Jim Dehner is the new executive director of the Orange County Land Trust
Mountainville. Dehner was most recently the executive director of the Indiana Land Protection Alliance, a collaboration of 24 land trusts throughout the state. | 25 May 2021 | 10:36 Jim Dehner is the new executive of the Orange County Land Trust, an organization that has permanently protected almost 6,500 acres since its establishment 28 years ago. Photo by Kyle Sanduski.
The Orange County Land Trust had selected as its new executive director a veteran of more than 20 years of experience in land conservation and an expertise in the management of nonprofits.
Jim Dehner started his career as a land stewardship intern while in college. Most recently, he was the executive director of the Indiana Land Protection Alliance, a collaboration of 24 land trusts throughout the state.
Telegram & Gazette Staff
FITCHBURG A three-alarm fire displaced six people Friday afternoon.
The quick-moving blaze on Abbott Avenue broke out on the second floor of the two-family home with flames breaking through the roof.
According to a tweet by the Red Cross of Massachusetts, six residents of the home three adults and three children were reportedly displaced by the fire.
Fire crews from Fitchburg and neighboring Leominster responded to blaze, which broke out just after 3 p.m. at 64 Abbott Ave.
Mutual aid support was provided by the surrounding towns of Lunenburg, Ashburnham, Westminster, Gardner and Hubbardston.
Both the Red Cross and the Salvation Army are assisting the families.
Here are the 50 Massachusetts communities with the highest residential tax rate MassLive.com 1 hr ago
Feel as though your tax rate is too high?
In more than two dozen Massachusetts communities, the residential rate for fiscal 2021 is above 20%. It’s below 3% in three communities.
Residential tax rates are set at the city or town level and vary widely.
Western Massachusetts communities continue to top the list as having the highest residential tax rate, though due to a lowered cost of living the average bill remains significantly lower than tax bills in many Eastern and Central Massachusetts communities.
The average property tax bill for Massachusetts homeowners is $6,374 for fiscal 2021, up $197 from the previous year. In some communities, the average tax bill is twice as much. In one community, it’s three times the state average.