Meg Robbins for City Council Northampton, MA

09/06/2026

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The federal "tax credit scholarship" voucher program sends public funds away from public schools and students to subsidize private schools. It was established under Section 70411 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and is part of the federal administration’s attempt to dismantle the federal Departme...

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
https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/vQzN8RTGp1MnGyXZqFrSjulJoNpYIU8_a_E6Mhvd8-CXZhTil4NyTwKUjIsI4HYN.0JbrIXVvct_qD1XC

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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.