Colrain passes both Special Town Meeting articles
COLRAIN — Sixty-eight voters passed both articles on Tuesday’s Special Town Meeting warrant by majority.
Article 1 asked the town to appropriate a sum of money for its assessment to the Mohawk Trail Regional School District. At Annual Town Meeting, Colrain voted down the operating assessment, however, because the majority of the district’s eight member towns approved the assessment, Colrain needed to go back and appropriate the funds.
The town’s operating assessment to Mohawk Trail is $2.78 million.
Passage of Article 2 established an Elderly and Disabled Taxation Aid Fund. The affirmative vote also creates a Taxation Aid Committee, to be made up of the chair of the Board of Assessors, the town treasurer and three citizens to be chosen by the Selectboard.
Friends of the Arms Library to host book sale
SHELBURNE FALLS — The Friends of the Arms Library will host a book sale outside of the library on Bridge Street on Saturday, July 18.
In the case of rain, the book sale will be moved to the following week on July 25. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., regardless of which day it is held.
For more information, visit the Friends of the Arms Library Facebook page.
‘Follow the Trolley Day’ coming to Shelburne Falls, Colrain
The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, in collaboration with Pothole Pictures, will hold “Follow the Trolley Day” on Saturday, June 27.
In addition to the museum operating during its regular hours of 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., special events will take place throughout the day. At 2 p.m., a guided bus tour of Colrain to the original site of the Shelburne Falls Trolley will begin, and self-guided tours of the trolley route will be available all day. The tour leaves from the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum.
Beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Shelburne Falls Theater at Memorial Hall, the 1928 silent film “Speedy” will be screened. Music will be performed from 7 p.m. until the movie starts.
Prices start at $5 for adults for admission into the museum, while tickets to “Speedy” are $6 for adults or $4 for children. Museum admission is $3 for children ages 6 to 17, and children ages 5 and under are admitted for free.
For the guided bus tour, tickets are $15 and include admission into the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum. A combination package for $20 is available, which includes the guided bus tour, museum admission and a ticket to the film screening.
For more information, visit tinyurl.com/5drzbb3e.
