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Triathlon to benefit the Whately Police
Dog License Information
Watermelon
Wednesdays
Whately
Elementary School Lunch Menu
Tri-Town Beach
Information
Library News
Senior Center News
Water Department Consumer
Awareness Report 2007
Franklin County Solid
Waste Management News and Events
Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
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17th
Annual Chicken Barbeque
First Congregational Church of Whately
Labor
Day, September 1st
12-2:30 pm
(rain or shine)
at the Church, 177 Chestnut Plain Rd
Menu:
BBQ Chicken, Baked Potato, Corn, Rolls,
Dessert, Coffee, Tea, Milk, and Soda
For Reservations please call 665-2653
Adults:
$9.00
Children: $4.00
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Whately
Awarded
Community Development Block Grant
for Housing Rehabilitation
Contact the Franklin
County Housing and Redevelopment Authority for more information.
Call HRA at 413-863-9781 (X 132 or 121)
for more information and
to request an information packet.
More
Information
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Planning Board reviewed the preliminary plan for a
subdivision consisting of 41 single-family lots
on Long Plain Road on June 24, 2008
Plans are available for
review in the Selectmen's Office
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Community
Preservation
Act
The CPA would
earn state matching funds for:
Find out how
the state would provide funds -
Whately would determine how it is spent!
Learn more here
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THANK YOU!!!
Thank you to all the participants, volunteers,
sponsors, and much appreciation to the race organizers
Sue Monahan and Donna Wesoloski. The race was a huge success,
enjoyed by participants and spectators alike.
Check out the race results. Very impressive!
***Race
Results***
***Photos***
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Dog Licenses
are available from the Town Clerk
in the Center School Offices
Spayed/Neutered - $5
Unaltered - $10
$25 Late fee
applies beginning June 1
***$50 Late fee applies beginning in July
15th***
Residents may license
their dogs by mail. Send copy of current rabies vaccination, the
appropriate fee (Checks made payable to the Town of Whately),
and mail all to the Town Clerk, PO Box 89
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Watermelon
Wednesdays
Schedule and Directions
All shows are at the West Whately Chapel
on
Wednesdays and begin at
7:30pm
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Whately
Elementary
Elementary School
begins Sept. 3rd
Frontier begins August 28th
Click Here for School Lunch Menu
Lunch Prices:
$2.75
Extra Milk: 50˘
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Tri-Town Beach
Opening Day
Whately Resident's
Season Pass - $35
Whately Resident's Senior Season Pass - $10
Deerfield Resident's Season
Pass - $35
Conway, Sunderland, Hatfield Resident's Pass - $50
Hours
10am - 8pm Weekdays
12 noon - 7pm Weekends
Senior Day - August 8th, 4-6pm
Hot dogs, Hamburgers, Dessert and Beverages
will be provided free to all Seniors from
Deerfield, Whately, Sunderland.
Closing for the Season - August 23rd
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Library News
Summer Reading
Program - "Wild Reads"
Stop in and check out the African animal books,
coloring pages, and crafts!
Different animals each week.
Local Authors
Books by Robin Goldstein, a parenting expert will be on
display.
Yoga Classes on Mondays
Classes will be held on Monday evenings 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Alexandra Mello teaches gentle yoga for all ages.
Local Area Passes
Historic Deerfield - Museum Houses and Museum Store Passes
Parking Pass good at over 50 day-use state parks -
maps available at the library
Movies at the Library
Wednesday Afternoons @ 1:30pm
All Rated G
Aug 13 - Lion King
Aug 20 - My Little Pony
Aug 27 - Aristocats
Story-time
Every Wednesday at 10:30am
Library Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 10-8
Saturday 9-3
library@whately.org
Phone: 665-2170
Call to renew by phone
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Frontier Senior Center News
67 North Main St
South Deerfield
665-2141
Hours:
The Center is open M-F from 8am-1pm.
Upcoming Events
August 13th (Wed) - Dr. Sandburg Foot Clinic
8:30am - 11:30pm
Sign up now!
August 15th (Fri) - Annual Summer Picnic
held at the Senior Center
Lunch will be served at noon
Bingo from 9:20am - 10:30am
August 20th (Wed) - Brown Bag
pickup between 9:30 - 11:30am
August 29th (Fri) - Blood Pressure Clinic 10 am
Business meeting will be held before lunch
Lunch:
Lunch served at noon -
Reservations must be made by 11am one day in advance.
Daily Activity: Cards are played before and after lunch.
Weekly Activities:
Mondays - Medical Qigonz & Tai-Chi at 10am
Tuesdays and Thursdays - Exercise class 10:30-11:00am
Fridays - Bingo from 10am-121pm
Social Worker, Lauren Corbett
Outreach service to the three towns that make up Frontier C.O.A.
and help with insurance is available. Lauren Corbett works 10
hours per week helping seniors and their families. 665-9508
Bus to Walmart
The second Thursday of each month, a bus will pick up
Seniors at the Center at 9am for shopping at the Northampton
Walmart. The bus departs Walmart at 11am for the return
trip.
Cost is $3.00 and you must call the center to sign up.
