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.
$3M Fire Station addition, zoning bylaw changes to come before Bernardston Town Meeting voters
Last year, Frank “Bud” Foster donated to Bernardston his property at 12 Church St., in the foreground, which is adjacent to the present Fire Station, to use for a Fire Station addition. The four-bay garage would be built on this lot separate from the existing station, though it would be attached by an enclosed walkway. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 5/3/2021 3:07:39 PM
BERNARDSTON With a proposed $3 million Fire Station expansion and potential zoning bylaw changes on the warrant, Annual Town Meeting will be held across two nights this year, on Wednesday, May 5, and Thursday, May 6.
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Public outreach on potential Pioneer, Gill-Montague merger aimed for fall
Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield. Staff File Photo
Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 4/7/2021 3:07:14 PM
A potential merger of the Gill-Montague Regional School District and the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is still being investigated, though plans for public outreach last year were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee investigating the merger now expects to hold public outreach sessions this fall.
The Six Town Regionalization Planning Board, which has members from all six towns in the two school districts, has been working since the fall of 2019. The exploratory committee has previously explained that the vision for the new district would be to reorganize Pioneer Valley Regional School and Turners Falls High School, so that one would be a middle school and the other a high school. All the currently open e
North County Notebook: April 5, 2021
Duncan, the concrete “Moore-ish Terrier” statue that is the focus of the annual Ice Out Contest, pictured in late February, took his plunge into Moore’s Pond in Warwick on March 20, at 1:42 p.m. Warwick resident Barbie Zucchi had the closest guess as to when the statue would fall through the ice. She won a hand-painted candy dish and a Dunkin’ Donuts gift card. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 4/4/2021 3:00:25 PM
School Committee to reconvene on FY22 budget
NORTHFIELD Because the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District did not pass on March 23, the School Committee will reconvene to discuss the budget and potentially vote on a new one on Thursday, April 8, at 7 p.m.