SHELBURNE — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation recently reviewed road visibility conditions at the intersection of Route 112 North (Main Street) and North River Road, on the Charlemont-Shelburne Falls border, and agreed to make some improvements as a safety precaution.
According to Francisca R. Heming, district highway director, the state will remove overgrown vegetation along the guardrail and slope across from where North River Road intersects Route 112.
“This will increase sight distances looking north along Route 112, for vehicles turning onto North River Road,” Heming said in a letter to town officials. “Additional signs will be installed on Route 112 identifying the location of North River Road,” the letter says.
HAWLEY — Residents who want more information about the planned four-town wireless broadband system may come to a forum Monday night, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m., to get their questions answered by Selectboard members and the Communications Committee. The meeting is in the Hawley Town Office.
CHARLEMONT — The second quarter payment for Fiscal Year 2019 real estate and personal property taxes are due by Nov. 1. The bills for the second quarter were included with the first quarter bills that were mailed on July 2.
CHARLEMONT — The Treasurer/Collector’s Office will be closed for vacation from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2. Mail your payments to: P.O. Box 606, Charlemont, MA, 01339 or leave them in the collector’s drop-box at Town Hall.
HAWLEY — If a tree falls in the forest, whose tree is it? The town’s Selectboard has established a “Policy for Tree Removal,” which applies to cases when a tree falls from town-owned land onto private property. The landowner can take the tree and dispose of it in any lawful manner, providing that doing so is safe, and the tree is not tangled in utility lines or in other dangerous situations. The landowner can ask for the highway superintendent’s or tree warden’s help in removing the tree, providing doing so is safe, and the landowner has given permission for town employees to come onto the property. The town may give the wood to the landowner if desired, but the town isn’t responsible for cutting the logs into firewood.
The complete policy is available on the town’s website: www.townofhawley.com.