Government · Select Board
Board defers tax rate vote to November 4
Hadley Select Board deferred a tax rate decision to November 4 after members flagged unanswered assessor questions.
Section
Government
The Select Board, Finance Committee, Town Meeting and every other town board, from the meeting record.
Government · Housing Authority
Housing board votes to attach invoices to warrants
The Hadley Housing Authority voted to require itemized invoices on every future warrant after questioning a $14,088.11 monthly bill from managing agent Amherst Housing Authority.
Government · Town Meeting
Hadley voters approve all 25 town meeting articles
Hadley special town meeting approved all 25 warrant articles, draining free cash to $465,000 and advancing a $181,500 sidewalk study.
Government · Bylaw Committee
Bylaw panel takes no vote on hunting, four other drafts
Hadley's Bylaw Committee clarified that a hunting-related proposal was never a town-wide ban after social media rumors spread.
Government · Board of Assessors
Assessors Vote To Digitize Historic Records
The Hadley Board of Assessors voted to digitize historic vault records after a cemetery official offered to scan the old documents at no cost.
Government · Planning Board
Board OKs battery storage after losing legal options
The Hadley Planning Board approved a special permit for a five-megawatt battery storage system over the town's aquifer, voting 4-0 after being told it lacked legal grounds to deny the project again.
Government · Conservation
Panel approves Russell Street wetland mitigation plan
The Hadley Conservation Commission approved a wetland mitigation plan for 347 Russell Street and confronted unauthorized mountain bike trail construction on town land near the public water supply.
Government · Economic Development
Hadley panel says 40R bylaw not ready for vote
Hadley's Housing and Economic Development Committee said the town's 40R zoning bylaw is not ready for town meeting and will likely wait until spring 2027.
Government · Select Board
Select Board Approves Fall Warrant Ahead of Oct. 22 Vote
Hadley's Select Board voted to recommend all 25 warrant articles ahead of the town's October 22 Special Town Meeting, with the sharpest debate centered on a $90,000 fire administrative vehicle.
Government · Library
Trustees form library fundraising committee, OK trademark bid
Hadley library trustees formed a development committee and voted to seek a state trademark for the library's logo. Secretary Jo-Ann Konieczny and Trustee Julie Rose were elected as trustee representatives to the new committee, which aims to build an endowment with an initial goal of $2 million.
Get Hadley's town government news by email, free. One briefing each morning.
Check your email to confirm. One tap and you are in.
Something went wrong. Please try again.