Turner named treasurer as roof funding grows

From Erving News

• Select Board votes to appoint Turner as treasurer. Erving Select Board appointed Michelle Turner town treasurer pending a background check. It also weighed boosting special town meeting funding for the elementary school roof project and moved to toughen its draft animal control bylaw after a resident's account of her injured dog.Erving News
• Erving School Committee reorganizes, keeps Bailey as chair. Erving School Committee reorganized for the year, reelecting Mackensey Bailey as chair, and filled subcommittee seats including a capital planning liaison. Finance Director Caitlin flagged a Union 28 budget still unsettled on cost-of-living figures, with Bailey pressing over a special-education transportation shortfall she warned could grow by March.Erving News
• Select Board names Pollard assistant administrator. Erving Select Board appointed Emily Pollard assistant town administrator, crediting her work coordinating nearly 40 candidates across six hiring searches this year. Members pressed engineers on the Care Drive extension and weighed hiring a professional firm after the chair criticized the town's new logo.Erving News

Coming up

• Thu, Oct 8, 7:00 p.m.: Planning Board meets, holds public hearing Thursday. Erving Planning Board convenes Thursday at 7 p.m. at 1 Care Drive, followed by a public hearing at 7:15 p.m. on matters before the board.Town of Erving
• Sun, Oct 11, 1:00 p.m.: Library hosts puzzle swap with the Friends. The Friends of the Erving Public Library host a free puzzle swap for all ages Sunday, October 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Community Room at 2 Care Drive.Erving Public Library
• Mon, Oct 12: Town offices closed Monday for Columbus Day. Erving Town Hall and municipal offices are closed Monday, October 12, in observance of Columbus Day.Town of Erving
• Tue, Oct 13, 3:30 p.m.: Historical Commission meets Tuesday afternoon. Erving's Historical Commission meets Tuesday, October 13, at 3:30 p.m. at 2 Care Drive.Town of Erving
• Tue, Oct 13, 6:00 p.m.: Recreation Commission meets Tuesday evening. Erving's Recreation Commission meets Tuesday, October 13, at 6 p.m. at 12 East Main Street.Town of Erving
• Tue, Oct 13, 7:00 p.m.: U28 budget and personnel panel meets remotely. The Union 28 Budget and Personnel Committee, which handles shared school district finances including Erving's, meets remotely Tuesday, October 13, at 7 p.m.Town of Erving
• Wed, Oct 14, 7:30 p.m.: Tech school advisory panel meets Wednesday. Franklin County Technical School's General Advisory Committee meets Wednesday, October 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the school's Turners Falls campus, with Erving represented on the regional board.Town of Erving

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