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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

Hampden Select Board Clears Five-Bay Fire Station for Bidding Process

HAMPDEN -- June 8, 2026, Hampden Select Board authorizes fire station bid documents, approves $1.45 million water borrowing in busy June 8 session. The board voted unanimously to direct the building committee and its architects to finalize bid documents for a five-bay metal-frame fire station addition to be

Hampden Planning Board Continues Salmar Realty Hearing, Sets Summer Schedule

HAMPDEN -- May 27, 2026, Hampden Planning Board continued its most active special permit case and mapped a three-meeting summer calendar at its May 27 session. The board voted unanimously to push Case 2026A, a dual application by Salmar Realty, LLC, for restaurant and retail special permits at 2 Summers

Hampden Select Board reorganizes leadership, advances five-bay fire station design

Hampden Select Board installs new chair and pushes fire station project off a months-long stalemate.

Hampden Conservation Commission Orders Wetland Restoration, Votes to Probe Farm Exemption Claim

HAMPDEN -- May 20, 2026, Hampden Conservation Commission orders wetland restoration and splits on farm-exemption inquiry at May 20 meeting. The commission voted unanimously to require a formal revegetation plan and reinstallation of permanent wetland markers at a residential property where wetland delineator Steve reported finding unauthorized clearing, grading, and