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Whately Personnel Committee Weighs Tiered Evaluations, Free Digital Review Platform

WHATELY -- April 15, 2026, Whately Personnel Committee moves toward streamlined employee evaluations and a free digital platform. The committee met April 15 to review feedback from the town's first round of performance evaluations, which were introduced as a condition of its step-increase pay system. Staff presenter Pete

Greenfield City Council Adopts Section 19, Backing Union Rights in Health Insurance Shift

GREENFIELD -- April 15, 2026, Greenfield City Council voted 12-1 to adopt MGL Chapter 32B Section 19, setting the city on a collective-bargaining path to transition employee health insurance from Health New England to the state's Group Insurance Commission by January 2027. The vote came after the

Wayland Planning Board Approves Carroll School Site Plan in 5-0 Vote

GREENFIELD -- April 15, 2026, Wayland Planning Board unanimously approves Carroll School site plan, flags MBTA compliance risk. The board voted 5-0 on April 15 to close the public hearing and approve a site plan decision for The Carroll School at 37-45 Waltham Road, with Chair Anette Lewis authorized

Greenfield Board of Health to resume daily fines on bank over Chapman Street squatter mess

GREENFIELD -- April 15, 2026, Greenfield Board of Health confronts years-long squatter standoff on Chapman Street, hears kratom warning. Five Chapman Street residents told the board April 15 that drug activity, piling trash, and safety fears at 291 Chapman Street, a bank-owned property where squatters have resided for years,

Greenfield Board of Health to resume daily fines on bank over Chapman Street squatter mess

GREENFIELD -- April 15, 2026, Greenfield Board of Health confronts years-long squatter standoff on Chapman Street, hears kratom warning. Five Chapman Street residents told the board April 15 that drug activity, piling trash, and safety fears at 291 Chapman Street, a bank-owned property where squatters have resided for years,

Greenfield Board of Health to resume daily fines on bank over Chapman Street squatter mess

GREENFIELD -- April 15, 2026, Greenfield Board of Health confronts years-long squatter standoff on Chapman Street, hears kratom warning. Five Chapman Street residents told the board April 15 that drug activity, piling trash, and safety fears at 291 Chapman Street, a bank-owned property where squatters have resided for years,

Deerfield Boards Approve Yankee Candle Liquor License, Eye Sewer Grant

DEERFIELD -- April 15, 2026, Deerfield boards approve a one-day liquor license and weigh a half-million-dollar sewer grant at a brief joint session. The Select Board, Board of Health, and Sewer Commissioners unanimously approved a one-day malt and wine license for Yankee Candle Village at 25 Greenfield

Select Board Signs Bolton Contract, Hears Army Corps Contamination Update at Library Site

Shutesbury Select Board hears Army Corps report clearing drinking water near former radar site. U.S.

Citizen Petition Threatens Deerfield's $200,000 Green Communities Grant at Town Meeting

DEERFIELD -- April 14, 2026, Deerfield's Energy Conservation Committee warned Tuesday that a citizen's petition on the May 11 town meeting warrant could cost the town roughly $200,000 in pending state grant money. The petition, submitted by resident Matthew Ainsworth with the required 10 signatures, would

Whately Select Board approves 3 percent COLA, reshuffles free-cash warrant articles

Whately Select Board votes 3 percent COLA and reshapes annual town meeting warrant articles.

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