The Property Committee recommended Renewal Initiatives for the Old Town Farm lodging house and farmland. Reviewers' scores favored it 17 to 34 over Living Meadow Farms, the lower total winning.
The Easthampton School Committee closed all remaining school choice seats for 2026-2027 and approved six policies. Superintendent Michelle Balch cited capacity in lower grades and a budget year that left the district unsure whether it faced a $900,000 or $2.7 million cut.
A City Council committee recommended four city ordinance cleanups for full council approval. The voice vote covered Chapter 1 sections 1 through 4 and Chapter 8 sections 8-1, 8-2 and 8-6, items drawn from a 2020 Ordinance Review Committee report referred to the council in 2021.
Hampshire County Registry of Deeds records show eight property transfers in Easthampton between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only two disclosed a sale price: $239,600 for 7 Knight Ave and $479,200 for 12 Greenwood Court, the period's top recorded sale. The midpoint of those two figures is $3…
Easthampton councilors sent the Israel-Palestine divestment resolution to the Finance Committee.
The Planning Board continued four public hearings to Sept. 15 because of primary election day.
The Rent Study Committee voted to recommend a home rule petition on rent stabilization to the City Council. The draft sets a 5% annual cap and, under option E2, lets owners set a new starting rent when a tenancy ends.
Two Easthampton obituaries were published this week: Hill, Nancy, 78, who died August 24, 2026, and Bergeron, Leo, 75, who died August 25, 2026. Both were longtime Easthampton residents with arrangements handled by Mitchell Funeral Home of Easthampton, the lead funeral home for this wee…
Ten property transactions were recorded in Easthampton, Massachusetts, between July 31 and Aug. 29, 2026, according to Hampshire County Registry of Deeds records. Only one sale, 8 Peloquin Drive, included a disclosed price, $337,800, sold July 31 from Envista Home Services Inc. to Kiavi…
Easthampton's Planning Board pushed its next meeting from Sept. 1 to Sept. 15, town calendar shows. In the meantime, five other municipal bodies, the Board of Assessors, Rent Study Committee, Agricultural Commission, Board of Public Works and City Council, are all set to convene between…
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