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First Night Northampton returns for 40th year

NORTHAMPTON — In the annual celebration of the new year, First Night Northampton returns for its 40th edition on Tuesday, Dec. 31 with a 12-hour day featuring the family-friend festival of the arts culminating in a traditional ball-raising from the roof of Hotel Northampton.

Northampton Reparations Comm. presents preliminary report

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council was presented a preliminary report from the Northampton Reparations Study Commission during its Dec. 5 meeting, where the commission explained the research and work accomplished to this point while also seeking more support from the city to further extend its work.