by Northampton Redoubt | Nov 5, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
Dear Friends, Please help save an important part of our community and our landscape. The Upper Roberts Meadow Reservoir and the Dam located on Chesterfield Road in Florence are slated for removal. This nearly 130-year old dam may be removed as early as the SUMMER of...
by Northampton Redoubt | Nov 6, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
As I wrote a few entries ago, about 5,000 voters determined the direction this city of 28,000+ should take for the next two years. A little more than fifty percent of Northampton's voters turned out for the Tuesday election, about the same number as the spring...
by Northampton Redoubt | Nov 7, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
Here's an idea for our organic waste. Not that this is right for Northampton, but it is something to think about. Compost with a KickBokashi is a centuries-old Japanese method of recycling household food waste into all-natural compost. By employing a special...
by Northampton Redoubt | Nov 9, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
From the Western Mass. Jobs With Justice listserv: NO LAYOFFS! NO TAKEAWAYS! INFORMATIONAL PICKET AT COOLEY DICKINSON HOSPITAL 4-6pm, 30 Locust Street (Rte 9), Northampton. Nurses at Cooley Dickinson hospital–proud members of the Massachusetts Nurses...
by Northampton Redoubt | Nov 10, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
The Boston Globe reports Nov. 7 on Governor Deval Patrick's cuts to homeless programs which have raised the ire of homeless advocates across the state. It is not yet clear how these cuts will impact services in Northampton, if at all, but it is estimated that 500...