The Planning Board unanimously endorsed a lot-division plan for a Barrett Street property. Applicant Melanie Spellman's plan for Map 276, Lot 15 separates an existing house from a larger parcel on Barrett Street with a driveway right-of-way to North Liberty Street.
The Board of Assessors approved property tax exemptions for 27 residents at its September 22 meeting.
Belchertown School Committee presses town on who sets the real school budget number.
Belchertown Planning Board starts drafting local data center limits, presses a developer on stalled drainage fixes.
State to hold Sept. 30 hearing on request for 20 million more gallons a day from Quabbin. Also in today's brief (3 items): Water district updates outdoor watering ban; Fireworks, food trucks set for Sept. 24 celebration; Public hearing set on bigger Quabbin water request.
Belchertown's obituary column this week carries notices for two residents: Robinson, William E., 37, who died September 10 following a motorcycle accident in Granby and was raised in Chicopee and South Hadley; and Faulkins, Janet E., 76, a lifelong Belchertown resident and 1968 graduate…
Belchertown Select Board adopts four financial policies but leaves $340,896 surplus split unresolved before Oct. 5 deadline. From our own coverage: UMass hydrologist briefs Belchertown on drought, well risk; Select Board sends $61,611 to school opioid program. Also in today's brief (9 i…
Belchertown recorded 18 property transfers between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, but only one, 162 Barton Ave. at $420,000, has a posted sale price so far; prices for the other 17 typically appear within about a week. Eight of the 18 deeds list a bank or credit union as seller, transferring bank-held
Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll toured Belchertown's former State School site Saturday as Pathfinder Tech opened its new Cold Spring campus. State and local leaders joined Driscoll for the tour, which centered on redevelopment options for the long vacant property that once housed the state school…
The Belchertown Energy and Sustainability Committee discussed restructuring efforts aimed at reducing committee size from nine to seven members to ensure adequate quorum, after member Sam Hunt announced his transition to an associate role.