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By Sophie Hauck

WILLIAMSBURG — Three candidates for Williamsburg Select Board will go toe-to-toe Saturday in a special election to fill one vacant seat on the three-person panel. Richard Kisloski, Patrick Sumner and Paul Wetzel are running to fill the vacancy left...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — David Trompke grew up walking and riding his bike down Bachelor Street back when five gravel pits were in operation.Now, at 75, the lifelong Granby resident whose family developed a subdivision off Trompke Avenue wants to lease 19 acres for a...

By MADDIE FABIAN

SOUTHAMPTON — Over the years, Scott Szczebak has hung a painting that overlooks Southampton, Easthampton, Northampton and the Oxbow in his office. That painting will soon have a new home in Southampton’s Town Hall, where next month Szczebak will step...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A revised club alcohol license for the Young Men’s Club that offers more flexibility for where members and their guests can be served and consume alcohol at the 138 East St. property, including on an outside deck, has been approved by the...

By MADDIE FABIAN

SOUTHAMPTON — At a special Town Meeting on Tuesday, voters will decide whether to appropriate around $420,000 to permanently conserve over 700 acres of land as part of the Mountain Waters Project.The project, which the town of Southampton, Kestrel...

By EMILY THURLOW

WESTHAMPTON — Susan Bronstein defeated Jonathan Albitz by four votes in the town’s Select Board race on Saturday, according to Town Clerk Katrin Kaminsky’s unofficial results.Bronstein, the chairperson of the Westhampton Planning Board, said Monday...

By EMILY THURLOW

WESTHAMPTON — As a longtime member of the chief executive body in town, Phillip Dowling has seen a lot of matters come before the Select Board.From disputes over dog bites and financial obstacles to procurement and hiring, Dowling has worn several...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — A vacant seat on the Select Board will likely remain unfilled until next May.In an informal 2-2 vote earlier this month, the board’s four remaining members decided that it would be too expensive to hold a special election in October to...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — Facing an effort by some residents to boot her off the Select Board for absenteeism, Shannon Cutler lashed out at her Select Board colleagues in a tersely worded resignation letter submitted to the town late last week.“I tried to fight...

SOUTH HADLEY – The Select Board will be hosting a coffee hour Wednesday morning.The “In The Community” event will be hosted at McCray's Farm & Creamery from 8 to 9 a.m.Residents are encouraged “to stop by, grab a cup of coffee (or an ice cream – we...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — Four candidates running for the two seats on the Select Board all voiced parallel concern for a top priority in town — a new public safety complex.“If we don’t do anything within the next few years, it’s literally going to fall down,”...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

SOUTHAMPTON — With two seats open on the Select Board and four candidates running, the town is holding an event Wednesday night to help inform voters.Southampton’s “Meet Your Select Board Candidates” forum is at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 210 College...

By JACK SUNTRUP

HATFIELD — Select Board meetings can stretch deep into the night. They can be dull.But every once in a while, there’s a flash of drama, some simmering issue that needs to be addressed. Things can get tense, and then awkward, if only for a few...