Stan Moulton

Former First Baptist Church potential Resilience Hub Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra announced Friday that the city has an option to buy the former First Baptist Church at 298 Main St. for use as the Community Resilience Hub. This allows the city to do the necessary work to determine if the 14,500-square-foot building can [...]

Veterans Day ceremony The Northampton Veterans’ Services Department will hold a Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 11, in Pulaski Park Parking on Stoddard and Prospect streets The City Council Committee on Legislative Matters, of which I am a member, during its virtual meeting at 5 p.m., Monday, [...]

Cannabis dispensaries The City Council will continue its fact-finding about the impact of cannabis dispensaries in the community when the Finance Committee, of which I am a member, holds a virtual discussion at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 26, about the financial impact of capping retail marijuana stores and legal questions [...]

CPA money for St. John Cantius Church The City Council on Oct. 6 voted 7-2 to appropriate $500,000 from Community Preservation Act funds for exterior repairs to the former St. John Cantius Church at 10 Hawley St. The CPA appropriation includes a permanent historical preservation restriction for as long as [...]

Cannabis dispensaries The City Council will continue its fact-finding about the impact of cannabis dispensaries on the community when the Committee on City Services holds a virtual roundtable discussion at 4:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 3. The committee will examine how the growing number of marijuana retailers in Northampton has impacted [...]

Director of Planning & Sustainability The City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra's appointment of Carolyn Misch as the permanent director of the Department of Planning & Sustainability. Misch has been interim director of Planning & Sustainability since Wayne Feiden retired at the end of June. She [...]