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Where the state has acquired tax-exempt properties, such as forests, beaches and public institutions, municipalities are reimbursed for lost revenue through the State-Owned Land Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program.
Driving through the small town of Warwick, it’s not the quaint architecture that catches one’s eye it’s the vast sea of trees. They rise from the road’s edge, sprouting behind stone walls and encircling everything, visible even among the cluster of.
Warwick Selectboard plans return to in-person meetings
Published: 5/26/2021 6:06:19 PM
WARWICK Starting June 7, the Selectboard plans to proceed with hybrid meetings, with members meeting at the former Warwick Community School’s gymnasium and livestreaming.
Town Coordinator David Young referenced Gov. Charlie Baker’s March 12, 2020 order suspending certain provisions of the Open Meeting Law, which allowed remote participation of municipal board members and waived the need for a quorum to be gathered in person.
“The way we understand it, the governor’s order expires on the 29th,” Young said Wednesday. “Yesterday I read he’d submitted legislation to extend some of the open meeting considerations through September, maybe, but that hasn’t happened yet.”
Warwick appoints six members to Pro Tempore School Governance Committee
The entrance to the former Warwick Community School, which town officials hope to reopen as an independent elementary school. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
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WARWICK Continuing discussions from two weeks ago, the Selectboard voted to create a Pro Tempore School Governance Committee that will develop plans for an independent elementary school, and appointed six new members.
The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee voted in January 2020 to cease use of the Warwick Community School building and its 25-acre property, which is owned by Warwick, as a cost-saving measure, a decision that Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Commissioner Jeffrey Riley later approved. Since then, members of the Warwick Education Committee have been holding regular meetings in hopes of reopening the Warwick Community School as an independent elementary school.