Wendell applies for state grant for Police Station’s future use
Wendell’s old Town Hall and Police Station. Staff File Photo/Paul Franz
Modified: 4/18/2021 5:00:03 PM
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WENDELL Having entered an inter-municipal agreement with Leverett last year for that town to provide its policing services, Wendell officials have applied for up to $120,000 in state funding to support using its Police Station at 4 Center St. as a substation for Leverett officers.
After the new policing arrangement began, Leverett Police Chief Scott Minckler said he and Officer William Campbell started cleaning out the Wendell Police Station. Inventory was taken and all police evidence in the building was brought to the Leverett Public Safety Complex at 90 Montague Road. Other items were thrown away, recycled or put in storage.
Parents, students denounce school budget cuts in Amherst
Children board buses at Wildwood School in Amherst. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 4/11/2021 11:29:34 AM
AMHERST Rather than cutting nearly 15 positions from the secondary schools, town officials should reduce Amherst’s public safety budget and compel higher education institutions to assist with funding the public schools, according to residents who spoke to the Town Council last week.
At a budget hearing on the $31.9 million proposed fiscal year 2022 budget for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, councilors were informed about concerns with a budget proposal that is $1.2 million below providing level services at the high school and middle school.
Leverett fire chief, deputy chief credentialed by state commission
Firefighters inspect the second story of a barn at 82 Long Hill Road in Leverett that caught fire in May 2020. STAFF FILE PHOTO/SHELBY ASHLINE
Published: 3/31/2021 9:43:29 PM
LEVERETT Leverett’s fire chief and deputy fire chief have both received accreditation from the Massachusetts Fire Service Commission based on the experience, education and training they bring to running the fire department.
Fire Chief John Ingram and Deputy Chief Brian Cook earned the recognition March 18 from the commission, a board appointed by the governor to establish a process for consistent credentialing for fire chiefs and others in the department with the rank of lieutenant and above.
Leverett woman pleads not guilty in fatal crash
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ORANGE A Leverett woman has been released on personal recognizance after answering to charges stemming from a fatal crash on Route 63 last April.
Mary Christine Nelson, 79, appeared in Orange District Court on March 12 via teleconference to plead not guilty to negligent operation of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation. She is scheduled for a pretrial conference on May 18.
Kevin Douville, 57, of Belchertown, was killed on April 25, 2020, when the motorcycle he was riding with life partner Karen Rae Mercier was struck by a car driven by Nelson on Route 63, also known as Long Plain Road, the primary north-south artery between Montague and Amherst.
Leverett woman pleads not guilty in fatal crash
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ORANGE A Leverett woman has been released on personal recognizance after answering to charges stemming from a fatal crash on Route 63 last April.
Mary Christine Nelson, 79, appeared in Orange District Court on March 12 via teleconference and pleaded not guilty to negligent operation of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation. She is scheduled for a pretrial conference on May 18.
Kevin Douville, 57, of Belchertown, was killed on April 25, 2020, when the motorcycle he was riding with life partner Karen Rae Mercier was struck by a car driven by Nelson on Route 63, also known as Long Plain Road and the primary north-south artery between Montague and Amherst.