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By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A plan to provide $2 million over 10 years toward municipal reparations initiatives, such as programs for youth or first-time homebuyers, could be stymied by the anticipated drying up of tax revenue associated with cannabis sales in Amherst...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The City Council revealed on Thursday some details on how the city’s joint commission to investigate racial harms against Black residents and workers will be structured. The City Council unanimously passed a resolution in February to...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — The city is moving ahead with plans to create a joint commission to investigate racial harms against Black residents and workers in Northampton, making a statement as part of a nationwide conversation on reparations in the country.The...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — When Garrick Perry told his grandmother 25 years ago that he was moving to Northampton from Washington, D.C., she reacted with skepticism.“I remember my grandmother when I was deciding to move here, she had a fear that I was going to the...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Proponents of establishing a commission on reparations in Northampton for African Americans are lobbying the City Council to pass a resolution on the issue in February, coinciding with Black History Month. The Northampton Reparations...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — An online panel discussion regarding a proposed reparations commission for the city is set to take place Tuesday evening via a Zoom conference, in partnership with Forbes Library. The meeting, titled “Why Reparations? Why Northampton?...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Capping the number of cannabis retailers citywide is coming before the City Council Thursday night for a final vote, and councilors appear divided on the issue.The proposed ordinance is in its second reading, after receiving a neutral...
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