The small town has traditionally held the parade through town and up to the cemetery on West Mountain Road with veterans, town and state officials, police, firefighters, Shriners, children on red-white-and-blue decorated bicycles and the Hoosac Valley High School band. Like so many events of the past year, Memorial Day was silent in 2020. But with Gov. Charlie Baker s lifting of capacity limits and mask wearing outdoors as of May 29, town officials are hoping for a parade this year on May 31. The Board of Selectmen took up the issue at Tuesday s meeting. In light of the updated COVID-19 guidance from the state, Chairwoman Michelle Francesconi noted that Cheshire had the opportunity to host a parade on Memorial Day. Board members pushed for the parade to happen, saying it would be nice to give Cheshire residents a sense of normalcy after the year of pandemic restrictions.
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This donation came in the form of three $2,000 donations one to each school in the district. At the high school and middle school, the grants must go toward science, technology, engineering and math initiatives, the School Committee was told at its meeting Monday. The elementary school is planning to use its donation toward a beautification project. Third-grade students and volunteers spend a day planting flowers and beautifying the landscape in front of the school, Superintendent Aaron Dean said in an email correspondence after the meeting. It s a service learning project that promotes pride in our elementary school. Other maintenance projects are planned for the elementary school. Working with the town of Adams, the district is tapping into an account with around $160,000 that is reserved for school improvement purposes. The school district may also use some money from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security, or CARES, Act
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The town had filed a continuance notice of intent requesting information on whether the demolition and removal of the damaged culvert pipe near the intersection of Davis Street and Lime Street is subject to the Wetlands Protection Act. This project dates back to storms that occurred in September 2018, causing an estimated $1 million in damage, as well as Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Commissioner David Lipinski pushed for approval, saying, they ve been waiting for three years down there to start the project. Commissioner Thomas Robinson produced a letter from the Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) expressing concern about the project. Ultimately, however, Robinson and the other commission members rejected the letter because representatives did not attend the publicly available meeting.
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