SOUTHWICK — With the Southwick Historical Society announcing a special fundraising campaign to help complete its acquisition of a 10.52-acre parcel on College Highway adjacent to its property, an anonymous donor is stepping in to help.
SOUTHWICK — Select Board member Jason Perron proposed adding an article to the May Town Meeting warrant that would lower the Community Preservation Act surcharge placed on residential property valuation from 3% to 1.5%.
SOUTHWICK — While the holiday season is over, the mission of Our Community Food Pantry is reintroducing its Adopt-A-Shelf program to provide essential items to the families who rely on the pantry.
SOUTHWICK — Since the state mandated that every municipality must adopt a zoning bylaw that allows, by right, the construction of what is often called a mother-in-law suite or accessory dwelling unit, the Planning Board began the process of drafting its own Tuesday night.
SOUTHWICK — Of the five articles on the warrant for Tuesday’s Special Town Meeting the citizens’ petition to lower the speed limit on College Highway was the only one not approved.
SOUTHWICK — After a ruling by the federal Environmental Protection Agency last October that every lead or copper water line in the country must be replaced in 12 years, the DPW is continuing its effort to verify the materials used in the water service lines of every home in town with a new initiative.