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Hadley Finance Committee sets joint meeting for year-end transfers, launches FY28 planning

HADLEY — June 22, 2026 — Hadley Finance Committee charts post-override path with new town administrator. At its June 22 meeting, the committee — Chair Amy Fiden, Peter Matusko, Pam Hegg, and Paul McCretzky — held its first substantive session with newly appointed Town Administrator Nate Loi, who described Hadley's roughly

Hadley Finance Committee sets joint meeting for year-end transfers, launches FY28 planning

HADLEY — June 22, 2026 — Hadley Finance Committee charts post-override path with new town administrator. At its June 22 meeting, the committee — Chair Amy Fiden, Peter Matusko, Pam Hegg, and Paul McCretzky — held its first substantive session with newly appointed Town Administrator Nate Loi, who described Hadley's roughly

Northampton Finance Committee Adjourns After Member Walkout Kills Quorum

NORTHAMPTON — June 10, 2026 — Northampton Finance Committee meeting ends in walkout and adjournment with no business conducted. The committee, meeting June 10 with three of four members present after Councilor Mayuri's absence, had convened to hear competing proposals for auditing services, including an in-person presentation from Tom

Belchertown Finance Committee Drains Reserve Fund, Approves $45,400 Legal Transfer

BELCHERTOWN — June 8, 2026 — Belchertown Finance Committee zeroes out its reserve fund and approves five budget transfers to close out fiscal year 2026. The four-member committee voted unanimously June 8 to transfer $45,400 — the entire remaining reserve fund balance — to the law account to cover labor and general

Granby Finance Committee Unanimously Backs $9.17 Million School Budget for Town Meeting

GRANBY — May 7, 2026 — Granby Finance Committee approves school budget and flags nine-year-old state dam order. The committee voted unanimously at its May 7 meeting to recommend a school operating budget of $9,175,457 and a transportation budget of $1,384,176 to Annual Town Meeting, along

Granby Finance Committee Finds $340,000 Gap in School Department Budget

GRANBY — May 5, 2026 — Granby Finance Committee finds $340,000 omitted from school department's level-service budget. The committee spent most of its May 5 meeting piecing together why the school department's original level-service budget and its later public-meeting budget differed by roughly $340,

Granby Finance Committee Warns Town Is Nearing Fiscal Breaking Point

GRANBY — April 29, 2026 — Granby Finance Committee flags fiscal crisis, depleted reserves, and Forge Pond Dam costs in annual overview. The committee met April 29 to finalize its budget overview report for Town Meeting, reconciling school spending figures that trace a corrected total state aid increase of 1.9 percent

Granby Finance Committee Warns Town Must Choose Between Tax Hikes and Service Cuts

GRANBY — April 21, 2026 — Granby Finance Committee prepares its bluntest fiscal warning yet for May town meeting. Meeting in budget-preparation session on April 21, the committee told two invited guests that the town faces a structural deficit driven by a combined 50 percent increase in health insurance premiums over

Belchertown Finance Committee Approves All FY27 Budget Warrant Articles 4-0

BELCHERTOWN — April 17, 2026 — Belchertown Finance Committee unanimously approved all financial warrant articles for the town's $69,389,027 fiscal year 2027 budget at its April 17 meeting. The committee, voting 4-0 on every article, cleared more than 20 separate appropriations for both a Special Town Meeting

Hadley IAC Chooses Formal PEC Process for Health Insurance Negotiations

HADLEY — April 2, 2026 — Hadley's Insurance Advisory Committee launched formal Public Employee Committee bargaining Thursday over a revised health insurance rate proposal that lowers a projected 16.08 percent increase to 12.48 percent, with higher deductibles absorbing the difference. IAC Chair Ken Richards led the committee to

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