To help organize the community and make them aware of up coming events in our town government
Stunning organizing in the form of an open letter to the people of eastern Massachusetts, from the Quabbin Watershed Stewards — a growing group of people organizing in the communities that ring the Quabbin Reservoir, including Belchertown, Hardwick, Ludlow, New Salem, Orange, Pelham, Petersham, Phillipston, Shutesbury, Ware and Wendell. With growing urgency, they are taking …
The Massachusetts Office of Inspector General had an investigation done in the town of Barre. The report is huge and the content is fascinating. Mass OIG: Town of Barre Department of Public Works Lack of Timekeeping Controls: https://www.mass.gov/doc/town-of-barre-department-of-public-works-lack-of-timekeeping-controls/download ‘We found wrongdoing’: Watchdog releases report on double dipping allegations: https://www.nbcboston.com/investigations/we-found-wrongdoing-watchdog-releases-report-on-double-dipping-allegations-in-barre/3781193 IG urges changes in Barre after …
In order to track issues in an ongoing manner, I have started moving to static pages rather than posts on this site.
Meeting recordings have been moved from a “post” to a “page” which can be found here:
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EHS Realty Holdings, Inc. is a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 57-1185371, mailed at PO Box 116, Hardwick, MA, the same box Eagle Hill School itself uses. Its stated exempt purpose every year on its own Form 990 is simply “to hold parcels of real estate,” and its 2015 filing is more specific: it describes itself …
The new Head Of School, Ms. Erin Wynne, had the temerity to appear at the November 25, 2024 Hardwick MA Select Board Meeting and to claim that it is “financially not even possible for Eagle Hill “ to pay more for its “PILOT” agreement. (Click to view on YouTube) Data From IRS Forms 990 Below is …
Below is a satellite view of the Eagle Hill School Campus. It has grown tremendously over the years. It boasts a 62,000-square-foot athletic facility, a state-of-the-art cultural center, two year round fully licensed liquor bars, student housing, faculty housing, and the list goes on and on. None of the houses on Gracias Way appear on …
These numbers come directly from the IRS 990 forms filed by Eagle Hill Foundation of Massachusetts, commonly known as Eagle Hill School. Still working on filling in the blanks. Below is the total picture which is both images above together. it’s just hard to see at this size. Here are the totals alone, so it …
Overview Update, October 2026: This formula-based proposal was never adopted as written. Select Board minutes from a December 16, 2024 workshop show Town Counsel had already begun revising the draft, including cutting the catch-up surcharge look-back period from 40 years to 6. On February 20, 2025, Town Administrator Justine Caggiano circulated a version that kept …