Information about Northampton and the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. Click on a link below to go to information about that topic.

Subject Guides in this Category

• Arts
• Authors & Illustrators
• Cemeteries
• Deaf Resources
• Elections and Voting
• ESL
• Health Resources
• Homeless or Hungry?
• Housing
• Jobs
• Libraries
• Local Code and Ordinances
• Local History
• Meeting Facilities
• Musical Venues in the Northampton Area
• Online Discussion Groups, Forums and Blogs
• Organizations
• Performing Groups
• Recreation
• Regional News and Media
• Scholarships
• Schools and Colleges
• Social Services
• Transportation
• Volunteering
• Weather
• WiFi (locations with free wireless internet in Northampton)

General Information & Community Guides

• City of Northampton Official Site
  Information about Northampton's government, schools, cultural events, history, and more.
  
  
• Proclamations of the Mayor and City Council
  
  
• Northampton Public Works blog
  Featuring public messages and information from the City of Northampton Massachusetts Department of Public Works. Check here for information on water use restrictions, street sweeping, street paving or plowing.
  
  
• Northampton Public Schools Superintendent blog
  Superintendent Brian L. Salzer shares information about the school system. Updated frequently.
• Noho.Com's Northampton site
  A great site to explore restaurants, businesses, and happenings in Northampton. Includes an online community bulletin board for posting jobs, items for sale, etc.
  
  
• Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce
  The Chamber of Commerce has created this great Northampton site, including a business directory, an events calendar, economic development news, and help for individual businesses or entrepreneurs.
  
  
• Commonwealth Communities: Northampton
  A great source for community demographics, school and library profiles, and general citizen and government information.
  
  
• ePodunk Northampton Profile
  ePodunk provides information about over 25,000 communities around the country, focusing more on small places than on cities.
  
  
• Pink Pages: Northampton and Western MA
  A business directory serving the gay community.
  
  
• Wikipedia Entry for Northampton
  Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, so always check with your Reference and Local History Librarians to make sure what you're reading is accurate. The Library has an exciting local history collection!
  
  
• The Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce Restaurant Listings
  
  

Regional guides

• Western Mass. Web Directory
  
  
• Hidden Hills of Western Massachusetts
  Hidden Hills aims to be a complete resource for tourism, business, real estate and community events in the hill towns of Western Massachusetts.
  
  
• Valley Visitor
  A promotional website from the Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau. Includes information on accommodations, entertainment, arts, dining, and local businesses, and other topics of interest to visitors.