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By BELLA LEVAVI

Residents can embark on a tour of the night sky this summer with teacher and pastor Jonathan Rehmus.On Fridays and Saturdays in August and September, Rehmus invites the public to discover the night sky through lore and science with free events in...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — For the second time in three months, voters rejected purchasing a new truck for the Highway Department at a Special Town Meeting on Tuesday night. The Finance Committee requested a Special Town Meeting to move $104,000 from the town’s...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — A two-article Special Town Meeting will ask voters to appropriate $104,000 to buy a truck for the Highway Department and authorize the appointment of Selectboard members to any position under the board’s supervision at no additional...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — The limited liability company that plans to grow cannabis at 11 Bellor Road has complied with the building inspector’s orders to remove eight illegal storage containers on the property and has begun communicating with town officials. The town...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Route 8A between West Branch Road and Brunelle Road is fully closed due to bridge repairs. According to the contract signed with J.H. Maxymillian Inc., based out of Pittsfield, the bridge will reopen no later than Aug. 1. The wing walls and...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — As Elissa Viarengo moves into the Selectboard seat held for more than two decades by Brian DeVriese, she looks to bring a governing style that will “embrace different opinions and not be afraid of them.” In the wake of decisions that have left...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — After the building inspector issued a cease-and-desist order, the Selectboard hopes the limited liability company planning to run a cannabis cultivation site at 11 Bellor Road will remove eight illegal storage containers.“They have not done...

By PAT MCGAHAN

Heath is in crisis — fiscal, emotional, and ethical. Heath is a small town with no industrial base. We are flirting with the tax levy limit but have limited tools to work with. While cutting costs is our only solution, few offer any constructive...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Residents passed most of the 31-article Annual Town Meeting warrant on Saturday, with the exception of the Mohawk Trail Regional School District regional agreement amendments and the purchase of a new truck for the Highway Department.During...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — After learning of the poor condition of the Route 8A bridge over West Branch Brook during routine inspections, the state Department of Transportation is now accepting public comments regarding a $6 million bridge replacement...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Cuts to the Highway Department may inspire discussion on the Annual Town Meeting floor on Saturday, when voters will be asked to consider the proposed $1.53 million operating budget for fiscal year 2024.Town Meeting, which will take up a...

By DIANE STOWE and WILLIAM DROUIN

Once again, the tone-deaf Heath Select Board has made a counterintuitive decision that will impact every resident in town without soliciting the input of the town residents. We are sitting here in stunned disbelief after learning that the Select Board...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — This year’s annual town election features a new candidate running for Selectboard, as well as contested races for constable and a two-year Planning Board position.Polls will be open at the Heath Municipal Building on Friday, May 5, from noon...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — The third time proved to be the charm for Brian DeVriese.While a member of the Conservation Commission, DeVriese decided in the late 1990s that he wanted to do more to serve Heath. He ran unsuccessfully for Selectboard twice before being voted...

By BELLA LEVAVI

The Mohawk Trail Regional School District School Committee has asked its eight member towns to add three articles to each of their Annual Town Meeting warrants that would amend the town assessment formula outlined in the regional agreement. However,...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — More than 30 people gathered in the Heath municipal building’s cafeteria on Thursday to protest the layoff of a Highway Department laborer/operator in the wake of budgetary concerns.“Do you think I made this decision so 30 people can sit there...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Citing budgetary concerns, the Selectboard has eliminated one laborer/operator position from the Highway Department.“This is the hardest decision I’ve had to make in my 24 years on the board,” Selectboard member Brian DeVriese said during...

By EMILEE KLEIN and LIESEL NYGARD

A new broadband network for Colrain, Charlemont, Heath, Leyden and Rowe that prevents major outages and improves the resiliency of internet access will be completed by June 30.The system creates three backhauls and a 10-gigabyte circuit connection...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — Selectboard Chair Robyn Provost-Carlson described trying to rename the building at 18 Jacobs Road for the second time as trying to point out a cat without being able to use the word “cat.” “It’s hard to come up with a name,” Provost-Carlson...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — After a year of deliberation, town officials have agreed to pay $44,443 to the Mohawk Trail Regional School District for a fiscal year 2022 assessment error.“The Selectboard and Finance Committee have decided they will pay the amount the...