• Sun. Oct 5th, 2025

Mass. Town Spending $20K In COVID Relief Money On TMNT Manhole Covers

A Massachusetts town is spending $20,000 in funds from a COVID-19 relief program to give some of its manhole covers a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles makeover.

The Western Mass. city of Northampton is providing the funds to the Northampton Vibrance Committee to design and create four manhole covers based on the TMNT series. Northampton received $4 million from the COVID stimulus initiative called the American Rescue Plan, according to local news affiliate WCVB.

Why is this happening in Northampton? That’s where Mirage Studios, the original creators of the TMNT comic book series, called home for a period of time.

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