Meg Robbins for City Council Northampton, MA

09/03/2026

Packed agenda City Council tonight 6:30 pm hybrid and Council Chambers; agenda items include zoning, wetland and stormwater change requests, databank moratorium and study, Committee appointments, confirming Director Parsiliti as new DPW head, Financial transfers, and an administrative code change request to assign leadership to the Small Clean Energy Infrastructure Facilities oversight and direction to the city's Office of Planning and Sustainability.
https://www.northamptonma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/9379?html=true&fbclid=IwY2xjawUGVy1wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMVZ5MURqbmlhVG9yOUtKRkdzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeCk6DqYbv52bpUL9606VZd3fq84GSIhd3AxrEyply4bQ-HmT32RklznXCuss_aem_2v2HNnzjA8wjVyOAs9jNwg

09/01/2026

Voting today!

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08/25/2026

The city council president proposed the moratoriums, citing concerns about battery storage sites catching fire and the amount of electricity and water data centers consume.

08/24/2026

Monday's NHS Geothermal presentation by Director Weil
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08/20/2026

City Council August 20th tonight at 6:30 Virtual Only.
There is also a Geo Thermal NHS Zoom presentation at 7 pm which many of us would like to attend but hopefully it will be recorded.

08/19/2026

A new committee in Ames is poised to study the environmental impacts of data centers. ⤵️ Find a link to the story in the comments.

08/19/2026

Tara Jacobs, a progressive who has made her mark on the Governor’s Council over the last four years, faces a rematch from Michael Fenton, Springfield’s former City Council President.

08/19/2026

Affordable Housing not Part of Fall River's waterfront transformation
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Unfortunately, under Fall River’s current plans for the almost 1,500 homes slated for the site, bidders must defer to the city's "strong preference for market-rate housing as the development option for the Property."