by Cliff Clark | Apr 25, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — A new nonprofit organization will raise money from private donors to purchase land in town, protecting it from development. Maryssa Cook-Obregon, president of the Southwick Land Trust, says her group has nine members so far and is soliciting for new ones....
by Cliff Clark | Apr 25, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — After an hour of listening to property owners and hunters opposed to a proposed bylaw that would require hunters to ask permission from private property owners before stepping on their land, the Select Board on April 16 informally decided to remove the...
by Cliff Clark | Apr 18, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — After a couple meetings of hearing from parents and students upset with racist incidents at Southwick Regional School, the district School Committee on April 8 heard about how educators are teaching kindness and inclusion. “When students walk in our doors,...
by Cliff Clark | Apr 18, 2024 | Hilltowns, Local News
GRANVILLE — Incumbent Selectboard member Nicole Berndt won her third three-year term on the board after receiving 32 more votes than her challenger Anthony “Tony” Novak. Out of 348 votes cast, Berndt got 190 or 54.6% to Novak’s 158 or 45.4%, according to Granville...
by Cliff Clark | Apr 10, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — Select Board members on April 1 chose Lt. Rhett Bannish to replace Southwick Police Chief Robert Landis, who is retiring at the end of June. Bannish was chosen after he and Detective Sgt. Tom Krutka spent nearly two hours answering a series of questions...
