by Cliff Clark | Oct 29, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Select Board members want a better understanding of public opinion before they ask Town Meeting to decide on a $15 million bond to build a town-owned fiber-optic network. “I’m reluctant to say today that we should put it on the town warrant until I get...
by Cliff Clark | Oct 23, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Town officials are considering a Special Town Meeting this winter to address several proposals, including land acquisition near the Southwick Historical Museum and design work for a major masonry repair at Town Hall. At an Oct. 15 meeting, interim Building...
by Cliff Clark | Oct 23, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — At the last meeting of the High Speed Internet Committee, its members agreed the decision to embark on the five-year project will be made by Town Meeting next May if the Select Board agrees to put forth an article to authorize borrowing of $15 million to...
by Cliff Clark | Oct 23, 2024 | Hampden County, Hampshire County, Hampshire Hilltowns, Hilltowns, Local News, More Local Headlines, Southwick
With less than two weeks before the general election on Nov. 5, Reminder Publishing reached out to the two candidates for the state Senate seat covering Berkshire County and the westernmost towns of Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties, Democratic incumbent state...
by Cliff Clark | Oct 16, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, More Local Headlines, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Over the past year, the town’s Department of Public Works, with the help of outside contractors, has been tracking down what material was used for the water lines going into every home connected to the public water system to determine if lead was used, and...
