Laurie for Ward 3

About Laurie

Laurie Loisel has lived and worked in Northampton since 1983 when she moved here after college. She grew up in rural Maine, went to college in New York City, but it’s Northampton that feels like home. It is where she settled to find community, pursue a career in journalism and, with her spouse of 35 years, raise their two children.

Laurie values community

Education and Experience

Laurie graduated from Fordham University at Lincoln Center in Manhattan with a bachelor’s degree in social sciences. She was a reporter and editor at the Daily Hampshire Gazette for 29 years, has been a freelance writer, was a stringer for the Boston Globe and has written two books.

She is an active longtime member of the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence, served on the Northampton Human Rights Commission for five years and volunteered for the Harris/Walz campaign in Scranton, PA.