BY DERRICK PERKINS A 19-cent jump in the Massachusetts gas tax has local gas station owners hoping to see a rise in customers from across the border, though the talk of taxes has left motorists steaming at the pumps. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveiled the increase to the state’s gas tax on Jan. 20 as part of a plan to ...

By Darrell Halen A request for a new central fire station – the second attempt by officials in two years to win approval for a new building for firefighters – is on Pelham’s 2008 town warrant. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, voters will be able to discuss and debate that warrant article, and about 20 others, when they gather for the ...

By Darrell Halen Some big ticket items are on the Pelham School District ballot this year, and voters will get a chance to weigh in on them, and other warrant articles, at the district’s deliberative session. Voters will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 6, starting at 7 p.m., at Pelham Elementary School. Three of the most expensive warrant ...

By Darrell Halen Trustees have cut back the Pelham Library’s weekly operating hours by eight hours following a cut to the library’s budget in the town’s proposed 2008 operating budget. The library is now opening at 10 a.m. instead of 9 a.m. on weekdays. And instead of staying open until 8 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays, it ...

By Darrell Halen  The Pelham Budget Committee voted to support the $3 million purchase of approximately 48 acres for a new high school. But the panel voted against recommending the construction of the new school and an auditorium. The nine members attending the committee’s Thursday, Dec. 13, meeting voted unanimously to support ...

BY DARRELL HALENPelham property owners who recently received their new tax bills saw small increases in the state education and county portions of their bill, but a 14.3 increase in the local school tax and a 20 percent jump in the town’s portion. “We’ve been getting a lot of calls,” said Dottie Marsden, the town clerk and ...