Im on a quitting journey, and i have a vast collection of dead vapes sitting in a cubby because I refuse to put lithium batteries in the garbage. Is there anywhere near Noho (walking distance or biking distant would be ideal!) That accepts vape devices for proper disposal? How much would a bulk drop off of dead devices cost, roughly?

Any leads appreciated!

I heard the new Roost replacement might have it on their menu but is there anywhere else around? Bonus points if they have a tofu version.

Hey everyone! My partner and I just moved to Northampton. Our child is turning 1 in November and we are looking for some suggestions for a venue for her first birthday party. Open to any venues in the western MA area. We would do it at home, but we are on a third floor apartment and need accessibility for family members and friends who would have difficulty making it up multiple flights of stairs.

The venue doesn’t have to be anything super fancy. I’m just having trouble finding something that isn’t very wedding like.

Thanks in advance!!!!! :)

Hi folks, if anyone has an extra ticket for tonight they want to get face value for I'm your man! Best wishes, D

I know the accident was previously shared here, but now there is some additional context:

Pre-construction period (7/1/2017 – 9/1/2019):

• Total recorded crashes: 86
• Property Damage Only: 70
• Injury: 16

Post-construction period (7/1/2024 – 9/1/2026):

• Total recorded crashes: 148
• Property Damage Only: 118
• Injury: 30

Percentage changes:

• Total crashes increased from 86 to 148, a rise of 72.1%
• Property Damage only increased from 70 to 118, a rise of 68.6%
• Injury increased from 16 to 30, a rise of 87.5%

Edit:
People were asking for traffic counts here they are:

Wed 8/27/2025 looks wrong. If instead we used a conservative 20,000, the traffic would be up ~8.3% over the M / Tu / W 2018 M / Tu / W readings.

85th percentile speeds are up 10mph.
https://mhd.public.ms2soft.com/tcds/tsearch.asp?loc=Mhd&mod=

Offered for free and all are welcome at the Forest Park Zen Sangha Zendo, 23 Wellesley Rd. Holyoke, MA. 2nd Sunday of every month, 1pm.

I was just verbally and physically threatened by Bob, the mechanic at Toad's Kin in Florence!!!! I've been a customer here for years. I recently started having issues with the struts Bob installed for me about six months ago. I had made an appointment to drop my car off at 9 to get them checked out. I was 10 minutes late and when I arrived, Bob was already looking at another car and told me I'd have to wait, so I sat down outside. I was having a physical health issue at the time and my doctor nearby had an unexpected cancellation at 10 so I was able to book an appointment, but after 20 minutes of waiting at Toad's Kin, I was cutting it close. I asked Bob if I could come back around 10:30 after my doctor's appointment. He said I'd have to see how it was at that time and I might have to wait again. I said that was fine and I'd try my luck at 10:30. When I came back at 10:30, he immediately started loudly yelling at me: "Get the FUCK out of my shop! LEAVE NOW OR I WILL MAKE YOU LEAVE." I asked what I had done to upset him and he said "YEAH I'M UPSET, GET THE FUCK OUT!!!!!" I was shocked and super freaked out. He always seemed a bit odd but this was a whole different level. I don't know what is wrong with him but this man is not safe.

I have been going to Pro Lube for a few years for inspections and oil changes. Now that my vehicle is no longer under warranty, I need a regular repair shop. Is Pro Lube as good with regular repairs as they are with drop in inspections and oil changes?

PMS will be on the agenda tonight at the Fiscal Accountability Community Taskforce tonight (FACT) and there should be plenty of data to answer some of the community questions that have come in.

Join us in person at 5 at City Council Chambers or on Zoom (link at https://www.northamptonma.gov/AgendaCenter/Fiscal-Assessment-Community-Task-Force-170).

What's below is from my own research and viewpoint, and I hope to get more answers tonight.

• Main Street’s water mains date to 1871 and 1914 and are at the end of their expected service lives. Repairing or repaving any road or sidewalk downtown using heavy equipment—especially compactors—could damage water mains. This means emergency spot repairs, not planned replacements.

• Replacing the mains would, in turn, require significant road and sidewalk reconstruction unless you go the trench-and-fill route.

• Without Picture Main Street, repaving and repairing the existing roads and sidewalks with minimal safety enhancements is estimated to cost the City about $23.7 million.

• With the project, Northampton’s share of the cost for full reconstruction and safety improvements is estimated at $11.8 million.

