Northampton Morning Brief, Oct. 27: Garage repairs could cost up to $33M

From Northampton News

• Council hears garage repair estimates, adopts battery storage rules Northampton councilors heard the downtown parking garage's concrete has deteriorated enough that full replacement could cost up to $33 million, while the council also took up zoning rules for small battery storage sites and the city's fiscal 2027 property tax rate.Northampton News
• Housing authority withdraws single-officer grievance plan The Northampton Housing Authority board pulled a proposal to let one hearing officer replace a three-person grievance panel, forming a subcommittee to redraft it as a tenant's grievance and complaints about washing machine and ramp access remain unresolved.Northampton News
• Panel holds off on Ice Pond parking limits The Northampton Transportation and Parking Commission held off on a resident request to limit parking to one side of Ice Pond Drive, directing staff to invite the original applicant back after conflicting accounts of how many complaints the street has drawn.Northampton News
• Trustees accept $30,000 in T-Mobile grants Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School trustees accepted $30,000 in T-Mobile grants despite a trustee's objection that the school was competing for a $1 million sweepstakes prize, possibly including athletic-field ad signage, before the board had a sponsorship policy in place.Northampton News
• Panel hears $150,000 bid for co-op housing Northampton's Community Preservation Committee heard three funding pitches this round, including a $150,000 request toward buying a three-unit Water Street building for income-capped cooperative housing, plus requests to restore the Academy of Music's 1917 stage curtain and update historic district design guidelines.Northampton News

Happening Tue, Oct 27

• 7:00 PM: Rabbi leads four week Mishnah course Congregation B'nai Israel begins a four-week Mishnah study course with Rabbi Louis Polisson Tuesday at 7 p.m.Congregation B'nai Israel

Coming up

• Wed, Oct 28, 3:00 PM: Congregation holds Community Harvest Hours Wednesday Congregation B'nai Israel hosts Community Harvest Hours Wednesday at 3 p.m.Congregation B'nai Israel
• Wed, Oct 28, 7:00 PM: Congregation hosts talk on trauma and the body Congregation B'nai Israel presents "War, the Body, and Collective Trauma: An Embodied Inquiry" Wednesday at 7 p.m.Congregation B'nai Israel
• Thu, Oct 29: Academy of Music stages Beetlejuice Jr Thursday The Academy of Music presents a youth production of Beetlejuice Jr. Thursday.Academy of Music
• Fri, Oct 30: Thriller Parade marches Friday at Academy The Academy of Music hosts its Thriller Parade Friday, Oct. 30.Academy of Music
• Sun, Nov 1, 10:30 AM: Congregation hosts Israeli trauma therapist talk Sunday Congregation B'nai Israel's Sunday Cafe features a talk by an Israeli somatic trauma therapist on three years of work, Nov. 1 at 10:30 a.m.Congregation B'nai Israel
• Sun, Nov 1, 7:00 PM: Dance work Continuing Not to Die performed Sunday Choreographer and performer Michal Shahak presents "Continuing Not to Die" at Congregation B'nai Israel Nov. 1 at 7 p.m.Congregation B'nai Israel

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