PALMER — Voters turned out at the June 11 town election to elect Christopher Pelletier to an at-large seat on the Town Council. Pelletier eked out a win, receiving 356 votes against candidate Lucas McDiarmid’s 326 votes. John Comerford rounded out the race, having 144 people cast their ballot for them.
PALMER — Members of the public asked questions and expressed concerns about some of the budget item in the town’s fiscal year 2025 budget at Town Council meeting on June 10. `
MONSON — The Monson School Committee has reorganized following the results of the June 11 election, which selected one of the challengers over the former chair of the committee.
BRIMFIELD — The Opacum Land Trust, a regional land conservation group, has been selected as a 2024 TerraCorps service site.
BELCHERTOWN — At its June 13 special meeting, the Select Board voted to endorse the final agreement between Belchertown, Wilbraham and Hampden with regard to regional dispatch services.
According to the Greater Boston Food Bank’s annual study on the state of hunger in Massachusetts for 2023, 48% of people in Hampden County face food insecurity.