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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Police, Fire Dept. contend with explosive munition at Memorial Hall in Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — City public safety officials and state police are at an evacuated Memorial Hall, contending with an unexploded munition. Northampton police said the call for the explosive device came in around 3:15 p.m. Massachusetts State Police and the Northampton Fire Department cleared the building, and as of 4:55 p.m. were still there dealing with the munition. The city's Central Services Department works out of the hall, which is two buildings down from City Hall on Main Street. It also houses Veterans Services, city human resources and mail services, Northampton Public Schools central offices, and arts and culture services. Built in the 1880s to honor veterans who fought in the Civil War, the hall at 240 Main St. has been used as a library, museum and also home to an American Legion. No other details were available. Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Augusta leaders work on improving city appearance
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Interest in getting Augusta looking better is picking up.'All of us are with it. We got to clean up our city. I mean, that's what everyone expects and that's what we're going to do,' said Commissioner Don Clark. A commission committee is recommending a plan called Operation City Clean Up. This will focus litter cleanup in high traffic areas using those sentenced to community service. 'Many charged who have been charged with maybe shoplifting, for example, in state court and you have probably heard I say from the bench, 'if you can pick up something that doesn't belong to you, you can pick up trash off the street',' said Kellie McIntyre State Court Chief Judge. Overgrown grass is another issue, which has the mayor pushing consolidating all grass city cutting under a new Public Works department. 'We hear so many people complain about the Garden City not looking like the Garden City. Let's put the money where it needs to go, I'm with the mayor,' said Commissioner Catherine Smith Rice. But some commissioners point out the Central Services Department was created to handle city maintenance. 'So if we open up this Public Works, we need to do away with Central Services instead of creating another department which actually creates a bigger government,' said Mayor Pro-Tem Wayne Guilfoyle. 'Would that be a concern it could cost money?' 'It's going to be a realignment. I don't necessarily think it's going to cost us more money. I think it's just going to be a shifting,' said Commissioner Clark. A commission committee is recommending the litter program, but putting off the discussion on a new public works department until next month. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
