DOG LICENSES FOR 2021 ARE NOW AVAILABLE From Town Clerk via the mail or drop box at Town Hall DUE BY MARCH 31STHere’s hoping 2021 is a better year for getting this done! All dogs old enough to be vaccinated for rabies should get a 2021 Town license by March 31st. Must have current rabies …
Category: News & Announcements
News for the Community from Superintendent/Principal Dobosz – 2/5/2021
Greetings Community, It’s been wonderful to have all the kids back for in-person learning. Thank you for your continued support with the health and safety guidelines. Super Bowl Sunday is this weekend and I am sure that many of you are excited to watch Tom Brady in yet another Super Bowl. With that said, please …
Wifi Hotspot at R. H. Conwell
The Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) has informed the town that the Free WiFi Hotspot at the R. H. Conwell School will continue to operate through June 30,2021.
News for the Community from Superintendent/Principal Dobosz – 1/29/2021
Greetings Community, Next Thursday, February 4, 2021, students will be back in school for in-person learning! During this remote period, we really value the partnership between home/school. We appreciate how challenging it is for our families to have kids at home learning. As a parent of teenagers who have been remote learning all year, I …
Donations Report
On behalf of the Town of Worthington and personally, I’d like to thank the over 75 organizations, individuals, and couples for their generous donations to the Covid-19 Relief Meals program this past year. To date we have served over 1,070 meals to folks who are in need. The meals have been prepared and distributed from …
Worthington Zoning Poll
Should Worthington consider changing the frontage requirements for a building lot? Worthington currently has a zoning requirement of 2 acres and 400 ft of frontage on a street, private or public, in order to build a residence. Some people find this frontage requirement to be particularly onerous. Other towns in our area have frontage requirements …
Hilltown Food Bucks
The Hilltown Food Bucks Program allows income eligible Hilltowners to double their spending power at local retailers and farmstands through a program funded by the federal CARES Act. Residents who are age 62 years or older, have a child enrolled in Free and Reduced School Meals, are a resident of low income housing, or are eligible for LIHEAP …
Covid-19 Household Study
A group of researchers from the Department of Economics and the School of Public Policy of the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and Indiana University are developing a study that examines the impacts of COVID-19 on households. They have created an extensive survey that includes questions on several areas of investigation: impacts on finances, food security, …
Emergency Services Study
The Town of Worthington has been collaborating with our neighbors in Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, and Plainfield to assess our Emergency Services and how we might be able to increase collaboration to better serve all our towns. Representatives from each of the towns have been meeting for about a year and a half with support from …