Today’s Gazette reports… The tug-of-war between the city and Capital Video Corp. intensified Tuesday after the Cranston, R.I.-based company filed new plans that could trigger a zoning freeze just as the city is poised to consider regulating porn shops.The latest filing with the city’s planning department involves what are called ‘approval not required’ plans. City […]
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The Republican: “Pornography debate has ‘Hamp talking”
Fred Contrada profiles some of the personalities in the porn debate in the Hampshire & Franklin Plus supplement of today’s Republican. Those mentioned include Adam Cohen and Jendi Reiter of NoPornNorthampton, Peter Brooks of Talk Back Northampton, Carol Gesell of Oh My!, and Corinna Yazbek, who read a passage by Carol Queen to the Northampton […]
The Republican: “City Council to weigh adult store ordinances”
Today’s Republican reports that several ordinances strengthening Northampton’s adult-use regulation are on Thursday’s City Council agenda. These ordinances, all approved by Northampton’s Planning Board, will regulate the signage of adult businesses, restrict businesses with porn viewing booths to Northampton’s Highway Business Zone and at least 500 feet from homes and schools, and similarly restrict all large […]
Breaking News: Northampton Planning Board Approves Adult Use Size/Location Ordinance
After a long debate with citizens making arguments for and against adult use zoning, Northampton’s Planning Board approved an ordinance to regulate the location of large adult businesses. If a business has more than 1,000 square feet of adult material on display, it must be located in Northampton’s Highway Business Zone and be at least […]
Gazette: “Sweetening the deal? Free ads for owner if porn shop goes away”
Today’s Gazette reports on David Russell’s recent offer to the Goldbergs. Mr. Russell owns Commercial & Investment Properties magazine serving Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. The Goldbergs own 135 King Street in Northampton, which they are proposing to lease to Capital Video Corp. to be a large porn shop.Mr. Russell pledges to “run a free full-color […]
Capital Video Fills Out King Street Plans
In written correspondence with Carolyn Misch, a Northampton Senior Land Use Planner, Capital Video fills out the details of its plans for 135 King Street. We present it here for public consideration. This document includes diagrams of the site.Capital Video Plans for 135 King Street – September 2006 (PDF)On page 2 of this file, Ms. Misch […]
Gazette’s “Northampton Porn Debate” Page Useful But Not Complete
We’re glad the Gazette has put up a convenient Northampton Porn Debate web page to consolidate news and opinion on the issue. People should be aware, however, that this page may omit certain material we feel is important, such as blog posts that describe the porn that Capital Video sells. In particular, our October 8 […]
Gazette: “Hearing to take up porn regs on Thursday”
Monday’s Gazette notes an important public meeting is on tap this week. We encourage all concerned citizens to attend. If there hasn’t been enough public discussion yet on the issue of pornography in the city, there’s yet another opportunity this week, when the Planning Board and Ordinance Committee continue a public hearing on proposed regulations […]
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. […]
The Republican: “Anti-porn plan advances”
Today’s Republican reports on progress in regulating adult businesses in Northampton: In what some called a first step in the fight to restrict pornography in Northampton, the Planning Board and the Ordinance Committee last night both approved bans against adult viewing booths in most sections of the city…The viewing-booth measure now goes to the City […]