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Whately Town Offices to reopen on limited basis starting Monday
The Whately Town Offices at 4 Sandy Lane will reopen on a limited basis starting Monday. STAFF FILE PHOTO/ANDY CASTILLO
Published: 3/11/2021 6:38:06 PM
WHATELY The Selectboard voted Wednesday night in support of reopening Town Offices on a limited basis.
Effective Monday, the Town Offices at 4 Sandy Lane will be open Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to noon. All other days and times will remain by appointment.
“The recommendation would be that we reopen as we did, in the same fashion, when (COVID-19) cases declined last spring,” said Town Administrator Brian Domina. “I thought we did a good job.”
Whately officials talk pot approval, school budgets, police reform with legislators
State Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, and state Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland, visit Long Plain Farm in Whately in 2019. On Wednesday, Whately officials met with Blais and Comerford to discuss town priorities for the year ahead, and how they might be able to help. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 2/15/2021 7:10:05 PM
WHATELY State Sen. Jo Comerford and state Rep. Natalie Blais recently met with Whately officials to discuss town priorities for the year ahead, and how they might be able to help.
“I can’t imagine a harder job during the COVID pandemic and economic crisis than municipal work,” Comerford, D-Northampton, said at a Selectboard meeting Wednesday night.
Whately officials talk pot approval, school budgets, police reform with legislators
State Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, and state Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland, visit Long Plain Farm in Whately in 2019. On Wednesday, Whately officials met with Blais and Comerford to discuss town priorities for the year ahead, and how they might be able to help. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 2/12/2021 12:06:25 PM
WHATELY State Sen. Jo Comerford and state Rep. Natalie Blais recently met with Whately officials to discuss town priorities for the year ahead, and how they might be able to help.
“I can’t imagine a harder job during the COVID pandemic and economic crisis than municipal work,” Comerford, D-Northampton, said at a Selectboard meeting Wednesday night.
‘No idling’ signs to be posted at town-owned properties in Whately
Published: 1/5/2021 3:17:50 PM
WHATELY In response to complaints received by the Board of Health, new “no idling” signs will soon be posted at the Transfer Station.
“Upon some complaints, we took it upon ourselves to buy some ‘no idling’ signs . for the Transfer Station, which we will put up soon because of our staff being stuck there and having to breathe that in,” said Fran Fortino, chair of the Board of Health. “It’s also a state law, by the way.”
Massachusetts law prohibits vehicles from idling for more than five minutes.