BUCKLAND — The Cultural Council is seeking grant applications for community-oriented arts, humanities and science programs for the coming year. Buckland’s Cultural Council expects to distribute about $4,400 in grants for local exhibits, festivals, field trips, short-term artist residencies or school performances, workshops and lectures. Grant applications are due on Oct. 17.
This year, the state’s Local Cultural Council Program applications are available online and they may be accessed at:
www.mass-culture.org/
Previous grants have gone out for projects at Pothole Pictures, the Art Garden, RiverWalk, and Hilltown Harmony.
For more information, email Nancy Parland at nancyparland@gmail.com.
HAWLEY — Ballots for state offices will be cast on Thursday, Sept. 8, and Hawley’s polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Democratic, Republican, Green Party and United Independent Party ballots will be available.
HAWLEY — Greg Cox, an authority on the town’s forests, will present a program about Hawley’s forests in the past, present and future on Sunday at Stump Sprouts Guest Lodge and Cross-Country Ski Resort, on West Hill Road.
His talk follows a Sons and Daughters of Hawley harvest supper. The talk is open to the public, around 6 p.m. For more information, call Suzanne Crawford at Stump Sprouts, at 413-339-4265.
COLRAIN — Selectmen have appointed a new Last Mile Advisory Committee to advise the board as it moves through the broadband build-out process. However, two more seats on that board are available to interested residents.
Committee members currently include: Selectmen Eileen Sauvageau, Town Coordinator Kevin Fox, Finance Committee member Lynn DiTullio, Treasurer Paula Harrison and Fran Ryan.
The Board of Selectmen is serving as the town’s MLP (Municipal Light Plant) overseeing board, to meet the state’s requirement for such a board and the new committee is to assist the MLP board in completing the town’s broadband build-out. Those who want to join the committee are asked to send a letter of interest to Fox at Town Office, 55 Main Road, Colrain, MA 01340.