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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — Among the five questions on this year’s town election ballot are a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion to pay to repair a retaining wall on Bronson Avenue, as well as a series of advisory questions asking if residents would approve of using herbicides at Ashfield Lake and closing Sanderson Academy.

NEW SALEM — There are no contested races in the town election on Monday, May 5.

HAWLEY — All nine positions on Hawley’s election ballot are uncontested.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — Adam Feltman has never served on a municipal board or committee. But that will soon change as long as there are no surprises in Monday’s election.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — Residents who cast their ballots in the town election on Saturday, May 3, will decide who should fill 15 positions across the town’s various boards and committees, including determining the outcome of contested races for tree warden and constable.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — For the fourth year in a row, every race on the town election ballot is uncontested.

By ADITI THUBE

Mike Kennealy didn’t grow up dreaming of politics as a child of middle-class parents in Reading. His father was a steelworker and his mother was a homemaker. From them, he inherited an understanding of the value of hard work and a deep belief in fairness.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The two candidates for Selectboard, incumbent Christopher Boutwell and former selectman Edward Voudren, introduced themselves to voters and spoke to their vision for Montague during a forum ahead of the May 20 town election.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Though the deadline to pull nomination papers for November’s biennial city election is months away, five candidates have already thrown their hats into the ring for City Council.

SHUTESBURY — Incumbent Selectboard member Melissa Makepeace-O’Neil earned a fourth, three-year term in Saturday’s town election, turning back a challenge from write-in candidate Tom Siefert, according to unofficial results provided by Town Clerk Grace Bannasch.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The May 5 town election will see a rematch of 2022’s race, as Selectboard Chair Tim Hilchey faces a challenge from former Selectboard member David Wolfram for a three-year term.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — In a change from customary practice, Shutesbury will hold its town election and Annual Town Meeting on separate days, a little over a month apart.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Interim Franklin County Sheriff Lori M. Streeter has announced plans to run for sheriff and seek the Democratic nomination on the November 2026 ballot.

CONWAY — Nomination papers for the June 12 annual town election are available at the Town Clerk’s Office through April 24.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — The Selectboard voted Monday to opt out of mail-in voting for the May 3 town election, but the town will continue to offer absentee ballots and early in-person voting.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard will look slightly different at this week’s meeting, as a write-in candidate unseated the vice chair during Monday’s annual town election.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BERNARDSTON — The Selectboard voted last week to opt out of early mail-in voting for the annual town election this spring, though Town Clerk Christina Slocum-Wysk will offer at least three days of early in-person voting.

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey intends to run for reelection in 2026, she said Friday.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — The Selectboard will host a public hearing to consider whether the town should opt out of offering early mail-in ballots for the May 20 town election.

By HANNAH EDELHEIT

The night before electors for the 2024 presidential race were announced, 19-year-old Kaveesh Pathak wasn’t sure he was going to win. He had spent the last two weeks calling and campaigning to become one of the 11 Massachusetts Democrats to serve on...

By HANNAH EDELHEIT

The night before electors for the 2024 presidential race were announced, 19-year-old Kaveesh Pathak wasn’t sure he was going to win. He had spent the last two weeks calling and campaigning to become one of the 11 Massachusetts Democrats to serve on...