City Council maintains single tax rate for fiscal year 2025
EASTHAMPTON — After a brief presentation by Principal Assessor Martha Leamy, the Easthampton City Council voted to keep the town’s current single tax classification for fiscal year 2025.
Art Walk Easthampton returns with CitySpace pop-up, showcases
EASTHAMPTON — During Art Walk Easthampton on Saturday, Dec. 7 over 40 artists will be showing and selling one-of-a-kind gifts and special somethings at Old Town Hall through CitySpace’s Pop-up Market and Big Red Frame’s Art is a Gift in the ECA Gallery.
Sciarra honored as Elected Official of the Year
NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra has been honored as the 2024 Elected Official of the Year by the American Planning Association, Massachusetts Chapter, an honor in recognition of the strides made by the city during the last year of her tenure.
Organizers rally for restored school positions
NORTHAMPTON — While heavy rain began to fall outside of City Hall, local labor groups and supporters stood tall underneath umbrellas outside before the City Council’s Nov. 21 meeting for a rally to call on the city to allocate the necessary funding to restore the approximately 20 positions cut in the Northampton Public Schools last budget season.
First leg of Food Bank march ends in Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — The 15th annual March for the Western Mass. Food Bank kicked off on the morning of Nov. 25 at 6 a.m. from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center in Springfield, but by 3:40 that afternoon about 30-plus marchers crossed the Northampton city line.
New book commemorates town of Ludlow’s 250th celebration
LUDLOW — As part of Ludlow’s 250th birthday celebration, the Ludlow 250 Book Committee created a commemorative 200-page book of the town’s history and milestones.