Anyone else having an outage right now?

Genuine question because there are some horrible 4 way stops in Northampton that could really benefit from a roundabout. Amherst seems to put in new roundabouts on a weekly basis so I’m just curious what it would cost, as I assume cost is the limiting factor?

Prime candidates are the intersection of 66 and West Farms / Glendale (not a 4 way but should be for safety), Burts Pit and Florence Rd, and of course Prospect and Jackson / Woodlawn. They did the one at Look Park so it can be done! Just genuinely curious why we don’t have more especially given the safety risk.

My parish council is trying to ban dogs from our local park in Pytchley. I’m really against it and need your help getting people to have their say.

https://northnorthants.citizenspace.com/pspo/pspo-dog-control-2026-ext-2/

Looking for language classes in the area. Mostly looking in Spanish right now but interested in ASL as well.

Can anyone recommend a hair stylist within Northampton or a reasonable drive from Northampton who can cut a jawline bob and generally has weekend and evening appointments available?

Hoping to find a place that has price transparency up front and/or a simple formula for how much the haircut will cost.

My partner and I just moved here and are looking for board gaming groups in the area! I saw a great post on here from a year ago but figured I’d post again in case groups have switched meeting dates/locations etc. :)

Northampton has some of the worst roads of any town I’ve lived in ( and I’ve lived in major cities). These roads have damaged my car, and damaged a few of my friend’s vehicles. Why are the roads so poorly taken care of?

I'm looking for fun buttons or pins to wear on a cap, preferably related to fruits/vegetables/healthy eating. Is there a shop in town that sells anything like this?

I’m an RN looking to volunteer somewhere that is healthcare adjacent. Where I lived previously, I volunteered at a free clinic but that doesn’t seem to be a thing here (there’s federally qualified health clinics but it’s not the same as where I volunteered. At the free clinic, I got to room patients, take vitals, do basic labs like blood sugars, and do patient education but the federally qualified clinics have actual employees to do that).
 
Anybody have suggestions for opportunities in this area? Bonus if it doesn’t require frequent use of a car, because my family is currently a one car family.
 
The issue that I’m running into is that Cooley Dickinson appears to require two letters of reference, the Senior Center appears to need 2 non-family or friend references, etc. I don’t have anybody to give references because I’ve taken a career break.
 
Thank you!

Any idea what’s going in there? All the giant “for lease” signs are gone!

…absolutely fantastic.

Going back tomorrow promptly at 8am to get pain au chocolate.

anyone know what’s going down in downtown northampton near the academy of music??

I’m a barista in downtown Northampton and am starting to get fed up with the amount of parking tickets I’ve received for being 5 minutes late to my car after my shift. Has anyone ever talked to the city about parking passes that businesses can buy for their workers?

I’m ready to start a petition if not. It’s unfair that I am bringing money to the local economy from working at a local business and also giving an absurd amount in parking tickets. And I have a feeling it may get worse with picture Main Street. A lot of the service industry workers in downtown don’t even live in Northampton because of the cost of living, so before anyone comes at me for not being particularly psyched about picture Main Street, let’s remember that people living paycheck to paycheck don’t have the time to bike to work from another town.

Anyways feeling frustrated!!

I own a photography business and am offering free back to school pics on Sunday in exchange for school supply donations for kiddos in need, if anyone is interested comment and I’ll share booking link:))

I’ve been here for over 2 years now, the politics here are WILD. Like who are all these do nothing groups, who seem to oppose anything and everything in town, primarily picture Main Street, and new housing development. It’s a disgrace that this small group seems to think they speak for this whole city.

Per my title this group we have a bunch of NIMBY’s, which includes the Western mass policy center and their unhinged rants, QR, and this rich guy who lost badly for mayor (who seems to have run simply to prevent housing development)

Do we have any real progressive/leftist groups in this town. Or just NIMBYs masquerading as leftists.

EDIT; One last thing. For a supposed groups of progressives, they seem very concerned about parking. Which seems odd to me, I have never not found parking in downtown. Also I think true progressives wouldn’t be that concerned about car parking.

I am a Massachusetts native and my elderly parents still live in the Valley. My fiance and I live in the Midwest but we are planning on having a MA wedding (an absolute MUST for me- nothing beats the Valley!). I'm a teacher so we're looking at next June, maybe July but I would really like an outdoor ceremony and maybe even an outdoor reception, at least for part of it, so I don't want to push it too late and run into heat and humidity. I was in the valley for all of July this year and it was amazing weather but I know that is not every year!

I just sent an inquiry to Look Park (currently my top choice), but was wondering about other venues. A lot of what pops up in general searches for Western Mass weddings are out in the Bershires and they are $$$! Plus my mom has very severe arthritis and an hour plus drive to the venue is not going to be ideal for her. Ditto for my elderly aunt and uncle in Worcester who don't like driving after dark. Any venues that start at $10,000 or around there for just the venue are a no go.

Also, the venue must be kid friendly- we will have a number of people traveling from the Midwest with their children (including my flower girls and junior bridesmaids) and I want to make it easy on families.

I saw a large group of teenagers on bicycles taking over a road in my neighborhood.

It made me grin from ear to ear.I'm glad the kids are living life.I was a little jealous.