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School Committee votes to hold retreat with outside facilitator despite objection

Northampton School Committee approves $1800 retreat facilitator over member objections. The Committee voted 7-2, with one present vote, to hire Tracy Novick of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees to facilitate a March 30 retreat, with Member Alena Bartoli sponsoring the motion and

Housing Partnership approves prior minutes; discusses frozen market-rate housing and advancing affordable units

Housing Partnership reviews frozen housing market and regulatory tools. Vice-Chair Hannah Shaffer led a meeting during which Planning and Sustainability Director Carolyn Misch detailed 266 approved market-rate units frozen by economic pressures and 189 affordable units in progress, including 60 on

Zoning board unanimously approves three residential setback applications

Northampton Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approves three residential setback applications. The board voted 3-0 at each of three hearings to approve findings permits for nonconforming side-setback continuations at 29 Columbus Ave and 488 Elm St, as well as a special permit for Valley Home

Human Rights Commission approves I.C.E. resource trifold pending accuracy review

Human Rights Commission approves I.C.E. resource trifold subject to accuracy verification. Commissioners Goodspeed, Gore, Hermansen, Chapman, and Lawton unanimously endorsed the draft trifold providing community rights information during Immigration and Customs Enforcement encounters, contingent on

Council confirms Seewald as solicitor, shelves independent attorney proposal

Northampton City Council unanimously reappoints solicitor despite independent counsel debate. The council confirmed Attorney Alan Seewald as city solicitor, with all nine councilors voting for his reappointment despite ongoing discussion about whether the council needs independent legal