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Whately
Elementary School Lunch Menu
Library News
Upcoming Flu Clinics
Senior Center News
Franklin County Solid
Waste Management News and Events
Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
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
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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
Informational
Public Forum on CPA
October 15, 2008
Whately Elementary School
7 PM
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OPEN HOUSE
at the new
Police Station
77 Christian Lane
Saturday, October 18th
8 am - noon
The police department has moved into their new headquarters.
Come tour the newly renovated
building that everyone worked so hard to complete.
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Whately
Elementary
Click Here for School Lunch Menu
Lunch Prices:
$2.75
Extra Milk: 50¢
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Library News
Local Authors
Inspired by Dreams: Selections from
the Derby Collection by Charles Derby will be featured in the
Adult Room.
Author of the "Solar Warriors" series, Keshawn Dodds
will be featured in the Children's Room.
Yoga Classes on Mondays
Classes will be held on Monday evenings 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Alexandra Mello teaches gentle yoga for all ages.
The Library will be closed Monday October 13, Columbus Day.
Yoga will be held Wed. Oct 15th instead of Oct 13th.
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
....check back soon.
Story-time
Every Wednesday at 10:30am
Deborah Ploof will be reading.
Refreshments, too!
Library Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 10-8
Saturday 9-3
library@whately.org
Phone: 665-2170
Call to renew by phone
Whately Library
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FREE
Southern Franklin County Playgroup
Co-sponsored by Community Action's Family
Network and
Union #38 Community Partnership for Children
Sept 23, 2008 through June 2009
Tuesdays and Fridays from 9am - 11am
Sunderland Elementary School, After-School Room
Parents and caregivers with children 5 years
and younger are welcome to join the playgroup. The playgroup
facilitator is Amy Zaranek. Snack will be provided.
For information call Karen Green, CPC Coordinator at 665-8928
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BARN INSPECTIONS
The Animal Inspector will
be doing barn inspections
now through December.
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Upcoming
Flu Clinics
November 5th -
Frontier Senior Center
12:30 - 2:30pm at
Frontier Senior Center
No Pre-registration required
Bring Medicare info with you
Sponsored by the Frontier Senior Center &
Deerfield Board of Health
November 7th - Conway Council on Aging
1:00 - 2:30pm at
Conway Town Hall
November 8th
- Four Town EDS Drill
Ages 2 and up
10:00 - 1:00pm at
Frontier Regional High School
Flu/Pneumonia/Tetanus vaccine
For more
information please call Public Health Nurse
Lisa White at the Franklin Regional Council of Governments
413-774-3167 x 106
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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
Sept. 17th (Wed) - Brown Bag
pickup between 9:30 - 11:30am
Sept. 26th (Fri) - Blood Pressure Clinic 9-11am
Business meeting will be held before lunch
Annual Triad
Spaghetti Supper
Wednesday, October 15th at 5:30pm
at the Deerfield Fire Station
Tickets are $6.00
Call the Senior Center at 665-2141
Sharyn Paciorek at 665-3017
Nancy Paciorek at 665-2511
Limited number of tickets will be available at
the door.
Program - Fire Safety/Prevention for
Seniors in their homes
Sponsored by the Whately, Sunderland, and Deerfield Fire Depts.
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.
Meetings
Council on Aging meeting
Sept 9th at 12:30pm
TRIAD meeting
Oct 16th 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.
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
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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
July
29, 2008 Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
August
12, 2008 Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
August
26, 2008 Selectmen's Meeting Minutes
Sept.
9, 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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