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City Council Approves $939,000 in Community Preservation Funding

Northampton City Council approves nearly $939,000 in Community Preservation Act funding for five infrastructure and heritage projects. The council voted 7 to 1 on three major appropriations: $145,583 for Coolidge Museum lighting, $202,000 for accessible rail trail entrance design, and $330,111 for

Northampton School Committee adopts K-12 cell phone ban

Northampton School Committee adopts K-12 cell phone ban for fall implementation. The Committee voted 7-3 to make student personal electronic devices inaccessible for the entire school day, with exemptions for IEPs and health plans, over objections from Members Weisenfreund, Montgomery-Tamakloe, and

License Commission approves Taste of Northampton vendors and revokes Noho Social license.

Northampton License Commission approves multiple short-term liquor vendors and revokes Noho Social license. Chair Natasha Yakovlev, Commissioner Jennifer Ewers, and Commissioner Amy Cahillane unanimously approved wine and malt licenses for Veracruz Foods, Inc. and Oxbow Wines, LLC for the Taste of

School Committee approves $47M FY27 budget

Northampton School Committee approves $47M FY27 budget. Voting unanimously, the committee accepted the $47,001,193 city appropriation, a 6.45 percent increase including Smith College donation and special education stabilization funds. Superintendent Bonner identified budget adjustments including a

Student Survey Results Presented to Advisory Council

Northampton school advisors review student survey on work-phone use. The School Committee Student Advisory Council heard results from the 2026 Student Union Survey, which drew a 28 percent response rate. Student representative Ana-Lucia Ohm reported that 19.52 percent of students use phones daily