Williamstown Town Election Registration Deadline is April 28

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The deadline for voter registration for the annual town election and annual town meeting is Friday, April 28
 
This deadline applies to new voters only. If you are already registered to vote, you do not have to register again.
 
The town clerk's office will be open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
Mail-in voter registration forms must be postmarked no later than April 28. Voter registration forms may also be returned via the drop box outside the front door at town mall or returned in person. The drop box will be checked at 5 p.m. for any incoming registration forms.
 
The town election will be held on Tuesday, May 9, from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the gymnasium of Williamstown Elementary School. Parking is available in the School Street lot in the rear of the school (accessible only from School Street). Handicapped parking is also available in the School Street lot.
 
Annual town meeting is Tuesday, May 16, at 7 p.m. in the Mount Greylock Regional School gymnasium. Voter check-in will take place in the lobby area of Mount Greylock beginning at 6 p.m. There is ample parking available in the school lot. Handicapped parking is located by the cafeteria and auditorium entrance, which is the section of the parking lot closest to the school.
 
The Select Board and town moderator have planned to experiment this year with an electronic vote tabulation system. In order to expedite check in and distribution of the "clickers," town meeting attendees are encouraged to arrive well before the start of the meeting at 7.
 
Vote by mail applications for the town election are available here.
 
The deadline to return applications to the town clerk's office is May 2 at 5 p.m.
 
Residents with questions regarding the status of their voter registration are urged to call the town clerk's office, 413-458-3500 Ext. 101. Voters also can check their voter registration status and obtain additional voting information from the secretary of state's website.

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New Ashford Fire Department Puts New Truck into Service

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff

New Ashford Fire Department Chaplain J.D. Hebert gives an invocation on Saturday morning.
NEW ASHFORD, Mass. — With a blessing from its chaplain and a ceremonial dousing from a fire hose, the New Ashford Volunteer Fire Department on Saturday christened its first new apparatus in two decades.
 
The company purchased a 2003 HME Central States pumper from the town of Pelham earlier this year.
 
On Saturday, the department held a brief ceremony during which Chaplain J.D. Hebert blessed both the new engine and the company's turnout gear.
 
After the apparatus was sprayed with a hose, a handful of New Ashford's bravest helped push it as it was backed into the station on Ingraham Road.
 
Fire Chief Frank Speth said the new engine has a 1,500 gallon pump and carries 1,000 gallons of water. And it replaces a truck that was facing some costly repairs to keep on the road.
 
"We had a 1991 Spartan," Speth said. "When we had the pump tested, it needed about $40,000 worth of repairs. Being it's almost 30 years old, I said to the town, 'We put the $40,000 in, but then how many more years can we get out of it?'
 
"Once you get into the pump situation, you get into, 'This needs to be done, and this needs to be done,' and it could be more than $40,000. So do we want to spend that amount of money to repair that engine or get something that will replace it."
 
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