City seeks public comment on ‘Reimagine Policing’ report
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Published: 4/25/2021 11:31:47 AM
EASTHAMPTON The city’s Mayor’s Pledge Work Group will invite public comment on its final report to reimagine policing, which was submitted to the City Council earlier this month, at a Public Safety Subcommittee meeting on Monday at 6 p.m.
The work group was set up to review the Easthampton Police Department’s use of force policies last June, and in late March, issued its final report. The 105-page report outlines six recommendations focused on investing in non-police alternatives for safety and health concerns, and increasing transparency and community collaboration.
Future of Easthampton’s elementary schools up in the air
The playground for Center/Pepin School in Easthampton is located on the southeast side of the Center building at 9 School St. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 4/25/2021 11:45:21 AM
EASTHAMPTON With the new Mountain View School on track to accommodate students in preschool through eighth grade in 2022, the city will soon decide what to do with the three schools currently serving elementary students.
In total, Mountain View School will accommodate students from four different school buildings: White Brook Middle School, Maple Elementary School, and Center & Pepin Elementary Schools. White Brook Middle School, which is located on Mountain View School’s campus, is set to be demolished. But the city is deciding what will come next for the elementary schools.
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With marijuana legal in New York, and other states close behind, will Mass. dispensaries along state borders survive?
Operators insist impact wonât be immediate â but foresee disruption
By Dan Adams Globe Staff,Updated April 20, 2021, 1 hour ago
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It was a good run while it lasted.
When Massachusetts voters passed Question 4 in 2016, the state became an oasis of legal marijuana on the East Coast, surrounded by neighbors that prohibited the drug entirely or only allowed its medical use. Today, total pot sales are approaching $1.5 billion.
But with New York legalizing cannabis late last month, the first recreational shops now ringing up customers in Maine, Vermont recently authorizing commercial sales, and Rhode Island and Connecticut lawmakers poised to establish regulated marijuana markets in their states, our early-mover advantage is rapidly evaporating.
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