Making our roads safer
In the never-ending quest to reduce traffic fatalities to zero, state agencies are constantly monitoring crash data throughout the region to identify intersections of concerns and provide mitigation if needed.
Commission responds to issues at North Pond Conservation Area
SOUTHWICK — The Conservation Commission implemented several measures during its meeting on Aug. 5 in an attempt to reduce the continued overuse of the area for active, not passive, recreation to comply with the conservation restriction placed on the North Pond Conservation Area by the state.
Task force proposed to stop misuse of North Pond parcel
SOUTHWICK — Meeting for the second time since a brawl between visitors and neighbors just outside the North Pond Conservation Area, the Select Board on July 22 discussed forming a task force to address misuse of the property.
Sewer users may face rate hikes this year of 45% or greater
SOUTHWICK — It’s a warning that Public Works Director Randy Brown provides the Select Board every summer: sewer user fees are not keeping up with the amount of money needed for the town to operate its sewer system which is forcing the town to rely on all its taxpayers to subsidize its operation.