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SOUTH HADLEY — Fire District 1 will be able to pay its firefighters and paramedics in the coming year after hundreds of voters at Wednesday’s special meeting approved funding for $2.7 million in salaries.District Clerk/Treasurer Kari Scytkowski said...

SOUTH HADLEY — Fire District 1 voters dissatisfied with a lack of explanation for the largest spending item on the district’s $5.2 million budget voted down a $2.7 million salary request at the annual meeting last week.“I’m flabbergasted at what they...

SOUTH HADLEY — A change in cellphone providers for Fire District No. 1 water employees, a decision made about a year ago by the district’s Prudential Committee, continues to rankle a majority of the Water Board of Commissioners, and is raising...

SOUTH HADLEY — A meeting of the Prudential Committee of a South Hadley fire district generally doesn’t elicit tons of excitement. Most of the meetings are quick, perfunctory affairs.But sparks flew at a tense special meeting Wednesday of Fire District...

SOUTH HADLEY — A meeting of the Prudential Committee of a South Hadley fire district generally doesn’t elicit tons of excitement. Most of the meetings are quick, perfunctory affairs.But sparks flew at a tense special meeting Wednesday of Fire District...

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