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AMHERST — Better pay for teachers, more municipal focus on climate initiatives and reducing the size of the police force are among requests the public is making of Amherst officials as preparation for the fiscal year 2023 budget begins.With budget...

AMHERST — Better pay for teachers, more municipal focus on climate initiatives and reducing the size of the police force are among requests the public is making of Amherst officials as preparation for the fiscal year 2023 budget begins.With budget...

NORTHAMPTON — The City Council’s Finance Committee says it needs more time to consider a “social responsibility rubric” related to a proposal to upgrade the Northampton Police Department’s dashboard cameras.During its meeting Tuesday, the committee...

NORTHAMPTON — A 19-year-old Florence man was arrested Tuesday night for spray-painting City Hall during an event to remember George Floyd’s killing.Police allege that they saw Henry Morgan spray-painting City Hall while officers were responding to a...

A large banner laid on the ground near the front steps of Northampton City Hall on Tuesday, exactly a year from when George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man, was murdered at the hands of a former police officer on May 25, 2020. The sign was largely blank at the beginning of the memorial. By the end of the event, though, the banner had virtually no empty space left on it. Written on the white ...

A large banner laid on the ground near the front steps of Northampton City Hall on Tuesday, exactly a year from when George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man, was murdered at the hands of a former police officer on May 25, 2020. The sign was largely blank at the beginning of the memorial. By the end of the event, though, the banner had virtually no empty space left on it. Written on the white ...

A large banner laid on the ground near the front steps of Northampton City Hall on Tuesday, exactly a year from when George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man, was murdered at the hands of a former police officer on May 25, 2020. The sign was largely blank at the beginning of the memorial. By the end of the event, though, the banner had virtually no empty space left on it. Written on the white ...

Speakers at Floyd remembrance in Northampton urge police changes; police respond to break up fight People attending a standout and memorial to honor George Floyd and Black Lives add names to a banner under the headline, "Since George Floyds murder, American police have killed 967+ people. These are some of their names:" The event, hosted by Northampton Abolition Now, was held on the steps of Northampton City Hall on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. —STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING Greenfield Community Colleg...

Event to mark one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death People pose for pictures in front of a mural for George Floyd after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, April 20, in Minneapolis, Minn.  AP PHOTO/MORRY GASH Published: 5/24/2021 9:06:35 PM NORTHAMPTON — A local activist group will hold a memorial Tuesday in front of City Hall for George Floyd and others who have lost their lives due to police. ...

Listen to the interview with Ashwin Ravikumar.      The one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a former Minneapolis police officer will be marked today with an event in Northampton.     The local activist group Northampton Abolition Now is hosting a standout from 4pm-5pm in front of Northampton City Hall.    It will feature speeches and conclude with nine minutes and 29 seconds of silence – the amount of time that former police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’...