New Salem

Tornado warning had western Mass. wary Wednesday

Thursday, May 23, 2013

People were forced underground as a tornado warning was issued for areas along and to the south of the Route 2 corridor Wednesday evening. Shortly after 5 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for central Franklin County. It wound up all for naught, but better safe than sorry, as they say. The tornado warning was cancelled at about 6:15 p.m. The tornado warning was spurred by severe … 0

Police patrol time increasing in New Salem; Swift River School finance formula changing

Monday, May 20, 2013

NEW SALEM — There will be about 20 additional hours of police patrol each week and the formula used to determine the town’s elementary school costs will be changed slightly, after voters had their say at a three-hour annual town meeting Monday. Forty residents — a turnout of about 5.5 percent of registered voters — approved New Salem’s $2.46 million budget, including $1.47 … 0

Union 28 supt. tapped for new job in eastern Mass.

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 notice on the school’s website. If contract negotiations are successful, she is expected to start … 0