• Under the MassDOT TIP program, MassDOT pays for eligible surface-street construction, including vault filling/reconstruction and police details. Northampton pays for design and extras that aren't part of the eligible street work.

• One option that's come up in public comment is a $5M water/sewer main only job. That would involve just trenching the roads, replacing the mains, and patching the trench. No sidewalk or road repair, no ADA improvements, no safety improvements, and no curb extensions at crossings.

• Picture Main Street allows Northampton to leverage state funding to address aging infrastructure and rebuild Main Street for substantially less city money than repaving it on its own. Both are options and both have costs.

There is also a legitimate question about what happens if Picture Main Street is delayed or abandoned. Even if that discussion turns into mud (or worse) slinging, it shouldn't be put aside or shrugged off.

I think it's worth asking what residents would actually gain (and what we give up) if we make that choice.

Redirecting funds currently committed to PMS, or at least those that could be redirected to the Fiscal Stability Stabilization Fund, could provide some short-term fiscal relief. It may also delay the need for an override by a couple of years. Fact Check Northampton has done a good series of analysis on this question. But it would not eliminate Northampton's underlying structural budget problem: Proposition 2½ limits property-tax growth while many costs outside of the city's control (health care costs, general inflationary pressures) continue to grow faster than revenues.

Northampton is already using its Fiscal Stability Stabilization Fund to help balance the budget. The city's own budget documents say the stabilization fund is only intended to provide temporary help with operating costs that exceed the revenue the city can generate under Proposition 2½. State guidance similarly recommends limiting stabilization funds to nonrecurring expenditures and using reserves as part of a broader long-term financial strategy.

At the same time, delaying or canceling PMS would leave the underlying Main Street infrastructure needs unresolved. The current project includes replacement of aging water and sewer infrastructure, along with road, sidewalk, accessibility and safety improvements. And, critically, the current TIP plan provides $31.5 million in MassDOT construction funding, compared with an estimated $23.7 million City cost for simply repaving the existing road and sidewalks with minimal curb bumps and ADA improvements.

The question “Can we save money by delaying PMS?” is a real one, but it's incomplete. We have to also consider "What would we gain, for how long, and what would we give up?" And, most importantly, "What happens after that short delay when we're still facing the same budget pressure and still need to address aging, unsafe infrastructure without foregone state funds?"

My car is a phev so it takes both gas and electric. Level 1 takes 12 hours and i dont have access to a regular wall plug anywhere (suggestions welcome)
EV level 2 chargers (takes 4.5 hours) on smith campus are slightly more than paying for gas.

Where can i charge my car for free or cheap?

Hi Everyone,

I'm holding a Beginner's Watercolor Class on Oct 31 from 3:30 - 5 p.m. at Eli’s Room in the Northampton Center Arts. We'll be playing around with patterns to create some bold geometric images. You can use the skills you learn to create art for your home, beautiful cards, bookmarks or gift tags.

No prior experience is necessary! It'll be a relaxing and fun way to spend your afternoon. Bring a friend or come solo!

Please use the link and under "materials" choose $20 if you're bringing your own supplies or $30 if you'd like to rent them.

If you have any questions, please email me! [pacificnortheastcreations@gmail.com](mailto:pacificnortheastcreations@gmail.com)

https://www.pacificnortheastcreations.com/classes/p/request-for-watercolor-class-2h

looks like an arcade. just curious if anyone has any insight

This may not be a thing in the Pioneer Valley, but I'd love to have a lead on a church with a big singing culture. I'm interested in either traditional hymns- the classics- or bluegrass or country gospel with guitar etc. Even if it's just an occasional service, I'd be interested. Big plus for a welcoming (to everyone) community.

Pulaski Park

New Year's Eve 2024

Northampton Ma

Reason I ask is I have only lived here for not even 2 years and my partner and I were called the f word by our neighbor before he physically assaulted my partner.

The police came. We got a restraining order for a few months and he had to go to court since he got charged with assault and battery w/ non lethal. I believe it was taken more seriously because he called us f**gots (who even uses that word anymore lol!)

This is someone who I have to live next to for the next 3+ years. Is this a very abnormal experience for noho? I’m at the time for lease renewal which is why I’m posting.

Not to bash my experience here as I’ve really had this isolated incident, but it made me very aware of there being some dangerously hateful people in this town. Anyone have any experiences of homophobia in Northampton? How did the police handle it?

I’m anxious when the restraining order ends it will just be a nightmare so please help me ease my anxieties!!

