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FREE March 13, 2020 Vol. 50, No. 47 INDEX TOWN Viewpoints 6 Calendar 7 Seniors 9 Reminder Education 10 A TURLEY PUBLICATION ❙ www.turley.com Serving the town of South Hadley www.townreminder.turley.com Sports 12 Camp Pages 14 Public Notices 17 Milestone Coronavirus cancels parade, race Classifieds 18 meals COMMUNITY, 4 By Dalton Zbierski Staff Writer Super Bowl SOUTH HADLEY - All memories throughout the Lenten sea- son, All Saints’ Episcopal Church in South Hadley will be celebrating a milestone. The parish’s Lenten Lunches program is currently in the midst of its 50th year. Every spring, the program donates its proceeds to a lo- cal, regional or international non-profit organization. On SPORTS, 12 account of Lenten Lunch- es, the parish has contribut- Turley Publications photo by Peter Spotts Tigers fall in ed over $100,000 to various Members of the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Committee, award winners, and the Grand Colleen’s Court were causes since 1970. recognized at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, March 10. quarterfinals The initiative occurs from City officials feared ganizers and city officials to can- to the thousands of people who 11:30a.m. until 1p.m. every cel the March 22 parade, along enjoy the parade and road race Friday during the Lent, and a infection risk for with the road race scheduled for as a family tradition. The parade variety of meatless items are spectators, officers March 21. has been held annually, without featured on the menu. From “As many of you know, over interruption, since 1952. Run- soup, tuna and egg salads to 400,000 people from all over ners from around the world have lobster rolls, lobster salads By Shelby Macri [email protected] the world come to Holyoke for competed in the 10 km road race and lobster Mac ‘n Cheese, it the Road Race and the parade,” each year since 1976. is unlikely that one will leave HOLYOKE - For the first Mayor Alex Morse said on Tues- “I’m really hoping the public a lunch hungry. day. “It would be irresponsible of will understand our decision, and “It is running wonder- time in nearly seven decades, Holyoke won’t celebrate St. us to carry on with these events actually it’s not our, the St. Pat- fully,” said organizer Laura as scheduled.” rick’s Committee, decision, it’s Marsh. “We welcome every- Patrick’s Day with a parade this year. 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FDIC Insurance coverage is for deposit accounts only; it does not cover Safe Deposit Contents. The Bank does not provide insurance coverage for the contents of your safe deposit box. You may, at your expense, secure your own insurance. Page 2 TOWN Reminder March 13, 2020 Independent review raps subdivision plan Coronavirus By Walter Hamilton with a board policy instituted after the subdivision, as specified in the WSPD Correspondent company’s previous last-minute re- zoning bylaw. The review also could not presents quests. determine if the excavation was “neces- SOUTH HADLEY – The North Pole The review also stated deficiencies sary” to the plan’s site improvements. Estates subdivision plan “does not meet with a hydrogeological report prepared The review explored alternatives to changing the purpose” of the agricultural zone by O’Reilly, Talbot and Okun (OTO), a the company’s plan to cut down the ele- where it is located, and could cause dan- Springfield engineering consultant hired vation of Dry Brook Hill by up to 55 feet landscape for gerous “impacts on ground water quali- by the company. along the planned Frosty Lane roadway ty,” among other issues, according to an The peer review criticized the OTO in order to match the level of the adja- news coverage independent review of the project. report because it “does not address the cent gravel mine. The 24-page peer review by Weston potential for impacts on groundwater “We believe that there are alterna- To Our Readers, & Sampson, of Reading, reviews storm- quality which may result from other ex- tives to the proposed grade of “Frosty water, transportation, and the definitive isting activities and land use associated Lane” that could reduce the scope of As towns, schools and clubs plan submitted by the applicant, Chicop- with the proposed Development.” the proposed earth removal. Maximum continue to assess the threat posed ee Concrete Services, the operator of a The peer review also states: “Given allowable grades for Type A subdivision by coronavirus, many are making large gravel mine atop the Dry Brook that the thickness of aquifer materials at roads are 9 percent, and the proposed the decision to cancel or postpone Hill primary recharge area for the Dis- the Site is proposed to change with the roadway is below this maximum in all their public events, often with little trict 2 public wells. The review also proposed Development, the impact on locations.” notice. studies hydrogeology of the area that the recharge contribution and mecha- “It is our understanding that the ap- The Town Reminder will inform tracks the movement and quality of the nisms should be addressed by the HAS plicant’s intent in re-grading the site is readers about cancelations when underground water supply. (hydrogeological assessment study) rel- to create a smooth transition from Had- known and when the newspaper’s The review ordered by the Planning ative to the percentage of (water) con- ley Street into the grades at or near the weekly deadline will permit, but Board at the expense of the developer tribution to the Dry Brook Wells,” and bottom of the current sand and gravel readers should be aware of the pos- cites, or calls attention, to the purpose of “This assessment should include pro- extraction pit. This approach will result sibility that events featured in the zoning bylaws regulating the Agricultur- jections of the long-term persistence of in the export of a significant quantity of printed newspaper, including those al Zone where it is located “to promote … contaminants and potential for travel material. While we recognize that this is previewed in stories, briefs and on agriculture, forestry, recreation, and through groundwater.” one way to create a gently sloping site, the calendar page, may be cancelled land conservation, as well as compati- The review also found fault with we recognize that there may be other without enough notice to print an ble open space and rural uses, by siting inconsistencies between the develop- methods of evening the grade, including update. The Town Reminder en- development in a manner that preserves er’s March 2019 preliminary plan that use (of) a cut-and-fill approach with the courages readers to contact event large contiguous tracts of open space showed the layout of lots for the com- material on the site or importing mate- coordinators and organizers to con- and agricultural land.” plete 71-lot build-out and the 9-lot layout rial to the site. An example of one such firm that gatherings are still taking The review was submitted on March of its Phase I plan depicted on the defini- alternative could involve filling in a place before attending. 5, four days before the scheduled con- tive plans submitted in October 2019. portion of the low-lying sand pit area to tinuation Monday of a public hearing on “Many of the lot lines shown for the west by utilizing material excavated the 71-lot subdivision plan. The Plan- initial lots 1-9 do not coincide with any for the construction of Frosty Lane and/ ning Board approved the developer ‘s lot lines for future phases,” the review or the grading of lots closest to Hadley request for a delay at its meeting that found. “This calls into question the va- Street” the review states. night. The board postponed the contin- lidity of lots 4, 5, 8 and 9 as (depicted “We recommend that the Town re- St. Patrick’s uation until March 23. in Phase I) they do not seem to coincide quire the applicant to provide an eval- The review also cites more language with lot lines for future development.” uation of the current design approach continues Lenten in the same bylaw that states: “the pres- Because the project is located in relative to other alternatives to help the ervation of scenic vistas of open land, the Water Supply Protection District town determine whether the current Lunches forestland, the Mount Holyoke Range, (WSPD) as well as the Agricultural design approach strikes an acceptable the Mount Tom Range, and the Con- Zone, the peer review also examined the balance between project feasibility and SOUTH HADLEY – The St. Patrick’s necticut River in this district is a key proposed project’s conformance with the interests of the Town’s Agricultural Church Social Center, located at 30 Main aspect of maintaining South Hadley’s that zone’s regulations.

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