Greg Bardwell News Today

BUCKLAND — Voters gave their blessing to all 24 articles at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, including a budget enabling shared-policing services with Shelburne and a $151,262 override to support the fiscal year 2024 budget.About 70 residents attended...

SHELBURNE — By approving a Police Department budget big enough for two towns on Tuesday, roughly 90 Annual Town Meeting voters opened the door for a formal police-sharing agreement with neighboring Buckland.For decades, the two towns have shared...

SHELBURNE — With Tuesday’s storm leaving western Franklin County towns underneath as much as 3 feet of snow, local officials have since been considering how to best prepare for future weather emergencies.The nor’easter left some residents without...

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder has been publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their towns in 2023. Details about projects in the western part of the county will be shared in two...

As Buckland and Shelburne move closer toward developing a formal agreement to share policing services, town officials are seeking feedback from residents starting with a series of public forums.The first meeting will take place at Buckland-Shelburne...

With a possible regionalized police department on the horizon, Buckland and Shelburne have reaffirmed their commitment to sharing the services of Police Chief Greg Bardwell through a new agreement.Bardwell, who has been Shelburne’s police chief for...

BUCKLAND — The Police Department is entering a period of transition as it makes use of a $200,000 Efficiency and Regionalization grant, looks to accommodate additional uses of the Police Station and formalizes mutual aid agreements with other towns....

BUCKLAND — Several Franklin County towns were awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants Thursday that will help them explore regionalizing their public services.The grants were announced at Buckland Town Hall Thursday afternoon by Lt. Gov....

Heath Democrats to caucus Wednesday HEATH — Town Democrats will caucus on Wednesday, March 9, at 7 p.m.The meeting will be held virtually. For a link to join the meeting, email heathdemocrats@gmail.com.When requesting the link, Democratic Caucus Chair...