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By PAM PORTER

For the first time in 16 years, there is a chance some residents of long-term care facilities could get their Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increase. Bill H.626, introduced last January by Rep. Sean Garballey, D-23rd...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Despite a request from the Mohawk Trail Regional School District School Committee, the Selectboard has opted not to call a Special Town Meeting for the town to revote on changes proposed to the district’s regional agreement that would alter...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — The Selectboard has referred a complaint against the police chief over his stop of a family riding golf carts at Mohawk Estates to the community’s board president after vetting the matter.On Sept. 18, a part-time resident of Mohawk Estates, a...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — The Finance Committee voted unanimously to not recommend holding a Special Town Meeting for the town to revote on changes to the Mohawk Trail Regional School District agreement, despite a request from the School Committee. This vote came after...

By DOMENIC POLI

Four years after chronicling the stories of 50 Gold Star families across the country, Heath native Keith Sherman has started another mission to ensure the legacies of service members killed overseas are not lost to the shrouds of time.Sherman, who now...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Four Franklin County towns received a total of $117,637 as part of a $460,000 round of Woodlands Partnership Grants from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs that will be used to improve access to outdoor recreation in town and...

By MARY BYRNE

HEATH — In the absence of money to acquire a new truck, town officials are working out an agreement with a private contractor for snow removal services this winter. Pending successful contract negotiations, Vermont-based Saladino Property Maintenance...

By BELLA LEVAVI

To help visitors learn about 20th-century painter Robert Strong Woodward’s mark on the area, the Friends group dedicated to keeping his memory alive has installed new signs at the locations of his Buckland and Heath studios.“We just think he is a...

By MARY BYRNE

HEATH — School officials are asking the town to convene a Special Town Meeting to approve an amendment to the Mohawk Trail Regional School District agreement that aims to bring it “in line with” the way the Department of Elementary and Secondary...

Square dance moved to November HEATH — Because Community Hall will be closed in September for repairs, the annual September square dance will be postponed until November this year.The square dance, hosted by local caller Doug Wilkins, will be held on...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Community Hall will once again be bursting at the seams with art during this year’s seventh annual Heath Arts Exhibition. “It is a fabulous display of the community coming together and supporting each other,” said Jean Gran, one of the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Town residents were in heaven this weekend as the 105th Heath Fair took place at the Heath Agricultural Society’s Fairgrounds.The fair is an annual event and prides itself on being an “old school” agricultural fair with classic displays in the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Visitors can take a step back in time when the annual Heath Fair returns this weekend, which organizers say is what keeps guests coming back year after year. “It’s what hasn’t changed that makes us different,” said Jessica O’Neill, president...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — The Attorney General’s Division of Open Government found the Selectboard did not violate the Open Meeting Law on one occasion subject to complaints by resident Jesse Weigand.In the complaint submitted to town officials in December and brought...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Residents can embark on a tour of the night sky this summer with teacher and pastor Jonathan Rehmus.On Fridays and Saturdays in August and September, Rehmus invites the public to discover the night sky through lore and science with free events in...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — For the second time in three months, voters rejected purchasing a new truck for the Highway Department at a Special Town Meeting on Tuesday night. The Finance Committee requested a Special Town Meeting to move $104,000 from the town’s...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — A two-article Special Town Meeting will ask voters to appropriate $104,000 to buy a truck for the Highway Department and authorize the appointment of Selectboard members to any position under the board’s supervision at no additional...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — The limited liability company that plans to grow cannabis at 11 Bellor Road has complied with the building inspector’s orders to remove eight illegal storage containers on the property and has begun communicating with town officials. The town...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Route 8A between West Branch Road and Brunelle Road is fully closed due to bridge repairs. According to the contract signed with J.H. Maxymillian Inc., based out of Pittsfield, the bridge will reopen no later than Aug. 1. The wing walls and...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — As Elissa Viarengo moves into the Selectboard seat held for more than two decades by Brian DeVriese, she looks to bring a governing style that will “embrace different opinions and not be afraid of them.” In the wake of decisions that have left...