Town Offices
1 East Main St Heath, MA 01346
Phone: 413-337-4934
Fax: 413-337-8542
Email Selectmen Tom Lively, Chair, Brian DeVriese and Sheila Litchfield bos@townofheath.org
Email Town Coordinator,
Kara Leistyna: bos@townofheath.org
Email Town Clerk, Hilma Sumner: townclerk@townofheath.org
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PUBLIC HEARING: February 15, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at COMMUNITY HALL to provide interested parties with the opportunity to comment on the proposed temporary moratorium on largescale wind energy systems and large scale ground mounted solar photovoltaic installations to be voted at Special Town Meeting (see below). NOTICE
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012 AT 7:00 P.M. AT COMMUNITY HALL
Meetings scheduled for week of January 30th, 2012:
Board of Assessors, Monday, 1/30 at 1:30 p.m.
Select Board, Tuesday, 1/31 at 7:00 p.m. (agenda on Select Board’s page)
Finance Committee, Tuesday, 1/31 at 7:00 p.m. AGENDA
Planning Board, Wednesday, 2/1 at 7:00 p.m. (library) AGENDA
Heath Agricultural Society, Wednesday, 2/1 at 7:00 p.m. (Heath School)
Board of Health, Wednesday, 2/1 at 6:00 p.m.
The Select Board and Finance Committee are diligently working on budget planning for FY13. Meetings are posted in Sawyer Hall and on website and open to the public. The BUDGET CALENDAR is a working document and changes may be made from time to time as necessary.
Check out our newly illuminated United States flag in the center of town. With funding from the Clean Energy Choice Program/ Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust, we were able to purchase a solar lighting system for our flag. Thank you to Joe Sonntag and Mike Smith for installation.
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 1st and 3rd Thursdays at 12 noon at Community Hall. Please call 337-4896 before 10:30 am on Wednesday for reservations.
Fred W. Wells Fund applications are available at Sawyer Hall. Deadline for submission is April 1st, 2012.
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.
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“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.”
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.
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“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.”
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