http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/ Copyright 2008-2011 Michael Seward Solupress News - www.solupress.com http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article572.aspPublisher publishes new blog, WesternMassProperties.comhttp://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article568.aspThe Belchertown Board of Selectmen will be seeking approval at Town Meeting for a $1.25 million dollar bond to extend Front Street and utilities through the former Belchertown State School campus.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article567.aspNew England Small Farm Institute (NESFI) and Hyperion Systems have withdrawn their application to install a dual-use solar array on a NESFI field at the corner of George Hannum Road and Hamilton Street.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article566.aspThe Belchertown School Committee held one of the most well-attended public hearings in recent history regarding a $25,138,282 proposed school budget. About 100 people attended the public hearing with concerns about cuts to sports programs. Belchertown voters will have the final say, however, at Town Meeting in May.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article564.aspBelchertown residents Jeremie Wentworth and Donald Lubeck are featured in the latest edition of Reader�s Digest, which selected Jeremie for its �Hometown Heroes� series that profiles ordinary people across the country and their extraordinary deeds.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article559.aspEvergreene Golf on Route 9 has closed the driving range after 7 years of offering golfers a local spot to work on their swing. North Andover-based Nexamp has teed up a plan to build and maintain a 1.5 megawatt solar array at the former Belchertown driving range and on a portion of the gravel pit at the rear of the property. PGA Teaching Professional Frank Leja said that he will continue to offer lessons in Palmer at Campbell�s Golf Center on Route 32 near Rondeau�s Ice Cream.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article556.aspDavid Ira Rottenberg reads his book; Gwendolyn, the Graceful Pig Wednesday, April 18th @ 1:30pm in Lawrence Memorial Hall.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article553.aspThe Massachusetts Communications Supervisors Association and first responders across the country are recognizing National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. Every year during the second week of April, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International honors the thousands of men and women who respond to emergency calls, dispatch emergency professionals and equipment, and render life-saving assistance to the world�s citizens.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article552.aspAs part of Operation Corral, a statewide sweep of child pornography suspects, a team of investigators led by Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Thomas Bakey executed a search warrant at 418 Chauncey Walker Rd., Belchertown on Thursday, April 5, and arrested Craig Cilley, age 27, of that address.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article551.aspVoters will have the same choices for selectmen in 2012 that they had in 2009. Ronald Aponte, Kenneth Elstein, and Gerald Grasso will all be appearing on the ballot. Paul Anziano has decided not to run for re-election for the school committee, leaving an unchallenged race to incumbent Clare Popowich and newcomer Richard Fritsch.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article550.aspAnnual event has raised over $280,000 for cancer research since it began eight years ago. http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article549.aspOne man has been charged and another is still at large after a Belchertown woman returned home to find two burglars loading the trunk of a black Mercury Cougar in her driveway and her front door open.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article569.aspPolice received 212 calls, responded to 12 incidents, and made 3 arrests.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article565.aspPolice received 203 calls, responded to 10 incidents, and made one arrest. All individuals are innocent until proven guilty in court.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article558.aspThere were 198 calls, 9 incidents, and 2 arrests during this week.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article555.aspThere were 5 incidents and 4 arrests during this week.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article547.aspPolice received 214 calls, responded to 5 incidents, and made 2 arrests. Suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article563.aspThere were 2 home sales and a single property transfer during this week.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article562.aspThere were 2 sales during this week.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article561.aspThere were 3 sales and 3 property transfers during this week.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article560.aspThere were 8 sales and 3 transfers during this week.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article505.aspTEMPLETON, MA, February 24, 2012 -- Rick Schober recently announced his candidacy for State Representative in the newly configured 2nd Franklin District which, effective next year, will comprise the central Massachusetts towns of Athol, Erving, Gill, New Salem, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Templeton, Warwick, and Wendell, as well as Precinct A of Belchertown. Running without any party affiliation, he promises to be a much needed independent voice for working-class families on Beacon Hill.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article496.aspThe Hampshire Council of Governments (Council) is pleased to announce that John P. O�Rourke is the new Director of Electricity.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article515.aspTed Koppel, one of the nation�s most highly respected and honored television journalists, will be the featured speaker at undergraduate commencement at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on May 11. http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article513.aspMount Holyoke College, long committed to academic excellence and access for academically talented students from all socioeconomic backgrounds, will not raise tuition or room and board for the 2012-2013 academic year, holding prices at the 2011-2012 rate and making next year the first since 1968 that the College has not experienced an increase in the cost of attendance.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article512.aspNational television commentator Rachel Maddow will read from her new book during an appearance at Mount Holyoke on Saturday, March 31 in Chapin Auditorium.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article534.aspFebruary unemployment holds at 6.9%http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article516.asp Concerned that recent changes to Google�s privacy policy increase the risk of identity theft and fraud, Attorney General Martha Coakley joined other Attorneys General today in sending a letter to Google Chief Executive Larry Page outlining several issues with the new guidelines. http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article514.aspWith all the talk about contraception during this election year, Governor Patrick's office released this fact sheet regarding contraception coverage laws as they apply to Massachusetts. http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article495.aspComprehensive effort aims to make Massachusetts a national-leader in results-driven managementhttp://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article482.aspConcerned that the refusal by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to engage in principal forgiveness and loan modifications for struggling homeowners is slowing the nation�s economic recovery, Attorney General Martha Coakley has sent a letter urging Fannie and Freddie to reverse this stancehttp://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article470.aspMassachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced a friendly wager in advance of Sunday�s Super Bowl rematch between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.http://www.belchertown-news.com/web/belchertown-newscom/news/articles/article5.aspSearch Belchertown Homes For Sale as well as homes throughout Hampshire, Hampden, and Franklin Counties.