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Beautification Committee approves 95 barrels for 2026 season.

Beautification Committee approves 95 barrels for 2026 Sponsor a Barrel season. Chair Vi Baldwin and the four-member body voted unanimously to select red, white, and purple petunias and to absorb a five-dollar cost increase per barrel, keeping sponsor fees at $100 each. The Committee also

Agawam City Council approves firefighter pay deal and zone change.

Agawam City Council unanimously backs firefighter pay deal and Mill Street zone change. The body approved a collective bargaining agreement for AFL-CIO Local 1973 Firefighters Association and a $103,034.65 budgetary transfer from Salary Reserve to Fire Department line items to fund the first year

Conservation Commission requires peer review for Shoemaker Lane wetland delineation

Conservation Commission requires peer review before proceeding with wetland delineation at 311 Shoemaker Lane. Chair Henry Kozloski stated the state Department of Environmental Protection recommended a peer review, noting an Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation was submitted for the

Board of Health approves mosquito district membership resolution

The Agawam Board of Health unanimously approved a revised resolution to join the Pioneer Valley Mosquito Control District. Health Agent Lauren Kennedy presented the revised membership resolution; Vice Chair Robin Pleshaw moved approval and Board Member Laurie Benoit seconded, with the vote passing

Zoning Board continues fence case, schedules solar appeal for April.

Agawam Zoning Board continues fence variance, schedules solar appeal. Chair Doreen Prouty adjourned Case 2042 (Dommenko, 262 Colemore Street) to May 11 after Town Councilor Anthony Russo announced a pending zoning ordinance amendment to permit fences taller than six and a half feet with a building