City of Northampton

Tuesday’s elections featured plenty of incumbent mayors sticking around in western Massachusetts – though just barely in Northampton. And in Easthampton, with no incumbent on the ballot, voters picked the city’s 4th mayor in 30 years.

Coming to a close in less than two weeks, two campaigns seeking the mayor’s office in Northampton, Massachusetts are in the final stretch – featuring the incumbent and a challenger looking to unseat her. Both squared off in a forum this week. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos reports.

In Northampton, Massachusetts, the table appears to be set for this November’s elections. That includes the mayor’s race, with Tuesday’s preliminaries narrowing the field to the incumbent and a longtime local business advocate.

Ahead of a preliminary election, four mayoral candidates in Northampton, Mass., talked problems and solutions at a forum – making their pitches to a packed community center before the field’s slimmed to two.

In three weeks, voters in Northampton, Mass. will vote to pare down who will be on the ballot this November, including a crowded mayoral race. Ahead of time, candidates will take part in a forum Tuesday night to talk city issues and how to tackle them.

Northampton, Massachusetts is set to hold a preliminary election this September – slimming down the fields for several races. That includes the mayoral race and its four candidates – among them: political newcomer Dan Breindel. Looking to unseat current-Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra, he spoke with WAMC about his candidacy, his campaign and a wave of candidates that, if elected, could reshape city hall.

Hundreds of blue and white bikes are back and rolling now that a popular bike share program has relaunched in western Massachusetts.

A $3 million budget override question intended for voters in Northampton, Massachusetts this fall has been rescinded – following a special city council meeting.

One of the last pieces of budget business wrapped up in the City of Northampton, Massachusetts this week. The city council approved extra funding for the school district, following last month’s failed budget vote that sidelined it.

Months of budget talks in Northampton, Massachusetts came to a head at the latest city council meeting, only for councilors to come up short of passing a final spending plan. An earlier plan proposed by the mayor will likely take effect in the meantime — with both budgets considered insufficient by a local teachers’ union.