Thousands roll in for this year’s Chester on Track festival
CHESTER — David Pierce, president of the Chester Foundation, said this year’s 33rd anniversary Chester on Track on May 18 had close to 2,000 people in attendance at the town-wide festival.
Budget rising 3.7%, church property acquisition on warrant
CHESTER — Town Administrator Donald Humason doesn’t think this year’s Town Meeting warrant will be that controversial. “It’s pretty simple,” he said. “There’s no particularly controversial matters or anything. It’s just typical town business.” Humason was speaking...No big changes on 10-item Russell Town Meeting warrant
RUSSELL — Voters in Russell will decide on 10 warrant articles at the Annual Town Meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 10, at Russell Elementary School. The majority of the articles in this year’s meeting will allow the normal business of the town to continue under the...Gould retains Otis selectman seat; voters reject annex debt again
OTIS — Therese Gould has retained her seat on the Board of Selectmen, beating challenger Susan Bauer-Brofman in the town election May 28. Gould received 207 votes, Brofman received 154, three ballots went to write-ins and three ballots were blank. “It’s humbling to...West Springfield council cuts $1M from schools to reduce taxes
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Councilors cut more than $1 million from the mayor’s proposed town budget on June 3, most of it from the School Department. After rejecting a $1.6 million cut proposed by Town Councilor Daniel O’Brien, the council agreed to a series of line-item...
Sen. recalls fallen comrades at West Springfield Memorial Day
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Memorial Day started as a way to remember those who died in the Civil War. But for state Sen. John Velis, the commemoration brings to mind much more recent, and much more personal, losses.