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HADLEY — Despite the attorney general ruling that it violated the Open Meeting Law, the Select Board is retaining a COVID-19 policy it adopted in May, but pledging to have a public forum on the topic next month.At Wednesday’s meeting, the board voted...

HADLEY — Hadley is prohibiting parking along a 500-foot section of West Street near Esselon Cafe, the latest effort to mandate that restaurant customers park their vehicles at the 99 Russell St. restaurant. The Select Board’s unanimous decision...

Many communities scrambled to leave state mosquito spraying program A mosquito PHOTO BY PROVIDENCE JOURNAL/TNS Published: 6/1/2021 7:57:30 PM During the past few months, several western Massachusetts communities have scrambled to meet a May 28 deadline to opt out of the state’s mosquito control spraying program. Northampton became the latest municipality to opt out of the program under the State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board (SRMCB) following in the footsteps of other towns like Amhe...

Budget set for Town Meeting voters in Hadley Hadley Town Hall GAZETTE STAFF Published: 5/11/2021 11:05:22 AM HADLEY — An $18.06 million municipal operating budget that would raise property taxes by about $150 a year for the typical homeowner will be brought to annual Town Meeting later this month. A year after town officials developed a budget in the midst of the pandemic that kept property taxes flat, the Select Board at its May 5 meeting voted 3-2 to endorse a fiscal year 2022 spending pla...

Fate of Russell School holds up proposal to create Hadley historic district The old Hadley Athletic Field is behind the Russell School building. STAFF FILE PHOTO By SCOTT MERZBACH HADLEY — A proposal to create a small local historic district encompassing town and nonresidential buildings in Hadley center will not move forward until decisions are made on the future of the Russell School building. Even though Select Board members appeared supportive of the Historical Commission’s idea of esta...

Fate of Russell School holds up proposal to create Hadley historic district The old Hadley Athletic Field is behind the Russell School building. STAFF FILE PHOTO Published: 4/29/2021 3:40:59 PM HADLEY — A proposal to create a small local historic district encompassing town and nonresidential buildings in Hadley center will not move forward until decisions are made on the future of the Russell School building. Even though Select Board members appeared supportive of the Historical Commission�...

Prospective buyer files lawsuit over sale of North Hadley Village Hall North Hadley Village Hall  GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 4/26/2021 7:22:34 PM HADLEY — A resident is seeking a preliminary injunction in Hampshire Superior Court to prevent the Select Board from accepting new bids to buy the North Hadley Village Hall, alleging the board breached a contract with him for acquiring and renovating the property. On Monday, Ryan O’Hara, an attorney with Bacon Wilson, PC of Northampton, filed ...

David Fill to remain Hadley’s Select Board chairman David J. Fill II GAZETTE FILE PHOTO By SCOTT MERZBACH HADLEY — Breaking a recent tradition of having Select Board chairpersons serve one year in the role, David J. Fill II will remain as the board’s chairman. Despite an appeal from board member Jane Nevinsmith to assume the leadership position, the board voted 4-1, with Nevinsmith casting the dissenting vote, to keep Fill as chairman, following a nomination by Joyce Chunglo, the board�...