Belchertown Historical Commission advances 250th anniversary planning. The body approved a new logo for marketing and confirmed event details including an abridged Declaration of Independence reading, Belchertown community band performance, food trucks, re-enactments, and fireworks viewing at
Belchertown Planning Board rejects subdivision plan for Old Farm Circle over a missing owner-of-record notation.
Planning Board votes down three-lot ANR for Shelterwood Management over bylaw noncompliance. Vice Chair Elizabeth Pols and members Dan Beaudette, Michael Hofler, and Mark Plante voted 4-0 against the Old Farm Circle proposal, dated July 6, 2026, citing violation of section 270-12(A)5, and tabled
Board of Health approves alternate septic testing and system design for constrained property. Vice Chair Kenneth Elstein's motion to allow a sieve analysis instead of a percolation test and a two-foot separation reduction at 59 Mill Valley Road, paired with an Eljen trench system, passed
Belchertown Board of Health orders a five-bedroom septic replacement at 160 North Street and continues a contested Granby Road permit appeal to August.
One Belchertown-resident obituary was published this week: McDermott, Wendy Rose, 62, who died July 21, 2026. Details are limited in the source listing; the notice is posted on Echovita.
Belchertown remains under Stage 2 drought restrictions, Water District officials told the Select Board on July 20, meaning no outside watering is allowed anywhere in the water district. Officials said the ban has left a school field "in really poor shape," a condition first flagged at a…
Belchertown recorded 16 property transfers between June 26 and July 25, according to Hampshire County Registry of Deeds filings. Seven of those sales disclosed a price, ranging from $80,000 to $735,000, with a median of $310,000. The period's top sale was 17 Sunny Crest Lane, which sold…
Council on Aging discussed new senior center programming at July 22 meeting. Members Maureen Keizer, Nancy Brill, Lorraine Alves, Anthony Ricchiazzi, and Libby Overly were present.
Belchertown Select Board sets November 9 special town meeting and hears warnings on water supply limits for new development.