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About Whately, MA

CENTER SCHOOL OFFICES
(Home of Selectmen, Town Clerk, Board of Health, and Water Commissioners)
218 Chestnut Plain Road
Whately, MA 01093
Phone: (413) 665-4400
Fax: (413) 665-9560
 

TOWN HALL
(Home of Assessors, Collector/Treasurer and Town Accountant)
194 Chestnut Plain Road
Whately, MA
01093
Phone: 413-665-3470
Fax: 413-665-5064

Board of Selectmen
Paul Newlin
Jonathan Edwards
jedwards@whately.org 
Joyce Palmer Fortune
Office address: 218 Chestnut Plain Road
Phone: 413-665-4400
Fax: 413-665-9560
(See Announcements and Events for 
Meeting Minutes and Current Announcements)


TOWN ADMINISTRATOR: Lynn Sibley
Office Address: 218 Chestnut Plain Road
Phone: 413-665-4400
Fax: 413-665-9560
Office Hours – Mon, Wed, and Thu 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tues. Noon – 7 p.m.
townadmin@whately.org

MUNICIPAL SECRETARY:  Barbara Hancock
Office Address:  218 Chestnut Plain Road
Phone:  413-665-4400
Office Hours – Monday - Thursday 9 a.m.- 2:45 p.m.
municipalsec@whately.org

TOWN CLERK: Lynn M. Sibley
Office Address: 218 Chestnut Plain Road
Phone: 413-665-0054
Fax: 413-665-9560
Office Hours – Mon, Wed, Thur, and Friday 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesdays – Noon – 7 p.m.

townclerk@whately.org

COLLECTOR/TREASURER: Susan Warriner
Office Address: 194 Chestnut Plain Road
Phone: 413-665-2595
Fax: 413-665-5064
Office Hours- Collector: Mondays 3-7 p.m.
Treasurer: Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:45 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
Office Closed June 21 - 28, 2010

ACCOUNTANT:
FRCOG, Joyce Muka
Office Address: 194 Chestnut Plain Road
Phone: 413-665-2595
Fax: 413-665-5064

BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Katherine Fleuriel
Melanie Chorak
Fred Orloski
Cynthia Herbert-Ramirez (Clerk)
Office Address: 194 Chestnut Plain Road
Phone: 413-665-3470
Fax: 413-665-5064
Office Hours- Tuesdays 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
                   Wednesdays 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.

BOARD OF HEALTH (See Announcements and Events for Board of Health and Transfer Station Announcements and Information Including Swine Flu Updates)
Caroline Gear
Michael Archbald
Francis Fortino, Chair
Office Address: 218 Chestnut Plain Road
(see mailing address for Health Agent below)

HEALTH AGENT
Jackie Duda
Phone: 268-8404
Hours by Appointment
Mailing Address: Foothills Health District
                       PO Box 447
                       Haydenville, MA  01039

TRANSFER STATION
73 Christian Lane
Hours: Tuesday Noon-5 p.m.
          Saturday 7 a.m.- 5 p.m.
http://www.franklincountywastedistrict.org

LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Kathleen Smith
Robert Duda
Pamela White
Barbara Banik
Ellen Brown
Kenneth Moulton

S. White Dickinson Library
202 Chestnut Plain Road
Librarian:  Tiffany Hilton
Phone: 413-665-2170
Hours: Monday & Wednesday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
         Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
      library@whately.org
Friends of the Library     
      friends@whately.org

WATER COMMISSIONERS
Paul M. Fleuriel, Jr.
Georgeann Dufault
George Bucala, Jr.
Water Superintendent: William Smith
Office Address: 218 Chestnut Plain Road
Phone: 413-665-3080 (Dispatch)

SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Robert Halla, Secretary
Nathanael Fortune, Chair
Donald Skroski, Vice Chair
Whately Elementary School
http://www.wes.whately.ma.us/
School Principal:  Peter Crisafulli
Phone:  413-665-7826

FRONTIER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Superintendent: Regina Nash
Business Manager:  Donald Scott
Town Representative:  William Smith
http://www.frontierregionalandunion38.com
Phone:  413-665-1155
Frontier Regional High School
http://www.frsd.deerfield.ma.us/
Phone:  413-665-2118

