by Mary Serreze | Apr 23, 2009 | News
Below is a list of the downtown properties that have opted out of the Northampton Business Improvement District (NBID) as of Friday, April 17, at 4:00. The deadline for property owners to file opt-out forms was Tuesday, April 21 at 4:30.City clerk Wendy Mazza showed...
by Mary Serreze | Apr 28, 2009 | News
The excitement was palpable in the parking lot after the March 6 City Council meeting in Northampton. Following the Council's final approval of the formation of a downtown Business Improvement District, members of the Chamber of Commerce's BID committee...
by James Heflin | Apr 28, 2009 | News
In the wake of the Obama administration's release of Bush-era torture memos, a curious thing happened. The mainstream media missed some truly damning information that was readily available in the memos.Former Valley resident Marcy Wheeler—a.k.a. the blogger...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 28, 2009 | News
The release last week of the 2008 annual report of Springfield's Community Complaint Review Board was long overdue, and not particularly illuminating. While the 15-page report listed various actions the group took over the year—mailing out brochures, meeting...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 30, 2009 | News
This year's election season promises to be a lively one, even by Springfield standards. First-term mayor Domenic Sarno—whose upset victory over predecessor Charlie Ryan has been followed by 16 rocky months, punctuated by political disputes, drastic...
