HADLEY New speed limit signs will be installed on Aqua Vitae Road as an initial step toward slowing down vehicles on the narrow road that residents say is increasingly being used as a shortcut to get from Bay Road to Route 9.The Select Board.
CARVER – A seven-member town administrator screening committee will help with the search for a permanent replacement.
The Select Board will invite all 16 applicants interested in serving on the screening committee to a meeting at 6 p.m. next Tuesday, May 25, for five-minute interviews.
With the goal of selecting the best candidate, the Select Board decided on the number of committee members and the composition of the committee Tuesday night. The votes were unanimous, 5-0. The board also voted to exclude three residents who missed the deadline to apply.
The names of the 16 applicants were to be submitted to the Select Board Wednesday morning for its first look at the list. The charge of the committee will be decided at a subsequent meeting.
With alternative plan, Whately Selectboard opts out of state mosquito control program
Published: 5/14/2021 3:15:31 PM
WHATELY Following a brief conversation, the Selectboard voted to opt out of the state Department of Agricultural Resources’ mosquito control program.
The vote came under the advisement of Board of Health Chair Fran Fortino, who appeared before the Selectboard Wednesday night for a hearing on whether to take part in the state’s program, which involves aerial spraying of mosquitoes to protect against eastern equine encephalitis, also known as EEE, and West Nile Virus.
“As you know, (the program) has been a contested issue ever since it appeared in a bill sponsored by the governor,” Fortino said. “There was no opt-out provision, and then state legislators, et cetera, voted to include an opt-out provision.”
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Hadley shop owner losing site to Route 9 work says state check not enough
Exotic Auto Repair on the corner of Route 9 and East Street in Hadley. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Exotic Auto Repair on the corner of Route 9 and East Street in Hadley. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY Since opening Exotic Auto Repair on Route 9 in 2012, owner Paul Narus has had enough success that he hopes to continue running the business for at least another 20 years.
But because the 0.14-acre site and 1,316-square-foot building at 184 Russell St., the northwest corner of East Street and Route 9, is in the way of the state’s Department of Transportation’s plans to widen the highway between the town center and the malls, and to make various intersection improvements, Narus understands that his property has to be taken.