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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 ...