MAYORS

We talk to the final candidate in our Northampton mayoral race marathon, Jillian Duclos, chat with hosts of BPR Jim Braude and Margery Eagan before they visit the 413 and taste wines with NEPM's own Nirvani Williams.

We speak with the third candidate running for mayor in Northampton, Dan Breindel, in our series leading up to the preliminary elections next week. Plus, we speak with local author Jeanne Birdsall about her new book and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We speak to David Dombrowski, candidate for the 2026 Northampton mayoral race, learn about a new opera exploring the boundaries between humanity and AI and speak with actors of movie "Psycho Beach Party" before their screening at The Triplex Cinema.

We begin our conversations with the Northampton mayoral candidates ahead of the primary elections with Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra and talk to comedian Daniel Shar's show, "Near Sex for Work."

The former city council president is looking ahead at his plans for the next three months on the job.

A city councilor in Northampton, Mass., who was recently reprimanded or "censured" by fellow councilors said she was taking care of her constituents.

Brian Keenan worked at the Springfield police department for 27 years most recently as a captain. He will now serve as Holyoke's Police Chief.

The Shoestring reported that the embattled police chief of Greenfield, Massachusetts, and his top deputy received substantial raises from former Mayor Roxann Wedegartner the week before she lost her reelection bid last November.

About a few hundred people attended the swearing in held at Symphony Hall’s Mahogony Room on Monday for Domenic Sarno, Springfield's longest serving mayor who has held the job since 2008.

In Pittsfield, City Council President Peter Marchetti will become the new mayor, taking over for the outgoing Linda Tyer. He defeated John Krol in the contentious 2023 election.