Northampton Redoubt
Hamp households divert 2.9 tons in 7 weeks
Responding to my email query, Karen Bouquillon of the Northampton Department of Public Works reports 225 of Northampton’s more than eleven thousand households have diverted about 2.9 tons (5,789 pounds) of food waste in the first seven weeks of the DPW’s...From the Friends of Upper Roberts Meadow Reservoir
Dear Friend: Below is a copy of the Resolution that will be before the City Council on Thursday August 19 at 7 pm. Please post on your website/blog and ask Northampton residents to call their City Councilor and the Councilors-at-Large to ask for them to support this...Neville Brothers Bring it Home
From Kristin Neville: Hello Friends, I recently submitted a proposal to the Pepsi Refresh grant program for a music recording project to benefit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, involving the Neville Brothers and other New Orleans/Gulf Coast musicians. Our project,...SPF marks 75 years
2010 Springfield Public Forum Series All lectures are held at Springfield Symphony Hall, free to the public. For more information visit: http://www.springfieldpublicforum.org Overview: Lectures by foreign affairs analysts, political commentators, authors, historians,...Annual Ward4Northampton Meeting
All are invited! Tuesday, September 14, 2010 from 6-8 PM Pot Luck Meal and registration at 6 PM Followed by our Annual Meeting at 7 PM World War II Club Banquet Room, 50 Conz Street, Northampton All ward 4 residents are invited and you may also join as a member ($10...Playing Pepper Sept. 21, 2010
With a nod to Garry Brown of the Springfield Republican and his enduring sports column, Hitting To All Fields: Just wondering: WHY Environmental Protection Agency investigations have allegedly sagged under the Obama administration. IF anyone thinks former Northwestern...Northampton Schools introduce “Fresh Wednesdays”
PR–Fresh Wednesdays is a new program designed to serve freshly prepared, locally grown food one day a month in all Northampton Schools (K-12). The goal of the program is to introduce students to new healthy foods; improve performance; and, ultimately, reduce...Used book sale! Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010 from 9 AM to 5 PM
To benefit The Sunrise Foundation. 129 Main Street, Northampton In front of First Churches On Facebook see: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=144458755598060&ref=mf Children in NicaraguaPlaying Pepper Oct. 3, 2010
Just wondering: WHERE have you gone Ray LaBarge? IF local media outlets covering high school athletes as if these athletes are professionals is a wise move. Next thing you know students will be hawking Bic shavers or acne treatments. IF the Look Park fountain needs a...Tea Party as a starfish by the National Journal
Zoning Revisions Committee on selecting a new chair
Video excerpt courtesy North Street Neighborhood Association. For video of entire meeting visit the NSNA website.Playing Pepper Oct. 12, 2010
Just Wondering: IF either men or women should be required to register for Selective Service. HOW much money Medicare and Medicaid fraud is costing Northampton citizens. Perhaps a City Council Resolution is in order? WHO decided that the first line of deliberation...Argument Clinic
During the October 7 City Council meeting Councilors Gene Tacy and David Narkewicz engaged in an argument regarding the Finance Committee and Fire Department that reminds me of an old Monty Python skit.Plassmann: Drug use in Northampton schools hurt my family
Video courtesy North Street Neighborhood AssociationPlaying Pepper Oct. 18, 2010
Just wondering: HOW could you Fred and Barney. IF downtown Northampton should have designated loading zones for deliveries to eliminate the unsafe practice of tractor trailer truck drivers unloading merchandise in travel lanes. IF Northampton’s elected officials...60 Minutes: Medicare Fraud-$60 billion annually
part one above, two belowPlaying Pepper Oct. 23, 2010
Just wondering: IF City Councilors Gene Tacy and Angela Plassmann feel like members of “The Wild Bunch.” WHY gubernatorial frontrunner Deval Patrick feels it is necessary to distort the records of others. Of course there is this memo. IF instant runoff...Dam forum/Hamp gets drug-free grant
Dear Neighbor, Like you, we care about Northampton’s beauty, heritage, open space, water, and wild creatures. We also care deeply about looking ahead to create green energy, and to saving tax and ratepayers money. We know that the Upper Roberts is not a safety...Playing Pepper Oct. 30, 2010
Just wondering: IF Charlie Baker’s face is not the face of a winning candidate. Sorry Charlie. HOW many undecided voters are in attendence at the proposed Police Station forums. ARE hyper-local websites the future of journalism? Apparently the number of paid...So long…
For close to four years now I’ve had the privilege of regaling Valley Advocate website readers with my perspectives on the goings’on in Northampton, for better or worse. As this year’s election cycle draws to a close I’ve decided to hang up my...E-Edition
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