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REPRISE: Former Northampton cafeteria worker loses health benefits without notice

by Northampton Redoubt | Dec 7, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt

As might be expected my reports on Mayor Mary Clare Higgins’ health insurance policy change drew a couple of inquiries. One came from Doris Montgomery, long time Florence resident. Apparently Ms. Montgomery served the city for eighteen years as a cafeteria...

REPRISE: Citing long time practice as “folklore”, Northampton Mayor Mary Clare Higgins cancelled group health insurance coverage for an unspecified number of people

by Northampton Redoubt | Dec 7, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt

Read interview transcript here: Ordinarily when a politician makes a decision that saves taxpayers money it quickly becomes news with all the requisite self-congratulation and back-slapping for a job well done. This was not the case, though, when Northampton Mayor...

The beat goes on: GASB explained, Best Practices amended at the last minute, without citizen input

by Northampton Redoubt | Dec 12, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt

There was a GASB financial expert present at the December 6 City Council meeting, and each Councilor has received the Teres letter, as posted on Northampton Redoubt, regarding the mayor’s new health insurance policy and its retroactive nature. However, none of...

David Narkewicz, Marianne LaBarge, and Bob Reckman plot to fix council vote

by Northampton Redoubt | Dec 20, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt

I was working on my laptop the other night when the message below came in. It appears as though Ward Four Councilor David Narkewicz, Ward Six Councilor Marianne LaBarge, and Ward Three Councilor Elect Bob Reckman have been communicating with other City Councilors...

In Memory of William Crook, Rest in Peace Pete

by Northampton Redoubt | Dec 24, 2007 | Northampton Redoubt

"Pete"William Gregor Crook IIIJuly 18, 1953 – October 11, 2007The FlumeFranconia, New Hampshire
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