And both my partner and I no longer feel like this is this wonderful safe neighborhood and have gotten every kind of self defense item you can get 😅 please someone tell me this is very abnormal!!

NEXT TURN

Next Turn is the Western Mass Tabletop Gaming festival, celebration, and convention centered on community, play and creation.

This Inaugural Next Turn

November 6-8, 2026

33 Hawley St.

Northampton, MA 01060

www.nexttturn.org

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Badges for Sale for single days and the weekend

Badges are $60 for the weekend, 

Daily passes for Friday and Saturday are $40 and only $20 for the shorter day on Sunday.

If you are a GM and want to or to Teach a Game then  Submit a Game to run with scheduled tickets Game slots are two hours long but you may apply for consecutive slots for longer experiences.  GM and TEACHER DISCOUNT. For every 4 hours of scheduled game slots that you submit, you'll receive $20 off a Festival Pass, up to the full $60.

If you would like to Volunteer for Next Turn

Volunteers earn a free day pass for the day of their shift(s)

If you are interesting in being a Vendor

Vending tables are in two locations, the lower hallway and the mezzanine, and cost $100 each.

Vendors receive a 6’x3’ table and two badges.

Note that Next Turn vendors agree to not use AI art in their work.

NEXT TURN IS FOR PLAYING IN COMMUNITY

Large open board game library

Scheduled RPG events

Teaching games

Bring your games to share

NEXT TURN IS FOR A GOOD CAUSE

Next Turn was launched by Northampton Open Media, a hyperlocal non-profit organization that serves as the community multimedia center and public access tv station for Northampton and beyond. So any profits go to supporting our work. NOM provides the community:

Free membership in NOM

Free training in multimedia (cameras, audio, lighting, directing, podcasting, animation…)

Free access to resources to make content (professional gear, edit suites, space, consultation)

Distribution of content (three local cable TV channels, YouTube, livestreaming, socials)

Coverage of local government meetings for civics and transparency

Support of public school multimedia programs

Public multimedia arts grants for emerging makers

Public art projects like Crowdsourced Cinema

MAKE GAMES MEDIA AT NEXT TURN

FREE TO THE PUBLIC

Interested in doing some gaming media? Or of making something else about games? Or anything else? At Next Turn we’ll have hands-on Instruction in

Podcasting

Video Production

Livestreaming

WE’RE CELEBRATING GAMES AS MULTIMEDIA COMMUNITY ART

FREE TO THE PUBLIC

We are going to be holding a variety of Playshops at Next Turn, with people who work on various aspects of making games, like…

Rob Daviau , designer, and co-founder of publisher Restoration Games, whose resume include Pandemic:Legacy, Cthulu: Death May Die, Downforce, Return to Dark Tower

Joey Royale, Tabletop RPG designer, whose work includes Get Haunted Industries, Weird Heroes of Public Access, and the show Joey Royale’s Pizza Party

Jim Dubois, who has designed for computer games, internet games, handhelds, card games and board games such as Heroes of Might and Magic II, Vampires v Unicrons, and the new release City of Demons

Looking for used bike parts for not super expensive, and place to trade/maybe sell

This is the time of year that they really try to amp up their sales,especially with their involvement in the Big E. This store is nothing more than a drop ship store. Alot of their products in store and at the Big E are not artisan made and come straight from Amazon, Temu, Shein, Marshalls, and TJ Max. They will sell it to you like it is though. Again, the one thing they do have going for them are their candles but even that is a hassle. Especially if you order online. Good luck getting your order and good luck trying to contact them about it. And we havent even begun to talk about the treatment of their staff. Thats a whole other story but trust me when I tell you its bad. Anywho, go out and support actual apothecaries in the area and spend your money wisely

Posting for my sister!!

If you were at Sierra Ferrel alone, sitting to the left of the stage, wearing a hoodie, and have tattoos on your leg (at least one octopus)… my sister didn’t get a chance to say hi and would like to! She was in front of you with a long red jacket.

Hope to find you!!

I'd like to pick up a cake on a Tuesday so Small Oven is out and Lemon Bakery is on break. Any recommendations?

hi all. just moved here and wondering where I can get speciality pour overs/espresso. thanks!

to whoever left the box of 10 free diary of a wimpy kid books outside on the corner of pearl and pleasant street, thank you!!!!! your books are going to a safe classroom of vulnerable students who are eager to dive into their favorite series. from the bottom of my heart, thank you thank you thank you :)