HAMPDEN – At the Hampden Select Board meeting on Feb. 16, Principal Assessor Kelly McCormick and Chair of the Board of Assessors Norman Charest requested that the Select Board add an article to the Annual Town Meeting warrant that would raise the income threshold for the senior tax exemption.... Read More
WILBRAHAM/HAMPDEN – Many towns have seen a boom of solar array installations over the past decade and Wilbraham and Hampden have been no different. However, that trend may be slowing down, at least for the foreseeable future.... Read More
HAMPDEN/WILBRAHAM – Reporting on the financial situation within the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District (HWRSD) at its meeting Feb. 4... Read More
HAMPDEN/WILBRAHAM – The Boards of Selectmen of Hampden and Wilbraham met remotely on Feb. 1 to sign an inter-municipal agreement regionalizing the dispatch service for the two towns.... Read More
WILBRAHAM – At Interskate 91 South on Boston Road in Wilbraham, there’s no music playing overhead, no lights flashing on the surface of the floor – and worse – no paying customers gliding by on roller skates.... Read More
HAMPDEN/WILBRAHAM – At a Jan. 21 meeting, the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District brought in Jay Barry, Mac Reid and Steve Hemman from the Massachusetts Association of Regional Schools (MARS) to present a method for developing a Strategic Plan. ... Read More
WILBRAHAM – Public Health Nurse Jill Consolino reported to the Wilbraham Board of Selectmen at its Jan. 25 meeting that while the numbers of COVID-19 cases are slowly trending downward, there were 89 active cases in Wilbraham.... Read More