Southwick Council on Aging weighs a cheaper Christmas party as it plans a packed fall calendar. Members voted to accept August minutes on a roll call and unanimously approved adjournment.
Southwick's Lake Management Committee paused its $90,000 boathouse project in favor of more fundraising, while the police chief sent a shoreline boundary dispute to the state.
Southwick Lake Management Committee advances invasive treatment, schedules Congamond flooding solutions meeting. The committee unanimously approved its August 27 minutes at a September 10 meeting. Solitude treated Middle Pond and South Pond for invasive hydrilla on September 1. A public meeting is
Park Commission backs proposed bike-pedestrian connector linking rail trail to town center. The Park and Recreation Commission expressed support for a 0.27-mile route through Christ Lutheran Church property connecting the existing rail trail to the town center near College Highway.
Southwick Park and Rec backs a no-match bike trail link to new Depot Street condos.
Southwick Agricultural Commission logs record Farm Day turnout, launches three new subcommittees.
Southwick Planning Board accepted permit withdrawals for WGI's aircraft engine facility on Hudson Drive.
Southwick Planning Board accepts mezzanine ruling, keeps WGI expansion under major-review threshold.
Southwick open space committee unanimously votes to defer four Master Plan action items. Committee Chair Conner Fleury led the vote as the committee shifts focus to revising the town's Open Space and Recreation Plan. Martha Kane, the committee's clerk, will draft a formal deferral request to the
Southwick's Open Space Land Management and Planning Committee voted 4-0 to postpone four master-plan assignments, including a regional wildlife-corridor project, citing overlap with the Agricultural Commission and thin volunteer capacity.