SOUTHAMPTON Voters will decide whether to support a $718,467 override to stave off school and town budget cuts when they head to Town Meeting on Saturday.The Proposition 2½ override is part of a 42-article warrant for the meeting that takes place at.
Easthampton nixes police officer in schools
Easthampton High School GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 6/9/2021 7:28:14 AM
EASTHAMPTON After years of contention, a police officer will no longer be present in the city’s public schools.
The city will redirect its school resource officer positions to focus on community-based policing, according to Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle. The officers will still work with juveniles, but will not be based in the district’s schools.
“The biggest thing I think people will notice is there’s not a police officer assigned within our schools who might be walking the halls or talking to students in the cafeteria or during recess,” LaChapelle said.
SOUTHAMPTON Joining neighboring communities, Southampton opened its first recreational cannabis dispensary this week.Additionally, the fifth dispensary in Northampton opened Thursday, and Easthampton is set to see a fourth dispensary in the near.
NORTHAMPTON A group of local residents, business owners and advocates are calling for changes to the city’s planned Main Street redesign, which they say needs to better accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists and businesses in an ecologically friendly.
NORTHAMPTON The city’s planned Department of Community Care is in line to receive an additional $150,000 from an amendment to the state budget.The department, which was a major recommendation of the city’s Policing Review Commission, would be.