“Due to Northampton’s preference to put more money into reserves and less into critical needs like schools, the amounts in our savings accounts are excessive.  Compared to similar sized cities in Massachusetts, our reserves are much larger.”

Read Melissa Maciborski’s Guest Column here:
https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2024/07/northampton-has-money-for-schools-it-needs-to-spend-it-viewpoint.html