🌱 Ready to hunt for tiny hidden artworks across downtown Northampton?

Hello Northampton! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Ready to hunt for tiny hidden artworks across downtown Northampton?
• What $45.7M in new funding will change on Smith’s campus

Also on today's calendar: Bar Lavi Hebrew School and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 58 degrees.
• Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 79, low: 66.
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 56 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Local Event: Fun Sized Tiny Public Art Festival (patch.com) — Downtown Northampton will turn into a miniature art treasure hunt this fall when Fun Sized: A Tiny Public Art Festival opens September 26–27 and continues through October. Using free printed or digital maps, residents can search for fifteen hidden small-scale artworks, collect clues, and ultimately discover a final secret installation called the Golden Moment.
   

• $45.7M Bond Funds Smith College Campus Renovations (high-profile.com) — Smith College has secured a $45.7 million MassDevelopment bond to upgrade key infrastructure on its Northampton campus, including science-building HVAC systems and Sage Hall. The funding will also support Mill River bank stabilization and Lamont Bridge repairs, improving campus resilience and nearby riverfront safety for the broader Northampton community.
   

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📸 Around Northampton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Northampton

Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!

Thursday August 27

• Drop-in Chess →
  Northampton, MA Calendar, 67 Conz Street, Northampton
  9:00 am
• HRYMCA Strength, Stretch, & Balance - Hybrid →
  Northampton, MA Calendar, 67 Conz Street, Northampton
  9:00 am
• Needles & Hooks →
  Northampton, MA Calendar, 67 Conz Street, Northampton
  10:00 am
• Preschool Storytime!
  Forbes Library Community Room
  10:30 am
• The Driving Decision with MA RMV (rescheduled from June) →
  Northampton, MA Calendar, 67 Conz Street, Northampton
  10:30 am
• Movie Matinee - Is This Thing On? →
  Northampton, MA Calendar, 67 Conz Street, Northampton
  1:00 pm
• Community Drumming →
  Northampton, MA Calendar, 67 Conz Street, Northampton
  1:00 pm
• Northampton Retirement Board August Meeting →
  Northampton, MA Calendar Northampton, MA 01060
  1:30 pm

Sunday August 30

• Bar Lavi Hebrew School →
  Chabad of Northampton, Northampton
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 26

• Westfield Walmart Trip →
  Easthampton, MA Calendar Easthampton, MA 01027
  9:00 am
• Tai Chi →
  Easthampton, MA Calendar, 19 Union Street, Easthampton
  9:00 am
• Coffee n' Chat
  Westhampton Public Library 1 North Road, Westhampton, MA 01027
  10:00 am
• Mahjong - National →
  Easthampton, MA Calendar, 19 Union St, Easthampton
  12:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi All -
  I just started a new job, so I'm looking for an apartment or in-law unit located near the east side of Amherst or in Belchertown with reasonable… (Nextdoor Grove St/Hospital Hill)
• Not too late to sign up for 8/30!
  https://www.runyourcity.org/chapters/run-amherst-umass (Nextdoor Northampton)

• Packaging Corporation of America posted a job opening for Machine Operator in Northampton. Apply here.
• Big Y Foods, Inc. posted a job opening for Baker in Northampton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Northampton here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hadley

• Two harvests, one field: Hadley farm shows off agrivoltaics as other growers take interest (gazettenet.com)
• Keeping Hadley small while thinking big: New town administrator sees opportunities for growth (amherstbulletin.com)
• Hadley town administrator: Capital planning needs more consistency, funding to maintain services (gazettenet.com)

South Hadley

• Way Finders opens applications for 60-unit affordable housing in South Hadley (gazettenet.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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