Bernardston Fire Station expansion pending Monday ballot question after Town Meeting OK
Bernardston voters gathered at the event venue at Kringle Candle and The Farm Table on Wednesday and Thursday for back-to-back nights of Annual Town Meeting. Staff Photo/ZACK DeLUCA
Architect Brian DeVriese of Jablonski/DeVriese Architects presents plans for the new Fire Station addition during a continuation of Bernardston’s Annual Town Meeting on Thursday. Staff Photo/ZACK DeLUCA
Published: 5/7/2021 5:16:52 PM
BERNARDSTON The town is one step closer to finalizing plans for an estimated $2.4 million Fire Station addition after voters approved an article to borrow up to $3 million for the project at a two-part Annual Town Meeting this week. However, this article is contingent on passage of a ballot question during Monday’s town election.
School Committee votes to move sixth grade to Pioneer come fall 2021
Pioneer Valley Regional School Principal Kevin Burke leads a group of students to their next class in September. The School Committee voted 7 to 5 on Thursday to move sixth grade up to the district’s middle and high school, starting in the fall of 2021. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
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NORTHFIELD The sixth-grade classes that are currently housed at Bernardston Elementary School and Northfield Elementary School will be relocated to Pioneer Valley Regional School starting in the fall of 2021.
After more than an hour and a half of discussion during its meeting Thursday, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee voted seven to five to move sixth grade up to the district’s middle and high school. Pioneer Principal Kevin Burke, Northfield Elementary School Principal Megan Desmarais and Bernardston Elementary Scho