Brimfield Select Board sets August 3 nuisance dog hearings, awards FY2027 contracts
Brimfield Select Board schedules two nuisance dog hearings for August 3 and offers parties a free mediation option before testimony begins.
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Westfield Finance Committee Votes to Cut $1.5 Million, Targeting 2.5% Tax Rate
Westfield Finance Committee advances $1.5 million cut package to push tax levy toward 2.5 percent.
Southwick Select Board declines right of first refusal on Klaus Anderson Road property
SOUTHWICK — June 15, 2026 — Southwick Select Board waives right of first refusal on 177 Klaus Anderson Road, clearing a pending private sale. The board voted 2-0 Monday — with member Russ Deedee absent — after the Agricultural Commission became the final town body to unanimously recommend against exercising the option. The
Southwick Select Board declines right of first refusal on Klaus Anderson Road property
SOUTHWICK — June 15, 2026 — Southwick Select Board waives right of first refusal on 177 Klaus Anderson Road, clearing a pending private sale. The board voted 2-0 Monday — with member Russ Deedee absent — after the Agricultural Commission became the final town body to unanimously recommend against exercising the option. The
Southwick Select Board declines right of first refusal on Klaus Anderson Road property
SOUTHWICK — June 15, 2026 — Southwick Select Board waives right of first refusal on 177 Klaus Anderson Road, clearing a pending private sale. The board voted 2-0 Monday — with member Russ Deedee absent — after the Agricultural Commission became the final town body to unanimously recommend against exercising the option. The
Southwick Conservation Commission Issues Restoration Order for Granville Road Property
SOUTHWICK — June 15, 2026 — Southwick Conservation Commission approves wetland delineation and issues amended restoration enforcement order. At the June 15 hybrid meeting, the commission unanimously approved an Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation for 591 College Highway after applicant representative Cole Modesto of Ardlebeck Associates confirmed wetland boundaries fall outside
Holyoke Committee Advances Rent Stabilization Resolution 3-1 to Full Council
HOLYOKE — June 15, 2026 — Holyoke's Development and Government Relations Committee advanced a non-binding rent stabilization resolution 3-1 Monday, with Chair Richard Purcell and Councilors Nicole Masonette and Israel Rivera in favor and Councilor Michael Sullivan opposed. The resolution urges state support for Bill S-1447, which
Holyoke Committee Advances Rent Stabilization Resolution 3-1 to Full Council
HOLYOKE — June 15, 2026 — Holyoke's Development and Government Relations Committee advanced a non-binding rent stabilization resolution 3-1 Monday, with Chair Richard Purcell and Councilors Nicole Masonette and Israel Rivera in favor and Councilor Michael Sullivan opposed. The resolution urges state support for Bill S-1447, which
Hampden Select Board Approves Dispatch Deal Extension, Defers Fire Station and Old Town House Votes
HAMPDEN — June 15, 2026 — Hampden Select Board approves dispatch deal extension, defers decisions on fire station design and Old Town House future. The board voted unanimously June 15 to extend its intermunicipal emergency dispatch agreement with Wilbraham and Belchertown through fiscal year 2027 at the same funding level, and appointed
East Longmeadow School Committee unanimously accepts $98,323 literacy coaching grant
EAST LONGMEADOW — June 15, 2026 — East Longmeadow School Committee accepts $98,323 literacy grant and advances $150,000 bleacher project. The committee voted unanimously at its June 15 meeting to accept a Davis Foundation grant of $98,323.50, administered by Hill for Literacy, to fund structured-literacy coaching for