Pelham previews upcoming Town Meeting warrant
PELHAM — Select Board members Tara Loomis and David Shanabrook met March 4 to vote to include articles on the warrant for this year’s spring Town Meeting. Loomis and Shanabrook did not vote to recommend articles for passage, a later step in the process. The first five...Southampton Select Board sees first police budget
SOUTHAMPTON — Police Chief Ian Illingsley developed a template and a process for building the department’s yearly budget. The template could save him more time, but every year he clears the numbers from last year’s template and starts a new budget. “I feel it’s more...Leverett kicks off 250th anniversary celebration
LEVERETT — An 8-foot tall metal and wood birthday cake travels from party to party, town to town, as municipalities celebrate an anniversary. That cake now sits in Leverett. The long wait is over. Leverett’s 250th birthday party begins March 2 with maple syrup and pancakes.
Hadley Council on Aging to host elder support event
HADLEY — Jen Matoney experienced the devastations of suicide. The co-chair of the Pioneer Valley Coalition for Suicide Prevention lost her mother to suicide in 2007, a life altering shock.