Danielle Stanisewski News Today

HATFIELD — Combined sewer and water bills will rise by nearly $100 annually following rate adjustments approved by the Select Board last week.With little discussion from the public, the board voted unanimously to move the sewer rate from $9.34 per 100...

HATFIELD — Three contested races, including for a three-year position on the School Committee that features an incumbent against a challenger, will be decided in the town election Tuesday.Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Town Hall.Also on the...

HATFIELD — Hatfield voters will decide three contested elections at the May 17 town election.According to paperwork filed by Town Clerk Lydia Szych by the late March deadline, incumbents are being challenged for seats on the School Committee and Board...

HATFIELD — Contested races could be developing for the School Committee, the Planning Board and the Board of Health at the May 17 town election, with less than a week to go to get nomination forms returned to the town clerk’s office.Nomination forms...

HATFIELD — Pickleball courts may be coming to town, but the exact location where participants in the sport will play is still to be determined.The Select Board this week took under advisement an appeal from resident Julie Pokela to use the basketball...

HATFIELD — Nomination forms for this spring’s town election will be available from the town clerk’s office beginning Feb. 1.Following are the positions that will be on the May 17 ballot, and those serving as incumbents:Select Board for three years,...

HATFIELD — For nearly two months George Emeny, 86, slept in his car outside his home after the Board of Health condemned it last January.“These premises unfit for human habitation,” reads one of the posted signs that Emeny showed Gazette photographer...

HATFIELD — An 18-year-member of the Hatfield School Committee is returning to the panel.At Wednesday’s joint meeting of the four remaining School Committee members, and the three members of the Select Board, Catherine Englehardt earned five of the...

Neighbors pitch in to make Hatfield vet’s home habitable Adam Hosmer was one of many volunteers who came Monday to help clean up the yard and home of George Emeny in Hatfield. The home has been declared uninhabitable by the Board of Health. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS George Emeny, right, talks with Dave Strassburg and Jessica Moody as volunteers clean up Emeny’s yard and home in Hatfield, Monday. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Danielle Stanisewski, left, Adam Hosmer, and Colleen Adamski help wi...