50 Years Ago ■Secretary of Human Services Peter C. Goldmark Jr. submitted a report to Gov. Sargent today which criticized actions and procedures of top Belchertown State School administrators during the period late last year when four residents died.
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BELCHERTOWN The area along Lake Wallace, long referred to as the “swamp behind the police station,” has gained new terrain with the opening of the town’s newest trails.Nestled along the Skate Park and the wetlands at the edge of the former.
On a muggy afternoon just before Memorial Day, 100 people gathered in the woods at the Warner Pine Grove Cemetery of the former Belchertown State School. A bell was rung. The names of those who had passed since the last time we gathered were read.