Some porn shop defenders have said that now that Capital Video dropped viewing booths from its Northampton plans, there’s nothing to get excited about. But plans can change.NPN visited Capital Video’s Wethersfield (CT) store in September. The clerk there said the store had been in operation for about 13 years. Only last year, however, did […]
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Residents and Officials of Berlin, Connecticut Team Up to Resist Porn Shop Planned Next to Homes
A porn chain called VIP is trying to purchase a former Huffman Koos furniture store located at 717 Berlin Turnpike in Berlin, CT. The plan is to turn the site into a adult book store and novelty shop. VIP wants to devote over 14,000 square feet to adult DVDs, books, lingerie and other sexual-related items. Homes are located […]
A Historical Tidbit about Those Puritans
Some people sling around the word “Puritan” as a shorthand for a prude who is anti-sex. I think the Puritans themselves would find this ironic. Finding Paradise (by Allison Lockwood, published by the Daily Hampshire Gazette, p. 12-13) tells us, Many [Northampton] Puritan couples were prolific. Elder John Strong fathered 17 children; one of his […]
Real Estate Publisher Offers to Help Goldbergs Find a More Suitable Tenant
David Russell owns a major commercial real estate magazine that serves Western Massachusetts, and another that serves Connecticut. He is sending this letter to Barry and Annette Goldberg, owners of 135 King Street, offering to help them find a more suitable tenant for their property than a large porn shop…Dear Mr. & Mrs. Goldberg:October 5, […]
Gazette Creates Special Web Page to Monitor “Northampton Porn Debate”
The Daily Hampshire Gazette has put up a special web page to monitor the “Northampton Porn Debate”, saying,“The announcement in June that Rhode Island-based Capital Video was planning to open a pornographic video and magazine shop on King Street has stirred some of the most vociferous debate seen on any issue in Northampton in recent years. […]
NPN Submits More Petition Signatures to Mayor, Total Tops 1,100
NoPornNorthampton today submitted 201 new petition signatures to Mayor Higgins at the City Council meeting. The petition calls for Northampton to adopt adult-use zoning and viewing booth health regulations. This group of signatures was collected between August 18 and October 5. Northampton residents represent 167 of the signatures, with 34 more coming from non-residents.Since our petition […]
Is Fred Contrada Biased Against NoPornNorthampton?
It’s fascinating to see how the same event is reported by different people. Take our August 2 public meeting. NoPornNorthampton invited members of the community to meet with us and give us feedback.At the start of the meeting, we began videotaping. Our motivations were to keep a historical record and enable us to accurately review […]
Response to “State tells anti-porn group to stop soliciting money”
The Republican for some reason is making a big deal out of the state’s request that NoPornNorthampton register as a charity. We are not professional fundraisers, so some of the niceties of political action are new to us, but we have no problem with registering with the state if that’s what the law requires. We […]
Long-time Feminist Voices Support for NPN
Preserving the charm and historic character of Northampton is important to me. I was there last summer for a seminar at Smith and was pleased that some of my writing is housed in the Smith archives in copies of “Equal Times”. In the 70’s I was known as Marcia Womongold, feminist author and activist.Jendi and […]
Gazette: “Proposed rules for ‘adult’ businesses find favor”
Wednesday’s Gazette reports on the 9/28 ordinance committee/planning board meeting. It notes how residents near 135 King Street expressed concern about a porn shop locating there: “It’s a neighborhood that has made halfway houses and recovery programs welcome,” Mike Kirby, of 17 Summer St., said of the area around the proposed adult video store. “It’s […]