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.
The Belchertown Lake Committee voted unanimously to appoint Jordan Benoit as a member and pursue Kodwo Ampiah Bonney as an associate member while discussing water quality testing initiatives and sediment issues across the three lakes.
Belchertown Select Board approves $61,611 opioid-settlement support for schools' federal grant expansion. The Board voted unanimously to fund supplemental staffing hours and travel for the schools' Drug-Free Communities initiative, which holds a $125,000 annual federal grant. Chair Gail Gramarossa
Board of Assessors unanimously approves motor vehicle and property tax exemptions. Chair Craig Tommila, Vice Chair Jeanmarie Leone, Clerk Loring Caney Jr., and Director of Assessments Zak Bombard approved two Motor Vehicle Excise Exemption Applications under the Hero Act (Nicholas J. Trudell and
Belchertown recorded 14 property transfers with the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5. Only four transactions had a sale price recorded, ranging from $22,000 to $500,000, with a median of $247,950. The period's top recorded sale was 54 Boardman St. at $500,000, sold by
Hampshire County Registry of Deeds recorded nine Belchertown property transfers, all dated July 31, with none recorded through Aug. 29. Only three had a sale price recorded: $17,150 at 381 N. Liberty St., $100,000 at 55 North St., and $228,937 at 15 Old Pelham Rd., the period's top sale, with a…
Communications Committee voted unanimously to promote Andrew Tremblay to full membership. Tremblay, who had been serving as an associate member, passed the vote 5-0-0, moved by Lew Louraine and seconded by Robin Tutt; he must complete swearing-in at the Town Clerk's office.
Belchertown secured a $325,000 MassTrails grant to design Segment 1C of the Mass Central Rail Trail, a link town officials say will connect Belchertown to the regional network stretching from Northampton to Boston. In public safety news, Lieutenant Jared LaValle, a lifelong resident and…