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Northampton mayor to get $37.5K pay raise next year; part-time elected officials will also see bump

Northampton mayor to get .5K pay raise next year; part-time elected officials will also see bump

NORTHAMPTON — Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra is set to receive a $37,500 pay increase in her annual salary next year, after a vote to increase the mayor’s salary was unanimously approved by the City Council Thursday night. The move to increase the mayor’s salary, in addition to granting raises for city...

June 16, 2023

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Northampton organizations eye ways to address mental health challenges among LGBTQ+ youth

NORTHAMPTON — The city of Northampton might seem like the ideal place for queer-identifying adolescents to grow up — after all, it was historically dubbed the “Lesbianville” of the United States by the 1992 National Enquirer tabloid. During the pandemic, however, LGBTQ+ youth in the city were not immune to...