NORTHAMPTON The city has decided to extend the deadline to apply for the job of Senior Services director, a position that includes overseeing the Northampton Senior Center and running the city’s Tax Work-Off Program.Marie Westburg served as director.
NORTHAMPTON U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern met with city officials on Wednesday to celebrate an injection of federal funding for the Manhan Rail Trail and brainstorm ways that lawmakers can help with establishing the Community.
NORTHAMPTON Masks will be optional for most students, faculty, staff and visitors at Northampton public schools starting Monday.The School Committee voted 7-3 Thursday night to lift the districtwide mask mandate, a reversal of last week’s vote to.
NORTHAMPTON Parents and public school students protested on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday morning to demand an immediate end to the mask mandate in city schools, citing a continuous downward trend in COVID-19 transmission rates and concerns.
Northampton School Committee member Gwen Agna ended the March 17 meeting by stating, “I hope that the public will understand that it was not an easy decision,” referring to the committee’s vote to keep the current mask mandate in Northampton’s.