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NORTHAMPTON — Judy “JR” Raphael wore a bag over her head when she marched in the Northampton Pride parade during the 1970s, plainly decorated with two holes where her eyes could scan the cheering crowds without exposing her identity. Working in...

Tens of thousands of people lined the one-mile parade route to applaud and celebrate a formerly outcast group.

For the first time in four years, Pride festivities will return to Northampton. Here is what you need to know about Saturday's event.

It is the best of times. On May 6, after a three-year COVID-induced hiatus, Pride is returning to Northampton. On Main Street, dozens and dozens of groups and thousands of people will march and chant and celebrate.Later, on the stage constructed at...

NORTHAMPTON — For the first time in three years, Pride returns to the city on Saturday to celebrate the LGBTQ community with a parade, performances, vendors and a bar crawl.A new organization called Hampshire Pride is fronting the event, which will...

NORTHAMPTON — Pride is making a colorful return to the city this May complete with a small festival and parade courtesy of a new organization called Hampshire Pride.Picking up the rainbow-colored baton to lead this year’s festivities is Clay Pearson.A...

Local government veteran Clay Pearson joins ICYMI to discuss the current state of city management and how cities are implementing technology to prepare for the future in a changing environment.

The city of Pearland fired Clay Pearson after inflated property appraisals were inflated by more than $1 billion, leading to a budget shortfall.

Pearland wastewater plant poised for major expansion FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 A $74 million expansion project is slated to start this spring at the John Hargrove treatment plant at 5900 Magnolia in Pearland.Kirk Sides / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less 2of5 The project would boost the plant’s daily treatment capacity, now 4 million, to 6 million.Kirk Sides / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5 Should construction begin in April, the city anticipates completion in October 2023....

What can be done about sky-high water bills in Pearland? Bill Spencer, Investigative Reporter Published:  Updated:  Tags:  RELATED: Dai Nguyen is a single mother who moved to Pearland, from Friendswood three months ago. She said she was really worried about all that cash she’s going to have to shell out to the city for her unusually high water bills. “It makes absolutely no sense,” Nguyen said. “My bill is at least double compared to what I was paying prior in Friendswood,” she ad...