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By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — Residents voted down the proposed animal control bylaw at the special Town Meeting on Oct. 21, calling the legislation “unduly restrictive” for a farming community.“It seems very atypical for a farming community to have a leash law,” resident...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A special Town Meeting next week will give residents a chance to approve a property tax work-off program for seniors and veterans and adopt a new animal control bylaw with stricter leash laws.Voters will discuss the six-article warrant...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — A new animal control bylaw approved by the Select Board would impose stricter leash and nuisance laws for all domestic and personally owned animals, from dogs and cats to ferrets and horses.The decision to revamp the law came in the wake of...

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — The town recently completed its two-part annual Town Meeting, at which residents passed a $29.1 million budget for fiscal 2025 while also listening to a contentious disagreement between the Finance Committee and the School and Fire...

By Emilee Klein

BELCHERTOWN — After nearly a year of waiting, Belchertown finally has a town manager.On March 8, Gov. Maura Healey signed legislation to create the first-ever town manager, replacing the long-used town administrator form of government. The change,...

By Emilee Klein

BELCHERTOWN — Voters in June will get their say whether to authorize funding for a new $121 million Jabish Brook Middle School, now that the Select Board has selected dates for a special election and special Town Meeting to take place about a month...