Category: Town News

Volunteers Needed – You could make a difference

Goshen needs volunteers to help support the work that committees and boards do for the town. Click on this link to see a current list of volunteer positions needed:  Town of Goshen – Vacancies for Appointment as of 2020-10-27. If you see something you might be interested in contact the chair of that board or … Continued

Election Updates

Goshen currently has 790 registered voters. 274 Vote by Mail ballots have been mailed out to those who requested them; 129 have been returned. Vote by Mail applications are due by 5pm on Wednesday, October 28th, 2020. As a reminder, VBM ballots can be returned through the mail, via the ballot drop box on the … Continued

Goshen Cultural Council survey

The Goshen Cultural Council is part of a network of 329 local Cultural Councils serving all 351 cities and towns in the Commonwealth. The LCC Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, sciences and humanities every year. The state legislature provides an annual … Continued

Hilltown Food Bucks & Hilltown Micro-Enterprise Relief Programs

These Hilltown CDC programs are available to residents of the Towns of Ashfield, Blandford, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Huntington, Middlefield, Montgomery, Plainfield, Williamsburg and Worthington. The Hilltown Food Bucks Program offers coupons or “bucks” for low to moderate income families to use while shopping at select locations.   Information, application and a contact for this program … Continued

Vote by Mail Update

Update 10/5/20: The Vote by Mail ballots have arrived! Today I mailed all 269 ballots out to those who have requested them so far. If you requested one, you can expect it in your mailbox any day now. Once you receive your vote by mail ballot, and have filled it out and sealed it in … Continued

In Person Early Voting

In person early voting is available multiple days for the November 3rd General Election at the John James Memorial Hall, 42 Main St. The dates and hours will be: Saturday, Oct. 17th       2-4pm Sunday, Oct. 18th           2-4pm Monday, Oct. 19th         9-3 and 6-8 … Continued

How your Early Ballots get Processed

Many Goshen voters decided to vote early by mail or in person for the Sept. 1st Primary & Town Override. I wanted to clear up some confusion about early voting. • All ballots, for both the state primary and town override, will be processed and put into the ballot box on election day. That day, … Continued

High Speed Internet – Network Construction Procurement RFP & Contract

Requests for Proposals for the construction of Goshen’s fiber optic network were released May 6. Competitive bids were received on May 22.  Bids were reviewed and analyzed by the project engineering team at Westfield Gas & Electric for any errors, omissions or questions and to verify they complied with the RFP documentation. After thorough review … Continued

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