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Chesterfield board orders study on proposed cellphone tower site

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

CHESTERFIELD - Town planners opted to postpone a decision Monday on a controversial proposal to erect a cellphone tower on Bagg Road. They said they want to better assess whether there is a need for it and, if there is, where it should be located.

Donations sought for Chesterfield's 250th

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

chesterfield - Incorporated in 1762, the town of Chesterfield will celebrate its 250th birthday in July. The week of July 1 has been set aside as the week the town will mark this milestone.

The 10-member 250th Anniversary Committee has been working since 2010 to plan for the event.

Cellphone tower proposal faces Chesterfield meeting

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0500

CHESTERFIELD - Plans to erect a cellphone tower on private land off Bagg Road have raised concerns of residents who say the structure would detract from the town's historic character.

Chesterfield makes plans for Green Communities grant

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

CHESTERFIELD - With its new state designation as a Green Community, town officials have narrowed down ideas for how to use the $140,000 grant accompanying the designation.

Run for Tara grant leads to education on eating disorders

Rebecca Everett — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

WESTHAMPTON - The parents of a former Southampton woman who died from complications related to anorexia are working to ensure that area students are better armed than she was to fight eating disorders.

Hilltown photo exhibit on the move

Laura Rodley — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0500

A girl skating on a pond and boy waving a rhubarb leaf like a magic wand as if to summon spring are two images that are part of a photo exhibit now on display at the Worthington Library.

Chesterfield named 'green community'

Daily Hampshire Gazette — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:00:00 -0500

CHESTERFIELD - The town's energy saving initiatives got a boost this month from a $140,000 grant after it was designated a Green Community by the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.