Belchertown Planning Board reorganizes, continues Pelham Road hearing to June 9 Belchertown Planning Board reorganizes leadership and flags risk to 300 affordable housing units.
Board of Health approves FY27 staffing and discusses pesticide regulations Board of Health unanimously approves FY27 staffing and opens pesticide regulation discussion. The Belchertown Board unanimously confirmed 11 department positions at its May 22 meeting, including Director of Public Health Andrea Crete, Senior Clerk Mary Grenier, and Title V Consultant Roger Bacon.
Belchertown DEI Task Force approves prior minutes, budgets $500. Belchertown DEI Task Force approved May 7 minutes and secured $500 in annual funding effective July 1. Chair Justine Dymond announced she is stepping down, with elections to be held at the June 4 meeting; a co-chair position will continue. The task force unanimously approved introducing its charter
Select Board approves $8,900 in Opioid Settlement Fund grants to Honest Beginnings. Select Board approves $8,900 Opioid Settlement Fund grant to Honest Beginnings. The five-member board, led by Chair Lesa Lessard Pearson, voted unanimously May 18 to fund basement repairs and furnishings at the sober living home on Federal Street after the Opioid Settlement Fund Committee resolved
Belchertown Select Board Approves Solar Lease Plan, $8,900 Opioid Grant Belchertown Select Board unanimously backs rooftop solar lease framework and $8,900 opioid grant at May 18 meeting.