Sunday, May 19, 2013
LEYDEN — Clifford Spatcher will be the newest member of the town’s Planning Board, after Saturday’s annual town election. Spatcher ran against incumbent Warren Facey Jr., and won 42-39. Leyden saw a 15 percent turnout at the polls, with 82 of 535 registered voters casting ballots. John Rogers …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
ROWE — The first of two information meetings about a 36-acre solar farm proposal takes place today at 6:30 p.m., at the Rowe Camp and Conference Center. By month’s end, Seaboard Solar LLC will be submitting a special permit application to the Rowe Planning Board for what could …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
NORTHFIELD — The local Kiwanis Club is competing against chapters worldwide for $25,000 in playground equipment. Last year, the club was able to buy playground equipment from the now-closed Holy Trinity School in Greenfield for a deep discount, …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
ERVING — Joan Wickman, the seven-year superintendent of Union 28 schools, is in contract negotiations to take a new job as superintendent-principal of a public PreK-grade 8 school in Carlisle. The Carlisle School Committee voted unanimously late last week to appoint Wickman to the post, according to a …
Sunday, May 19, 2013
ROWE — Rowe Library Director Susan Gleason will replace Selectman Paul McLatchy III after besting him 117-66 in Saturday’s annual town election. Rowe saw a 67 percent turnout in the election, with 189 of 283 voters casting ballots. The selectmen’s race was the only contest on the ballot. …
Friday, May 17, 2013
CONWAY — Pat was feeling his oats as he easily slid a log from one small pile at the edge of a field and toward another that was more out of the way. Or more likely, the 1,700-pound …
Friday, May 17, 2013
TURNERS FALLS — Manufacturers’ effort to secure $500,000 for new metal-working machines at Franklin County Technical School — to help train 21st century metal workers for local industries desperate for such workers — won another victory Wednesday: a $250,000 proposed allocation from the state’s Senate Ways and Means …
Friday, May 17, 2013
DEERFIELD — After an 11-month wait, selectmen in Deerfield, Whately and Sunderland have a draft budget and agreement for a future South County ambulance service. This week, Sunderland Town Administrator Margaret Nartowicz and Fire Chief Robert Ahearn released the proposal to the Sunderland selectmen. Deerfield is next in …
Friday, May 17, 2013
TURNERS FALLS — Programs that allow poor elders to receive care in their own households, instead of turning to nursing homes, will see increases in funding next year — a much needed step in the right direction, said officials that help administer elder services. “The last four years …
Friday, May 17, 2013
GREENFIELD — Confusion over the Greenfield School Building Committee’s plans to move the high school’s kitchen during construction came to a head Tuesday — after the project’s architect sent a bill for work the committee wasn’t aware was being done. Lead architect Lee Dore asked the building committee …
