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Free energy coaching helps residents find heat pump rebates
Belchertown residents can now get free, one-on-one coaching to find heat pump rebates, tax credits and installers through a regional pilot program funded by the state.
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Trestle bridge closes for repairs in November
Rail trail trestle bridge over Jabish Brook closes for repairs starting in November. From our own coverage: Planning Board advances mill-building zoning changes; Drug take back event returns to Town Common Oct. 24.
Government
Belchertown simplifies veteran tax work-off program
Belchertown's Select Board voted Oct. 5 to split the town's Tax Work-Off Program into separate veteran and senior tracks, and veterans no longer need to submit income documentation to qualify.
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Drug Take Back Day returns Oct. 24
Drug Take Back Day returns to Belchertown's Town Common October 24 for medication and vape disposal. From our own coverage: September deed records reveal broad price gap; Drug Take Back Day returns to Town Common Oct. 24.
Morning Brief
Wide price gap found in Sept. home sales
Belchertown deed records reveal a wide price gap between September home sales across town. From our own coverage: Deed records show price gap in Sept. sales.
Morning Brief
Belchertown deed records show wide price gap between September sales with prices recorded
Hampshire County Registry of Deeds recorded 15 Belchertown property transfers between Sept. 18 and Oct. 17, but only four carried sale prices as of this report, ranging from $140,000 to $350,000 with a median of $226,847.
Morning Brief
Special town meeting set for Nov. 9
Town officials announce special town meeting for Nov. 9 with free senior transportation and childcare offered.
Morning Brief
Taxation panel seeks recipes for cookbook
Taxation Aid Committee seeks recipes and stories for a community benefit cookbook. Also in today's brief (12 items): Taxation Aid Committee collects recipes for benefit cookbook; Rainbow Social Group meets at Senior Center; Senior Center offers individual EFT tapping sessions; West Spri…
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of October 5, 2026 through October 11, 2026
This week's Belchertown obituary notices column carries one obituary for a Belchertown resident: Cote, Terence (Terence Ernest Cote), 80, who died Tuesday, October 6, 2026. According to his obituary, Cote was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam war and spent 35 years as a master carpenter …
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Belchertown Deed Activity Mixes Bank Transfers With Four Priced Home Sales
Belchertown recorded 17 property transfers from Sept. 11 to Oct. 10, but only four carried a sale price so far: $50,000, $50,000, $85,500 and $451,397, for a median of $67,750. The remaining 13 should post a price within about a week, per the registry's normal timeline. The period's top transaction