NORTHAMPTON Joining a chorus of others, the city’s Arts Council voted last week to sign on to demands by the group Northampton Abolition Now and support cuts to the city’s Police Department budget. The demands ask for the immediate reallocation of.
Northampton restaurateur running for Ward 4 City Council seat
JESSE HASSINGER
Published: 4/13/2021 7:59:04 PM
NORTHAMPTON Downtown restaurant owner Jesse Hassinger has joined four other newcomers running for City Council. While the others are running for two at-large seats, Hassinger, who is co-owner of Belly of the Beast, is the only person who has publicly announced his candidacy for the Ward 4 seat.
Current Ward 4 City Councilor John Thorpe has said he will not be seeking reelection.
Hassinger, 40, moved from Boston to Northampton in 2015 and he and his wife, Aimee Francaes, opened Belly of the Beast downtown.
Last summer, Hassinger became more active in city government amid calls to cut the city’s Police Department budget and when digital meetings made it easier for him to participate, he said.
Stir Up Some Love: More even pay in restaurants would be strong step
Jeremy Werther is owner and chef at Homestead in Northampton. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Published: 1/7/2021 3:55:40 PM
Modified: 1/7/2021 3:55:28 PM
Jeremy Werther is the owner and chef at Homestead in Northampton. For his Treehouse Stir Up Some Love cooking demonstration he is featuring Ricotta Dumpling Cacio e Pepe.
Jesse Hassinger: Restaurants have a tradition of giving back to the community via fundraisers, why was it important to work with Treehouse in the midst of COVID?
Jeremy Werther: Giving back to the community is unprecedently important. It’s almost more important to establish those connections right now because people aren’t going out as they used to, and for good reason, but that is still equating to loss of business for the hospitality industry. Without our community restaurants don’t exist. We need that extra word-of-mouth that working with an organization like Treehouse is able to provide to stay o
Stir Up Some Love: Helping restaurants regroup I-Collective’s Neftalí Durán. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Neftali Duran works with others form the Pioneer Valley Workers Center to prepare food for the first annual Night of Food Justice at Valley View Farm in Haydenville. The event is a A fund raiser for Pioneer Valley Workers Center and the national Food Chain Workers Alliance. gAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 12/19/2020 11:11:18 AM
Editor’s note: “Stir Up Some Love” is a new online series of episodes offering 15 cooking demonstrations by regional pros. Donations for each episode or for the full season will be split evenly between the restaurants and Treehouse Foundation, a nonprofit supporting a 60-home community in Easthampton for foster families. The full listing of episodes is available at stirupsomelove.com.