Second chance possible for ballot measure that died in city council vote
A citizens’ initiative to put the landfill expansion before the voters died on the City Council table Thursday, but it could come back to life as soon as Monday. The petition asks: “Shall the city of Northampton expand the Northampton landfill over the Barnes Aquifer?” The council tabled the matter at its last meeting after a group of citizens presented it during the public comment session. Councilors Michael A. Bardsley and Marianne L. LaBarge offered their own identically worded ballot question at that same meeting.