by Tyler Garnet | Apr 15, 2024 | Hampshire County, Local News, South Hadley
SOUTH HADLEY — The School Committee is looking to fill a vacancy until April 2025 after former member Lynda Pickbourn resigned. During the School Committee meeting on March 7, School Committee Chair Eric Friesner shared a letter that she sent in for her decision to...
by Tyler Garnet | Apr 15, 2024 | Hampshire County, Local News, South Hadley
SOUTH HADLEY — With budget season in full swing, the School Committee, Town Administrator Lisa Wong and the Select Board have been presenting their preliminary fiscal year 2025 budget numbers. Recently, the Select Board approved reducing the town administrator salary...
by Ryan Feyre | Apr 11, 2024 | Hampshire County, Local News, Northampton
DPW director Donna LaScaleia presents the city’s recommendation to maintain the same water and sewer rates for FY25 during the March 21 City Council meeting.Photo credit: Northampton Open Media NORTHAMPTON — As Northampton’s Coca-Cola bottling plant continues to wind...
by Ryan Feyre | Apr 11, 2024 | Hampshire County, Local News, Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton City Council is on the verge of adopting Mayor Gina-Louise Sciarra’s five-year Capital Improvement Program, which previews upcoming projects like street resurfacing, city and school building upgrades and major DPW projects. The document,...
by Doc Pruyne | Apr 11, 2024 | Hampshire County, Local News
SOUTHAMPTON — The rates of homelessness, depression, suicide and unemployment for veterans coming out of the military are high, according to Michelle Murdock, veterans service officer for Southampton. Murdock knows the statistics, but also knows from personal...
by Doc Pruyne | Apr 11, 2024 | Hadley, Hampshire County, Local News
HADLEY — Planning Board Chair Jim Maksimoski summarized the difficulties facing the town in dealing with a 5 megawatt battery storage facility proposed for a residential area on Breckinridge Road. “This is a complex situation,” Maksimoski said. “We have a solar bylaw...
