Town News

There is now a Town-wide emergency notification system called CodeRed. CodeRed has the ability to reach all registered landlines with emergency information. Please click here to sign up for this system. If you have questions, please call Town Coordinator at 337-4934, x0.

2012 Election Results:

Selectman, 3 years, Sheila Litchfield

Assessor, 3 years, Richard Gallup

Town Clerk, 3 years, Hilma Sumner

Finance Committee, 3 seats, each with 3-year term: Edwin Wolf, Gloria Fisher, Kathryn Inman

Library Trustee, 3 years, Deborah Porter

Dog Officer, 1 year, Robert Tanner, Jr.

Constable, 2 seats each with 1-year term, Robert Tanner, Jr., Jeffrey Simmons

Planning Board, 5 years, William Gran (write-in with 97 votes)

School Committee, 3 years (remains empty)

School Committee, 1 year, Bob Gruen

Any office not filled by election will have a volunteer appointed by the Select Board.  That volunteer will serve until the following town election.

Meetings Scheduled for Week of May 14, 2012:

Assessors, Monday, 5/14 at 3:00 p.m.
Board of Health, Wednesday, 5/16 at 6:00 p.m. AGENDA CLICK HERE
Renewable Energy Advisory Committee, Thursday, 5/17 at 6:30 p.m. (Sr. Center)

Board and Committee OPENINGS: Looking for individuals who are interested in serving on Conservation Commission, School Committee (partial term) or Board of Health. For more information please call Town Coordinator, ext. 0.

Senior Lunches are 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 12 noon at Community Hall. Please call 337-4896 before 10:30 am on Wednesday for reservations.

Interesting Heath Facts

• H. P. Lovecraft spent time in Heath exploring the rocky hills. It is believed that he used the landscape as a reference for some of the scenes in his stories.
• Rev. Jonathan Leavitt, was the first minister of Charlemont and a longtime resident of Heath.
• Reinhold Niebuhr made his summer home in Heath, where, in 1934, he first delivered the famous Serenity Prayer.
• Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter made his summer home in Heath.

• “Heath, incorporated in 1785, is named after Revolutionary War General William Heath. The town comprises a total area of 24.9 square miles with a population of 706. It is a “Right To Farm Community” with rolling hills, stone walls, forests and streams. The Heath Agricultural Society Fair, held two week-ends before Labor Day annually, features a chicken barbeque, animal events, live music and lots of fun for young and old alike.”