Planning Board defers sign-bylaw hearing for First Amendment compliance revisions. The board held a hybrid public hearing April 13 on proposed amendments to the Zoning Bylaw designed to ensure content neutrality in sign regulations as required by Reed v. Town of Gilbert. Director Anne Capra
South Hadley Council on Aging unanimously approved prior minutes and heard an interim director recruitment update. With eight applicants through preliminary interviews but no finalist selected, Chairperson Marilyn Ishler and interim Senior Services Director Andy Rogers reported that additional
CPV PHD Advisory Board approves March minutes, reviews shared service operations across South Hadley, Holyoke, and Chicopee. The board voted unanimously to accept the prior meeting's minutes. The Shared Service Coordinator reported that CredibleMind digital health platform ads purchased through
Planning Board continues SHELD facility hearing to allow traffic and stormwater review. The South Hadley Electric Light Department presented its proposal for a 49,762-square-foot administrative and operations center at 65 Old Lyman Road, selecting a single-story design to reduce construction cost
South Hadley Historical Commission unanimously approved minutes from its March meeting and welcomed two newly appointed commissioners to the board. Chair Robert Judge briefed the commission on the FY 2025 Survey and Planning Grant, confirming that the commission had voted unanimously in February to
South Hadley Board of Registrars reports strong early voting for April 26 town election. Town Clerk Sarah B. Gmeiner told the board that over 1,000 mail-in and early in-person ballots have already been received, compared to approximately 1,100 total votes cast in 2025. One candidate has notified
Assessors present tax exemption options to Selectboard in joint meeting. Associate Assessor Melissa L. Couture Rimbold outlined local option exemptions and possible adoptions or changes, with Selectboard Chair Jeff Cyr calling the presentation long overdue. Chair Kevin E. Taugher stated the
Selectboard approves dispatch agreements and defers tax exemptions. The board unanimously authorized a Memorandum of Agreement and Intermunicipal Agreement for Regional Dispatch, and approved a sewer use fee warrant of $2,214,500 for the April 1, 2026 billing date. A joint presentation by Associate
Board of Assessors approves Fiscal 2026 exemptions and reimbursement claims. Chair Kevin E. Taugher, Clerk Thomas R. Reidy, and Member Lynn Masson unanimously approved six new exemption applications totaling $6,900.64, bringing Fiscal 2026 totals to 247 exemptions worth $190,090.52 including 16
South Hadley library trustees unanimously endorse April 14 override vote. Chair David Morrell and the eight trustees present approved a formal statement of support, warning that without full funding the library faces staff reductions and operating-hour cuts, and would fail to meet Massachusetts
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