Category: Town News

New Boxville Date, Saturday July 20, 10a.m.-noon

Join in on the fun of building Boxville! BYO cardboard if possible. Additional cardboard available. Show up with your ideas & get building. 2 hours of creative play. Everybody welcome. Children under 11 must bring an adult. Bring friends & additional cardboard of all shapes & sizes. watermelon served @11:45. Families are encouraged to take … Continued

Finance Committee Slides

If you missed the Annual Town Meeting or would like time to more closely review the very excellent information presented by the committee regarding taxes and budgets, you may access them here: Finance Committee Slides for Town Meeting

Digital Equity Plan Comment Period Open Until July 12

Wendell recently participated in a regional digital equity plan (includes the eight 8 towns of Charlemont, Colrain, Leyden, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Warwick, and Wendell). The draft plan is available here.

July at the Wendell Free Library

View this email in your browser July at the Wendell Free Library Summer STEM is back STEM Tuesdays, July 9-30, 3p.m. Come to the library Tuesday afternoons to try out the library’s new Fairy Tale Problem solving kits from Lakeshore Learning. Try out a new kit each week. No registration necessary, best for ages 6-11, … Continued

Wendell cooling center available during extreme heat

The Herrick Room at the Wendell Free Library will be open on an as needed basis during the current heat wave.  There is water and internet access in the Herrick Room, the rest of the library will be closed, except during normal library hours of 1-5pm on Friday. (The library is closed this Wednesday June … Continued

June at the Wendell Free Library

A few notes: The Library will be closed Wednesday June 19th for Juneteenth. Thursday Fiber night will start up again in September & Matinee Movies will take a break after this month for July and August. Boxville is July 13 at 10a.m.! Please add the date to your busy Summer calendars.  We will be looking … Continued

Paving Project on Wendell Depot Road

The Warner Bros Paving Company will begin a major paving project on Wendell Depot Road on Wednesday, May 22 and plan to finish on Friday May 24. Residents should be aware there will be delays due to moving equipment between various locations on the road, and due to a single lane of traffic during the … Continued

Wendell Free Library Seeks New Library Assistant

The Wendell Free Library is seeking qualified applicants for a Library Assistant Position. Working under the supervision of the Library Director, the Library Assistant works as administrative support for several library functions: general operations, circulation, collection maintenance and programs. This is a part-time (10 hours/week, including weekend shifts), non-benefited position. Essential to the position is … Continued

Property Tax Assessment Services RFP

The town of Wendell (hereafter “the town” or “Wendell”) is seeking resumes, sample contracts and price proposals from qualified firms to provide the town with property tax assessment services. Due to the technical nature of the services required under the proposed contract, the town has determined that this procurement is best served by using the … Continued

Public Health Nurse announcement

The Wendell Board of Health is happy to announce that, thanks to our membership with the North Quabbin Public Health Collaborative, we now have a shared Public health Nurse. Her name is Carolyn Hochard. She is a very experienced nurse and is enthusiastic about extending her services to our town. She is a very friendly … Continued

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