Lanesborough Election: Nomination Papers Available

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LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Nomination papers for the June 16 election are now available.
 
The largest turnover is expected on the School Committee where two of the three incumbents have already announced they will not be seeking re-election.
 
Robert Barton, who's term doesn't expire until 2016, is resigning from the committee and Jim Moriarty said he will not seek re-election. Whoever runs for Barton's seat will finish out the final year in his term before being back up for election. The other seat is for three years.
 
The Board of Selectmen seat currently held by John Goerlach is on the ballot. That is a three-year term. 
 
There are two seats up for election on the Finance Committee, both for three-year terms. Gregory Wolf's term has expired and Stephen Wentworth, who was appointed last year to finish out the term of Bill Stevens. 
 
The three-year term currently occupied by John Goerlach is up for re-election for the Board of Selectmen. 
 
The other seats are that of a one-year term for moderator (currently Robert Reilly); two Library Trustee seats (currently a vacant seat and that of Anne Pasko);one seat on the Planning Board (currently Chairman John Friend);  one Cemetery Trustee seat (currently John Goerlach) and ;two seats on the Sever Commission (currently John Goerlach and Luke Labendz); 
 
Nomination papers are available at town clerk's office and must be returned to the office with 38 signatures by May 12. 

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Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corporation Scholarships

LUDLOW, Mass. — For the third year, Berkshire Wind Power Cooperative Corporation (BWPCC) will award scholarships to students from Lanesborough and Hancock. 
 
The scholarship is open to seniors at Mount Greylock Regional High School and Charles H. McCann Technical School. BWPCC will select two students from the class of 2024 to receive $1,000 scholarships.
 
The scholarships will be awarded to qualifying seniors who are planning to attend either a two- or four-year college or trade school program. Seniors must be from either Hancock or Lanesborough to be considered for the scholarship. Special consideration will be given to students with financial need, but all students are encouraged to apply.
 
The BWPCC owns and operates the Berkshire Wind Power Project, a 12 turbine, 19.6-megawatt wind farm located on Brodie Mountain in Hancock and Lanesborough. The non-profit BWPCC consists of 16 municipal utilities located in Ashburnham, Boylston, Chicopee, Groton, Holden, Hull, Ipswich, Marblehead, Paxton, Peabody, Russell, Shrewsbury, Sterling, Templeton, Wakefield, and West Boylston, and their joint action agency, the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC). 
 
To be considered, students must submit all required documents including a letter of recommendation from their school counselor and a letter detailing their educational and professional goals. Application and submission details will be shared with students via their school counselors. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 19.
 
 MMWEC is a not-for-profit, public corporation and political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts created by an Act of the General Court in 1975 and authorized to issue tax-exempt debt to finance a wide range of energy facilities.  MMWEC provides a variety of power supply, financial, risk management and other services to the state's consumer-owned, municipal utilities. 
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