FIRE CHIEF: John S. Hannum
Phone: 413-665-4488

AMBULANCE DIRECTOR: Gary Stone
Phone: 413-665-2230

POLICE CHIEF: James Sevigne, Jr.
Office Address: 77 Christian Lane
Phone: 413-665-0430 (Office)
Phone: 413-625-8200 (Dispatch Non Emergency)
Fax: 413-665-0322
Chief Sevigne:  whatelypdjs@comcast.net
Department email:  whatelypd@comcast.net

HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT: Keith E. Bardwell
Office Address: 71 Christian Lane
Phone: 413-665-2983
Fax: 413-665-2984

F.C. Coop Inspection Program:
425 Main St. Greenfield, MA
413-772-2026

James Hawkins - Building Inspector
James Cerone - Local Inspector
Andrew French - Plumbing Inspector
James Slowinski - Electrical Inspector
   

Information and Applications Available at:
 www.frcog.org/services/coop_inspect/index.php 

Committees and Boards
For contact information call Selectmen’s Office 413-665-4400

AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION
Tim Nourse
Margaret Christie
John Devine
Bill Obear
David Chamutka

Aquifer Protection Overlay District Committee
Anita Husted
Nicholas Jones
Fran Fortino
Georgeann Dufault
Jonathan Edwards
Tom Litwin
William Smith
George Bucala
Paul Fleuriel
George Reynolds
Don Sluter

CABLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Gary Lawrence
Joyce Palmer-Fortune
Greg Gagnon, Chair
Randy Sibley
John K. Talmage

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING COMMITTEE
Bruce Cleare, Planning Board Rep.
Roger Kennedy, Finance Committee
Lynn Sibley, Town Administrator
Jonathan Edwards, Selectman
Robert Duda, at-large
Bruce Tutun, at-large
Clarissa Coffin, Superintendent’s Rep.

CEMETERY COMMISSION
Roland Kinsman
Paul Fleuriel, Jr
Peter Hannum

COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE (CPC)
Alan Sanderson Jr., Chair, At-large
Nikki Ciesluk, Rec Commission
Cris Coffin, At-large
Judy Markland, Planning Board
Howard Nenner, Historical Comm
Andrew Ostrowski, Conserv. Comm
Catherine Roegge, Housing Representative

CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Scott Jackson, Chair
Andrew Ostrowski
Patricia Devine
George Owen
Terrence Reynolds

COUNCIL ON AGING
Barbara Banik, Chair
Virginia Allis
Blanche Wojtkielewicz
Josephine Wasielewski
Lois Bean
Vacancy

CULTURAL COUNCIL
Neal Abraham
Julie Sanderson
Frances Symanski
Katherine Ross
Marianne Simon
Thomas Leamon
Shirley Pielock
George Colt
Vacancies

ENERGY COMMITTEE
Jonathan Edwards
Lynn DiTuillio
Nathanael Fortune
Gary Grybko

FINANCE COMMITTEE
Joe Zewinski
Jane Grybko
Roger Kennedy
Thomas Mahar
Maryann Sadoski
Gregory Gagnon
Robert Fydenkevez
Elaine Cooper

FRONTIER COMMUNITY ACCESS TELEVISION
Whately Representatives
Marianne Simon – Selectmen’s Appt.
Joyce Palmer Fortune, School Appt.
Gary Lawrence, Moderator Appt.

HISTORICAL COMMISSION
Alan McArdle, Chair
Howard Nenner
Judy Markland
Darcy Tozier

IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE
Kay Klippel
Becky Jones
Paul Newlin
Mary Shanley Koeber

PLANNING BOARD
Don Sluter, Chair
Fred Bardwell
Nicholas Jones
Judy Markland
vacancy
Mary McCarthy, Secretary

RECREATION COMMISSION
Nicole Ciesluk
Robert Englehardt
Charles DeForest
Carrie Fydenkevez
Todd Jarvis
Jamie Vielmetti
Fred Warren

TRI-TOWN BEACH COMMISSION
William Skroski, Jr., Chair
Sue Monahan
Elizabeth Orloski-Perfido

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Roger Lipton, Chair
Debra Carney, Vice Chair
Robert Smith
Fred Orloski, Alternate
Vacancy, Alternate
Mary McCarthy – Secretary