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The Recorder - Bernardston Fire Station expansion pending Monday ballot question after Town Meeting OK


Bernardston Fire Station expansion pending Monday ballot question after Town Meeting OK
Bernardston voters gathered at the event venue at Kringle Candle and The Farm Table on Wednesday and Thursday for back-to-back nights of Annual Town Meeting. Staff Photo/ZACK DeLUCA
Architect Brian DeVriese of Jablonski/DeVriese Architects presents plans for the new Fire Station addition during a continuation of Bernardston’s Annual Town Meeting on Thursday. Staff Photo/ZACK DeLUCA
Published: 5/7/2021 5:16:52 PM
BERNARDSTON The town is one step closer to finalizing plans for an estimated $2.4 million Fire Station addition after voters approved an article to borrow up to $3 million for the project at a two-part Annual Town Meeting this week. However, this article is contingent on passage of a ballot question during Monday’s town election. ....

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The Recorder - Pioneer's proposed FY22 budget fails in tied School Committee votes


Pioneer’s proposed FY22 budget fails in tied School Committee votes
Pioneer Valley Regional School. Staff File Photo/Zack DeLuca
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NORTHFIELD A motion to pass the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District hit a road block last week, failing twice in consecutive 6-6 votes from the School Committee.
The four-hour meeting on Thursday saw over two hours of discussion on the budget and a 7-5 December vote to move sixth-graders to Pioneer Valley Regional School for the coming fall. During an earlier public hearing on the proposed $14,851,290 budget, School Committee member David Young of Warwick had urged fellow members not to vote in favor of the budget which requires a two-thirds majority to be approved in an effort to delay the sixth-grade move. ....

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