Stan Moulton

Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra on Friday announced that she is appointing Andrew Pelis as the next chief of Northampton Fire Rescue. Beginning Friday, Pelis is serving as interim chief of the department after the outgoing chief, Jon Davine, was named the state's new fire marshal earlier this month. Pelis has been [...]

Because of the extreme heat forecast, cooling centers will be open in several locations throughout Northampton during Thursday, July 27, and Friday, July 28. The National Weather Service has declared a heat advisory through 8 p.m. Saturday, July 29. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat [...]

This week's unusual July flooding by both the Mill and Connecticut rivers destroyed farmers' crops, closed roads, and left several recreation areas, including Musante Beach, unusable in Northampton. There was no significant damage to roads and bridges in the city, Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra told the City Council on Thursday. While [...]

The City Council on June 15 unanimously approved five ordinances that increase the mayor's salary and the stipends paid to city councilors, School Committee members and the elected trustees of Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School and establish an annual 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment for those officials beginning in fiscal [...]

The City Council on Thursday approved with no changes the $132,312,990 budget proposed by Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra for the fiscal year beginning July 1. That is $602,528, or 4.77 percent, higher than the city's current budget for the year ending June 30. At-large Councilor Jamila Gore and Ward 7 Councilor [...]

The City Council's Committee on Finance, of which I am a member, will hold hearings at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, and Wednesday, May 24, on the $132,312,990 budget proposed by Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra for the fiscal year beginning July 1. That is $602,528, or 4.77 percent, higher than the [...]