Big Y Coins
Donate your Big Y coins to seniors.
Contact Sharyn at 665-3017 for more information.
Donate Old Cell Phones
If you have a cell phone you no longer use, consider donating it
for seniors to use in case of an emergency. The seniors will only
be able to call 911 connecting them with the state police,
who in turn call the local police.
No Summer Meetings
No Council on Aging meeting until
Sept 9th at 12:30pm
No TRIAD meeting until
Sept. 25th at 10:30am
Free house numbers available,
call the Senior Center 665-2124.
Frontier Senior Center
67 No. Main St.
So. Deerfield
665-2141
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Water Department Report
The 2007 Consumer
Awareness Report from the Water Department is available here
...or, you may contact
Water Superintendent, Bill Smith at 665-3080 to receive a copy.
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TRANSFER
STATION
73
Christian Lane
Hours: Tuesday Noon-5 p.m.
Saturday 7 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Hazardous
Waste Day - Sept 13
Free to Whately Residents
Pre-registration Required
For more information,
including what items will be accepted.......
Hazardous
Waste Collection Day Flyer
Pre-registration
by Sept 3rd Required - Register Here
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OTHER UPCOMING
EVENTS....
PAPER
SHREDDING EVENT
The Springfield Materials Recycling Facility Advisory Board (MAB)
is sponsoring three free shredding events on September 20 in
Agawam, Greenfield and Northampton.
These shredding events are free and open to residents and
small businesses from western Massachusetts’s municipalities.
The paper will be recycled after shredding. Shredded paper may also be recycled in local recycling
programs. Place in a paper bag; no plastic bags.
The shredding events will be held at the following locations on
Saturday September 20, from 9 am to 1 pm:
·
Staples, 259 Mohawk Trail (Rt. 2), Greenfield
·
Smith Vocational High
School, 80 Locust Street (Rt. 9), Northampton
·
Agawam DPW, 1000
Suffield Street, Agawam
There is a per person
shredding limit of one recycling bin full of confidential papers
such as the following: cancelled or blank checks, credit card statements, bank
statements, medical records, legal papers, income tax files,
etc. Staples
and paper clips do not need to be removed.
Annual
Bulky Waste Collection
The District is
holding its “Clean Sweep” bulky waste collection on
Saturday, October 4, from 9 am to 1 pm at the Buckland
Recreation Facility on Rt. 112 South, the Northfield Highway
Garage and the Whately Transfer Station.
District residents
may bring a wide range of large items that are typically
difficult to get rid of such as tires, appliances, scrap metal,
furniture, mattresses, carpeting, construction debris,
computers, monitors, televisions, propane gas tanks, and other
bulky items. Materials
will be recycled whenever possible.
District residents are those who reside in the towns of
Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield,
Erving, Gill, Hawley, Heath, Leyden, Montague, New Salem,
Northfield, Orange, Rowe, Shelburne, Sunderland, Warwick,
Wendell and Whately.
Residents do not need
to pre-register for this collection. However, there are charges
for disposal. Disposal
fees, in cash only, will be collected during check-in at each
site. A complete
list of prices for the most common items will be available at
local town halls, town transfer stations, the District office at
50 Miles Street in Greenfield, and on-line at:
www.franklincountywastedistrict.org.
Businesses may participate.
For more information on any of the above, contact the District
office at (413) 772-2438, see www.franklincountywastedistrict.org,
or email: info@franklincountywastedistrict.org.
MA Relay for the
hearing impaired: 711 or 1-800-439-2370 (TTY/TDD). The District
is an equal opportunity provider.
For
more recycling information -
http://www.franklincountywastedistrict.org
www.springfieldmrf.org
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Sharp's Collection
Whately Health Center
181 State Rd
Whately
*New Hours*
Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 9am-12pm
For residents who use needles, etc. for personal health, free
collection boxes may be picked up and returned to the
Whately Health Center.
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Board or Committee Vacancies
The Selectmen are looking for people interested in serving on
some boards or committees in town.
Presently there are openings on the following committees.
If you are interested in being considered for an appointment
to any of these committees please
call the Selectmen ’s Office at 665-4400.
Cultural Council
Council on Aging
Historical Commission
Recreation Commission
Assessor
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Hours for the Selectmen ’s Office
Monday, Wednesday, & Thursday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday – 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Selectmen's
Meetings
Center School
Second and Last Tuesday Monthly
(unless otherwise posted - see calendar) February
26th Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
March
11th Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
April
7th Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
April
18th Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
May
1st Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
May
13th Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
May
27, 2008 Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
June
4, 2008 Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
June
10, 2008 Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
June
24, 2008 Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
July
8, 2008 Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
Hours for the Town Clerk ’s Office
Monday, Wednesday, & Thursday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday – Noon – 7 p.m.
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Website Update
Are you interested in having your Whately company,
business or farm listed on our
Area Attractions section of the website?
If so let Lynn Sibley in the Selectmen ’s Office know by email:
tclerk2@comcast.net or by phone 665-4400.
If you are a Whately business and already have a website
and you would like us to
link your website from ours call Lynn as well.
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