Author: Charley Rose

Beginning Saturday, July 10, Saturday Summer hours at the Transfer Station will be changed to 8am to noon and 3pm -7pm. The Selectboard has made the change in hours in an effort to address concerns with potential extreme heat in the summer. And we feel that closing for 3 hours in the heat of the …

The Worthington School District is encouraging educators, middle and high school students from Worthington, family and community members to apply to become a member of an equity advisory committee. This advisory group will work with facilitators from the Collaborative of Educational Services who will support the group in building relationships around shared values in order to discuss …

Registered Democrats in Worthington will hold a caucus on July 14, 2021, at 6:00pm to elect Delegates and Alternates to the 2021 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. The caucus will take place virtually. This year’s state convention will be held on September 25th in Lowell where Democrats from across the state will come together to adopt …

The Worthington​ ​Library​ ​will​ ​resume​ ​regular​ ​hours​ ​this​ ​week! Starting​ ​June​ ​29,​ ​the​ ​library​ ​be​ ​open: Tuesday​ ​3-7Wednesday​ ​3-7Thursday​ ​10-12​ ​&​ ​3-7Saturday​ ​10-4 Curbside​ ​and​ ​home​ ​delivery​ ​remain​ ​available.Masks​ ​are​ ​requested.​ ​Many​ ​new​ ​books​ ​and​ ​current​ ​magazines​ ​are​ ​on​ ​the​ ​shelves. Call​ ​238-5565​ ​or​ ​go​ ​to​ ​www.theworthingtonlibrary.org​ ​for​ ​more​ ​information.

We should finally start seeing some relief from the dust on Old North Road as construction progresses this week. Here’s the schedule: 6/29 – Asphalt injection of Old North Road will begin (mixing liquid asphalt with the top 4″ of the gravel/pavement mixture.  This mixture will harden like pavement). 7/14 – Paving of Old North Road will …

The following Meetings will be held Thursday, June 24 at 7pm at the Worthington Town Hall. WORTHINGTON FIRE DISTRICTBOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERSWORTHINGTON, MA 01098 WARRANT — ANNUAL MEETING – FY 2022 Commonwealth of MassachusettsHampshire,ss: To: John Sullivan, Clerk of the Worthington Fire District Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed …

THE ART AND PEG ROLLAND SCHOLARSHIP FUND 2021-22 ACADEMIC YEAR APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS The late Art and Peg Rolland established a scholarship fund to benefit citizens of Worthington seeking to further their educational goals. The annual interest earned on the Fund is distributed each year to qualified students by a committee consisting of the Town Clerk, …

Shared Fire Services Study Presenation of Final Report By Municipal Resources Incorporated (MRI) Inc. Wednesday – June 23rdVia Zoom 7:00pm – 8:30pm For the past 6 months, as part of a larger two year effort, local officials from the participating Towns of Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Plainfield and Worthington and have been working together with an …

And now for some good news! If you attended Annual Town Meeting you may recall that there was a question raised as to why there was such a large increase this year in the Hampshire County Retirement System contribution.   The Line Item in the FY 2020 Budget was $200,228.  For FY 2021 it was $295, …