along with the recommendation of the mayor rather […]
Local Politics
Video: Tacy, LaBarge Criticize Narkewicz/Budgar Email
In this YouTube HD excerpt from the announcement period of tonight’s City Council meeting, Ward 7 City Councilor Eugene Tacy and Ward 6 City Councilor Marianne LaBarge express their dismay at an email exchange between City Council President David Narkewicz and Ward 3 Neighborhood Association President Gerald Budgar. Tacy calls for a special election for the position […]
Video: Board of Health Charter Changes, March 1, 2011
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 3/1/11 joint hearing on Board of Health charter changes. Mayor Clare Higgins presided over a meeting of the Social Services and Veterans Affairs Committee, the Public Safety Committee, the Board of Health, and the Economic Development, Housing and Land Use Committee. This video is 52 minutes long […]
Video: Zoning Revisions Committee, January 19, 2011; Examples of Design Guidelines
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 1/19/11 meeting of Northampton’s Zoning Revisions Committee. The committee discussed how to encourage home-based businesses and how aggressively to push for zoning changes in light of potential political resistance. This video is 1 hour 47 minutes long and was recorded by Adam Cohen. Here are some examples […]
Next American City: “How Hyperlocal Media Are Taking Urban Planning to the Streets”
Next American City welcomes the proliferation of hyperlocal media in the Washington, DC area: Washington’s dozens of hyperlocal online news sources—those that cover a narrower audience than traditional media outlets, whether a neighborhood or just a portion of it—are filling important information gaps left by mainstream media. As local print newspapers have folded and news […]
Charter Review Committee Leans Toward Recommending Complete Overhaul of Charter
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 11/10/10 meeting of Northampton’s Charter Review Committee. This video is 1 hour 16 minutes long and was recorded by Adam Cohen. The committee members include Councilor Jesse M. Adams (Vice-Chair), Colleen Currie (Secretary), Councilor Marianne L. LaBarge, Councilor David A. Murphy (absent on 11/10/10), Alan Seewald (Chair), […]
Video: Ward 3 & 4 Forum on Police Station Tax Override
Here is a complete blip.tv video of a 10/25/10 public forum on the proposed police station debt exclusion property tax override question. Northampton voters will have their say on November 2. The forum was sponsored by the Ward 3 Neighborhood Association and Ward4Northampton. This recording was made by Lachlan Ziegler and is 1 hour 28 minutes […]
Video and Presentations from 10/20/10 Public Forum on 2010 Ballot Questions; Case for a New Police Station
Here is a complete blip.tv video of the 10/20/10 public forum on ballot questions 1-4. Questions 1-3 are statewide (see details). Question 4 is local. It asks Northampton voters if they approve of a $10 million debt exclusion property tax override to help build a new $17.6 million police station and parking garage. Most of the forum […]
October 25: Ward 3 and 4 Neighborhood Associations Co-Sponsor Override Forum
The Ward 3 Neighborhood Association and Ward4Northampton invite you to a public forum: The Ward 3 Neighborhood Association and Ward4Northampton will jointly sponsor a public forum on the proposed Police Station debt exclusion override question that will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot in Northampton. The forum will take place Monday, October 25 at 7 p.m. […]
October 2010 Mayor’s Email Update
Mayor Clare Higgins is circulating this update today: Mayor’s Email Update 2010 October See also: Videos: Public Safety Meeting of 10/4/10; Sienkiewicz Summarizes Case for Police Station Tax Override Here is a 14-minute YouTube HD highlight of the speech from Chief Sienkiewicz describing the need for a new police station. Design of New Police Station Wins Approval; […]