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By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY— Town Meeting attendees will consider a $27.5 million operating budget, a new stormwater bylaw and the future of West Street Building during the second half of the annual Town Meeting on Monday.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — After five months of weighing more expensive and expansive options to turn the West Street Building into town offices and a new Council on Aging, residents at Monday’s special Town Meeting returned to a $5.6 million project to move all town offices under one roof in part of the old elementary school building.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A second phase of the Dufresne Park forest management plan will remove more trees than the first — 2,300 dead, fallen or infested trees — after the Select Board previously said the additional round of management would remove fewer trees compared to two years ago.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — It’s been six years since all of Granby’s East Meadow School students graced the stage to perform choral and instrumental music for their community, but the spotlight will soon shine on their faces once again.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Service, sacrifice, the commitment of veterans and active military service members from across Massachusetts and support from their families should always be recognized, says retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Residents echoed their disapproval of a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion override to renovate the West Street Building into town offices during Monday’s town elections after previously voting the project down at a special Town Meeting last month.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The first half of Town Meeting on Monday will ask voters to approve routine municipal operations, such as tuition payments for students attending vocational schools, operating funds for the ambulance, sewer and solid waste departments and capital purchases.

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — In 2013, Canadian police estimated that there were 1,181 unresolved cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. The number today is closer to 4,000.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — On any given night, Ted Hathaway plays board games with his two daughters, but he struggles getting his youngest to pick up a book long enough to get past the cover.

I would like to formally introduce myself as one of the two candidates for the position of Granby town clerk. My name is Virginia Hajdamowicz and I believe we need a fresh set of eyes and a different perspective to improve our town. At my current position as the administrative assistant to the superintendent of Granby Public Schools, I have increased the communication and transparency among the district and to the families in my first few months. I have improved the school’s social media pages including Facebook and the website and I strongly believe I could do the same for the town.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — For a town like Hatfield, annual road maintenance has become increasingly more challenging over the past 12 years, as state Chapter 90 road money declines even as the price of hot mix asphalt rises substantially.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The School Committee has selected interim Superintendent Mary Jane Rickson to take over the role on a permanent basis based on her extensive experience and focus on providing the best environment and education of students.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY— The town will officially welcome Tammy Martin as its new town administrator on June 2 after a long wait and search for Christopher Martin’s replacement.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The future of the West Street Building, once an elementary school for the town’s youngest students, remains unclear after residents voted against appropriating $10 million to renovate the building into municipal offices and a new Council on Aging.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A budget shortfall is forcing the School Department to eliminate 8.5 positions next school year, bringing the district’s total staff losses to 18.5 positions in three years.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The School Committee will interview two finalists for Granby’s superintendent position on Monday after an hour-long meet and greet with the public, according to the district. 

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Residents will vote on a $10 million Proposition 2½ debt exclusion override to renovate half of the old West Street School into municipal offices for every department and a new senior center at a special Town Meeting on Tuesday.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

GRANBY — A Granby man was arrested Saturday on seven charges including assault, threatening to commit murder and possession of a class C drug with intent to distribute following an incident near his apartment.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — With the deadline to pull election papers set for Wednesday, contests are shaping up for a handful of municipal positions on the Select Board, Board of Health, Town Clerk and School Committee.

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Firefighters arrived at a Chicopee Street house fire on Thursday night to find that a sprinkler system had already contained the blaze, keeping damage to a minimum.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WASHINGTON — As federal dollars continue to be frozen for projects across the nation, a Pioneer Valley farm has joined a federal lawsuit demanding the government lift the “unlawful and indefinite freeze of congressional appropriated funds,” according to documents filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.