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Chesterfield TM funds money for new veteran’s park, dump truck, police handguns
05-08-2017 11:22 PM

By FRAN RYAN

CHESTERFIELD — After four years of planning, work on a new Veterans Park is expected to begin this summer after Town Meeting’s decision Monday night to approve $34,430 toward its construction next to Town Hall. The 67 of the town’s 901 voters who...


At Hadley Town Meeting, voters take action on marijuana, money in politics and more than 20 other articles
05-04-2017 11:59 PM

By JACK SUNTRUP

HADLEY — Voters enacted a moratorium on recreational marijuana, approved the town’s budget plan and shunned sending $10,000 to Northampton to fund courthouse renovations at Hadley’s annual Town Meeting Thursday night.Select Board Chairwoman Molly...


Cummington may move to protect pollinators, consider $2.2 million budget at Friday TM
05-03-2017 5:19 PM

By FRAN RYAN

CUMMINGTON — If voters at Friday’s annual Town Meeting approve, the town may soon take steps to protect pollinators and enhance their habitat. The resolution for pollinators is one of two nonbinding questions on the docket at the meeting. The other...


Marijuana, term limits, debt exclusion among items on docket for Hatfield TM
04-28-2017 11:01 PM

By JACK SUNTRUP

HATFIELD — What to do about recreational marijuana, Select Board term limits, a debt exclusion question and the town’s $12 million budget blueprint will all be on the agenda for the upcoming annual Town Meeting.Hatfield’s Town Meeting is at 7 p.m. on...


Races set for Deerfield election
04-14-2017 11:22 PM

By ANDY CASTILLO

DEERFIELD — There’s one contested race for the Planning Board among the 12 seats on the ballot in Deerfield’s annual town election.River Road resident Steven L. Pistrich has thrown his cap into the ring, challenging incumbents Henry Komosa Jr., a...


Hadley: Keegan over Mieczkowski in Tuesday’s Select Board election
04-11-2017 9:26 PM

By JACK SUNTRUP

HADLEY — Incumbent Molly Keegan will retain her spot on the Select Board for another three years after fending off a challenge by former board member John Mieczkowski Sr. in Tuesday’s annual town election.According to preliminary tallies, Keegan took...


Spot on Hadley Select Board up for grabs at Tuesday’s election
04-10-2017 10:06 PM

By JACK SUNTRUP

HADLEY — Voters will decide one contested race Tuesday when they head to the polls for the annual town election.Select Board Chairwoman Molly Keegan faces former Selectman John Mieczkowski Sr. in Tuesday’s contest. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 8...


New face to join Select Board as three vie for two seats
04-08-2017 12:22 AM

By EMILY CUTTS

SOUTH HADLEY — The Select Board will have a new member as only one incumbent sought re-election in Tuesday’s annual town election.Voters will chose between Select Board member Sarah Etelman and newcomers Andrea Miles and Scott Moore for the two seats...


Towns weigh withdrawing from Hampshire COG
04-07-2017 12:54 AM

By AMANDA DRANE

HADLEY — Amid all the back and forth over the direction of the Hampshire Council of Governments, there’s one point everyone seems to agree on: the structure of the agency is flawed, and it needs another legislative look.“It’s not designed properly,”...


Hilltown Voices: Hampshire County hilltowns receive grants for significant bridge repair
04-02-2017 11:18 PM

By Fran Ryan

Three hilltown communities were among the 36 towns in western Massachusetts that received grants from the state’s Municipal Small Bridge Program this week.Chesterfield received $250,000 to rehabilitate a bridge on Ireland Street over the Jackson...


Area lawmakers gear up for session, pot legalization
12-08-2016 11:32 PM

By KAITLIN JUNOD

BOSTON — Area legislators predict a busy new session beginning in January, with issues including the opioid epidemic, clean energy and educational reform on the priority list.Topping the list is the state’s new law legalizing marijuana, with the Dec....

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