Montague’s marijuana revenue to fund police training, school counseling
253 Farmacy on Millers Falls Road is currently the only marijuana company paying impact fees to Montague, although more expect to open in the next two years. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 4/14/2021 4:46:20 PM
MONTAGUE Marijuana revenue will likely fund at least three new programs in next year’s town budget, including police training, school counseling and adult education programs.
Montague receives an “impact fee” from each marijuana-related business operating in town. Already there is one such company, 253 Farmacy, a retailer and grower that opened on Millers Falls Road in 2019. Three others, including two growers, are in the process of opening.
Public outreach on potential Pioneer, Gill-Montague merger aimed for fall
Pioneer Valley Regional School in Northfield. Staff File Photo
Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 4/7/2021 3:07:14 PM
A potential merger of the Gill-Montague Regional School District and the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is still being investigated, though plans for public outreach last year were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee investigating the merger now expects to hold public outreach sessions this fall.
The Six Town Regionalization Planning Board, which has members from all six towns in the two school districts, has been working since the fall of 2019. The exploratory committee has previously explained that the vision for the new district would be to reorganize Pioneer Valley Regional School and Turners Falls High School, so that one would be a middle school and the other a high school. All the currently open e
With Gill Elementary School flooring problem, Selectboard leans toward full replacement
A classroom in the Gill Elementary School where a section of the floor has been sealed off due to peeling tiles. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Gill Elementary Principal Lisa Desjarlais in the school’s cafeteria, where a section of the floor has been sealed off due to peeling tiles. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Lauren Steer teaches her second-grade pupils in the library and technology room because her classroom has been closed at the Gill Elementary School as a result of peeling tiles. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Gill Elementary School’s main hallway, where a section of the floor has been sealed off due to peeling tiles. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
School tile degradation to prompt debt exclusion vote in Gill
A classroom in Gill Elementary School where a section of the floor has been sealed off due to degrading tiles. Remediation of the tiles is expected to require a debt exclusion vote during the May 17 election. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Gill Elementary School Principal Lisa Desjarlais in the school’s cafeteria, where a section of the floor has been sealed off due to degrading tiles. Remediation of the tiles is expected to require a debt exclusion vote during the May 17 election. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Gill Elementary School’s main hallway, where a section of the floor has been sealed off due to degrading tiles. Remediation of the tiles is expected to require a debt exclusion vote during the May 17 election. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
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