Use newspapers and online local news sites to document the current events as well as the history of an area and public opinion (in editorials) about events and development.
City of Northampton
Official website includes:
Town of Amherst
Official website includes:
Town of Hadley
Virtual Town Hall includes:
Crime
Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics. US Dept. of Justice, FBI
"The UCR Program collects statistics on violent crime (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) and property crime (burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft)." Data on cities and counties are available from 1985 to the present. The table building tool allows users to compare data on multiple locations and multiple types of crime.
Northampton Police Department
Amherst Police Department
Transportation
City of Northampton Website
Town of Amherst Master Plan