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.
Belchertown capital committee deferred officer elections, locked in FY28 planning schedule. With three of six members present, the Capital Improvement Planning Committee tabled its officer selection and minutes review, choosing to focus on establishing the workflow for FY28 capital projects. The
Select Board adopts four financial policies, raising the general Stabilization Fund target to 4-7 percent. Chair Jorns Kuhnlenz and board members voted 4-0-1 to approve the Annual Budget Process, Financial Reserves, Free Cash, and Capital Stabilization Fund policies following a Robert's Rules of
Belchertown's Select Board adopted four new financial policies in a joint tri-board meeting that also aired a dispute over school spending data.
Belchertown conservation panel presses its own trail project over wetland buffer, ratifies two enforcement orders.
One Belchertown obituary was published this week: Maydew, Mary Jo, 77, who died September 9, 2026. Limited biographical detail was available from the source listing beyond her age, date of death, and Belchertown residency. The notice was drawn from Echovita's Belchertown obituary listin…
Hampshire County recorded 16 property transfers in Belchertown between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but only five listed a sale price, ranging from $14,971 to $160,000 with a median of $95,000. The top transaction was 47 Segur Lane at $160,000, sold by Jameson and Angela Gaspar to Freedom Credit Union.
Communications Committee reviewed 11 projects ranging from website redesign to AI policy development.
Belchertown Finance Committee advances four new financial policies, targets cut in free cash reliance.
Belchertown Planning Board sends industrial zoning changes to Town Meeting, endorses Cottage Street lot split 5-0.