Franklin and Berkshire counties may be at the center of conversations on congressional and legislative redistricting this fall as a result of changes in populations shown in the 2020 U.S. census.State Rep. Paul Mark, who played a large role in.
CONWAY After two months with an interim town administrator guiding the town through Annual Town Meeting season, Veronique Blanchard was sworn in as the full-time replacement at Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon.Blanchard, who has lived in Conway for.
CONWAY Only one of the four seats for which no one was on the ballot in Thursday’s town election was filled by a write-in campaign.Jacqueline Choate was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Health with 10 write-in votes. A second three-year.
CONWAY Residents were asked to voice their approval in a new way at Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting through the use of a new electronic voting system that has largely received positive feedback.Instead of holding up colored cards or participating in.
CONWAY After more than three and a half hours deliberating 29 articles, the residents of Conway approved the entire Annual Town Meeting warrant, including land acquisitions geared toward preventing South River flooding and new solar zoning.
Land acquisitions, proposed solar bylaw changes on table at Conway Town Meeting Published: 6/3/2021 4:33:30 PM CONWAY Voters will weigh in on 29 articles during Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting, including revised solar array bylaws, proposed land acquisitions as part of the South River Flood Resiliency Project and a $6.3 million operating budget. The meeting will be held on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. in the Conway Grammar School gymnasium. Residents will vote on revising zoning bylaws pertaining to large-scale solar projects, which would involve approving a new special permit process. The original solar bylaw was drafted in 2011. Planning Board Chair Beth Girshman explained the revised bylaw would not affect private projects. The special permit process would allow the board to better address individual concerns and have “more oversight on a case-by-case basis.”
Info session to discuss importance of protecting South River Watershed The South River as it flows through the center of Conway shows signs of erosion in this photo taken as part of the Franklin Regional Council of Governments’ South River mapping project in 2016. File Photo Published: 6/1/2021 6:01:13 AM Conway and Ashfield residents are invited to a public information session to hear updates on completed South River resiliency work, and to learn about the next steps needed to continue building climate-resilient rivers and watersheds. Scheduled for Wednesday, June 2, at 7:30 p.m., the meeting is accessible via Zoom. To register, visit bit.ly/SouthRiverConway.
Nestled in a landscape of greenery filled with trees, a chicken coop and an organic garden, Sue Bridge’s cottage, called “Long View,” is completely self-sustaining, allowing her to live off the grid since 2007.Bridge is the founder of Wildside Cottage.
Father, 2 sons injured in Conway crash Published: 5/23/2021 3:42:48 PM CONWAY A father and two young sons were injured in a traffic accident Saturday night. All three were transported to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. At about 10 p.m. Saturday night, a pickup truck driving in the area of 1720 Whately Road went off the road and hit a tree head-on, said Conway Fire Chief Robert Baker. The cause of the accident is under investigation, Baker said. The two passengers were a 10-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy, and the driver was their father. Identifying information of the three persons, such as their names or place of residence, could not be released, Baker said.
Conway holding pre-Town Meeting discussion on May 2 Staff Report Published: 5/16/2021 4:00:40 PM CONWAY Residents are encouraged to bring questions about Annual Town Meeting warrant articles, procedures and definitions to a pre-Town Meeting discussion on Monday, May 24, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Conway Grammar School gymnasium. According to a press release from Planning Board member Mary McClintock, the evening is an opportunity for discussion that is informal, nonpartisan and without the time pressure that is often involved at the Town Meeting itself. The intent of the meeting is to help residents be well-informed voters and to have some time to think about what is being proposed at the June 5 Annual Town Meeting.