Stan Moulton

The City Council's Committee on Community Resources will host a conversation about the "State of the Northampton Farm" during its virtual meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 21. The Agricultural Commission is scheduled to make a presentation, including discussion of damages suffered by farmers resulting from the floods this summer. [...]

The city's proposed redevelopment of 196 Cooke Ave., will be described next week during a site visit for neighbors at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 22, and a public hearing held by the Planning Board at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 24 in the City Council chambers at 212 Main St. The [...]

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 [...]