by Cliff Clark | Mar 27, 2024 | Hampden County, Hilltowns, Local News
GRANVILLE — When residents visit Town Hall on Monday, April 8, to cast ballots in the 2024 municipal election, there is only one contested seat, and it’s on the Selectboard. Current Selectboard Chair Nicole Berndt is being challenged by a longtime member and current...
by Cliff Clark | Mar 21, 2024 | Hampden County, Hilltowns, Local News, Southwick
SOUTHWICK — While residents of Southwick and Granville will be asked to increase their annual allocation to the schools for fiscal year 2025, Tolland would pay less. During a March 15 hearing at the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District offices, it was...
by Mike Lydick | Mar 21, 2024 | Hampden County, Hilltowns, Local News, Westfield
After hearing that the Westfield River Wildwater Races would be canceled this year, Jeff DeFeo couldn’t just go with the flow. The Montgomery resident saw the March 8 notice while wintering in Florida. As a competitor in the races since 1974 and a former committee...
by Amy Porter | Mar 21, 2024 | Hilltowns, Local News
HUNTINGTON — Gateway Regional School District administrators and teachers, who visited schools around the country during the “dream” phase of the Barr Foundation grant, related some of the programs that impressed them during a professional development day for staff on...
by Amy Porter | Mar 21, 2024 | Hilltowns, Local News
BLANDFORD — On the Special Town Meeting warrant of March 18 was a vote to move forward with a grant application for an expansion of the Porter Memorial Library, a step that library director Nicole Daviau said the town has been waiting for five years to take. “Every...
by Amy Porter | Mar 14, 2024 | Hilltowns, Local News
HUNTINGTON — The Gateway Regional School District presented the fiscal year 2025 budget at a public hearing on March 6. Superintendent Kristen Smidy said overall the budget of $17,971,760 reflects a 3.24% increase, which she added is a little lower than...
