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Taxation panel seeks recipes for cookbook
Taxation Aid Committee seeks recipes and stories for a community benefit cookbook.
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Belchertown
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Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of October 5, 2026 through October 11, 2026
This week's Belchertown obituary notices column carries one obituary for a Belchertown resident: Cote, Terence (Terence Ernest Cote), 80, who died Tuesday, October 6, 2026. According to his obituary, Cote was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam war and spent 35 years as a master carpenter …
Real Estate
Belchertown Deed Prices Stay Low as Most September Transfers Await Figures
Belchertown recorded 17 property transfers from Sept. 11 to Oct. 10, but only four carried a sale price so far: $50,000, $50,000, $85,500 and $451,397, for a median of $67,750. The remaining 13 should post a price within about a week, per the registry's normal timeline. The period's top…
Morning Brief
4-H sets Trunk or Treat for Oct. 17
Belchertown 4-H plans its annual Trunk or Treat at Town Common on Oct. 17. Also in today's brief (11 items): Longmeadow boys soccer visits Belchertown; Veterans' Social Hour set for senior center; Veterans Coffee Hour with VSO scheduled; Alzheimer's disease presentation set at senior ce…
Morning Brief
Water main break disrupts service
A water main break is disrupting service in parts of Belchertown as crews make repairs. From our own coverage: Conservation Commission takes up Kestrel trail redesign; Select Board divides up state aid windfall. Also in today's brief (8 items): Water main break disrupts service in town;…
Government · Select Board
Select Board Splits $341,000 State Aid Windfall
Belchertown Select Board splits a $340,896 surplus between repairs and reserves.
Morning Brief
12 property transfers logged in September
Belchertown recorded a dozen property transfers in September though most sale prices remain unavailable in county filings. From our own coverage: Belchertown logs 12 property transfers in September. Also in today's brief (9 items): Council on Aging offers massage sessions Tuesday; Silve…
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 28, 2026 through October 4, 2026
Belchertown's obituary column carries two notices this week: Boulais, Jeanne M., 77, who died September 26, and Thrasher, Edwin L. Jr., 73, who died September 28. Both are identified as Belchertown, Massachusetts residents in obituary postings on Echovita; Boulais's notice also appeared…
Real Estate
Belchertown's September Deeds Show Thin Price Data as Registry Updates Lag
Belchertown recorded 12 property transfers between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3 at the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds, but only three carry a recorded sale price so far: $28,922, $200,000 and $210,000, a range that puts the median at $200,000. The top recorded sale was 261 Mill Valley Road at…
Morning Brief
Five grants bring $2.3 million for town upgrades
Belchertown secures nearly $2.3 million in state grants for roads, water and sewer upgrades. From our own coverage: Select board weighs zoning fate, surplus split; Board of Health weighs septic waiver, fee changes. Also in today's brief (11 items): Town lands nearly $2.3 million in stat…
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