Hampden Planning Board recommends battery energy storage system moratorium
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Planning Board officially recommended a six-month moratorium of battery energy storage systems at its Aug. 14 meeting.
Trot for Tom event honors Wilbraham resident, raises money for neurological disease research
WILBRAHAM — The Trot for Tom Run and Walk will take place on Saturday, Sept. 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Minnechaug Regional High School to celebrate the life and values of Wilbraham resident and scientist Dr. Thomas “Tom” Julian.
Early voting for state primary election opens Aug. 24
With the Sept. 3 State Primary election just around the corner, early voting in East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow and Wilbraham will begin on Aug. 24.
Bellmen Antique Fire Apparatus Museum proposed as gift to town
MONSON — Fran Nothe, president of the Monson Bellmen Antique Fire Apparatus Museum, presented an idea to the Monson Select Board at its Aug. 13 meeting to gift the museum to the town following difficulties in private maintenance.
State bill seeks to provide more benefits to Quabbin
When water began gushing into the newly established Quabbin Reservoir in 1939, the resulting water supply tore apart the Swift River communities in favor of providing clean, consistent water to eastern Massachusetts, according to the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The four disincorporated towns — Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott — disappeared from the map.