Daffodil Days
First, Election News.
Absentee ballots are available at the Town Office from Ellie or Tinky . Request one if you won’t be able to come to the polls on Monday, May 5, between 11:45 a.m. and 7 p.m. If you are able to come, please do so. In either case, here is a preview of the ballot:
Selectman for Three Years: Hussain Hamdan is running; he is the incumbent.
Assessor for Three Years: No one is on the ballot, but Ed Brady, the incumbent, would be happy to be written in.
Auditor for One Year: Again, no one is on the ballot, but incumbent Ashley Harrison has announced her write-in candidacy.
Moderator for One Year: Incumbent Scott Purinton would be happy to be written in.
Town Clerk for Three Years: No one has expressed interest in this post. If no one is written in (any write-in would of course have to accept), the Selectmen will re-appoint current Town Clerk Ellie Van Iderstine.
Mohawk Trail K-12 Representative for Three Years: Incumbent Suzanne Crawford is running again.
Mohawk Trail K-12 Representative for One Year: Robert Sears is on the ballot.
Hawlemont School Committee for Three Years: Kiley Turner is the incumbent and will be happy to be written in.
Hawlemont Non-Parent Local Education Council Member for Three Years: Suzanne Crawford, the incumbent, is on the ballot.
Speaking of the election, the Sons and Daughters of Hawley, our historical society will once again have baked goods for sale that day. Bring along a little money and make a donation to support this worthy cause.
Make Some Art!
This Saturday, April 26, at the Cowell Gymnasium in Shelburne Falls, the Art Garden will present its annual Hilltown Draw-Around from noon to midnight. It’s an afternoon and evening of creativity, supported in part by our own Charlemont-Hawley Arts Council.’
See Some Art!
NEXT weekend, the talented Trina Sears Sternstein of Pudding Hollow Road will start a two-month exhibit at Salmon Falls Artisans’ Gallery in Shelburne Falls. Her show is called “Dreams from My World,” and the opening reception will take place on Saturday, May 10, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Learn About the Immigrant Experience
In conjunction with the Center for New Americans, the Museum on Main Street exhibit in Buckland will host a panel discussion called “Becoming an American” in the library of Mohawk Trail Regional School on Thursday, May 1, at 5:30 p.m. This free event will include people from Tibet, Argentina, and Brazil who have settled in our area, along with attorney Buz Eizenberg and UMass professor Amel Ahmed. The conversation will be live streamed by Falls Cable TV on YouTube.
The Tag Sale Returns!
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People have been wondering whether the Giant Tag Sale would return to Hawley. Thanks to the Sons and Daughters of Hawley board menbers (Robin Clark and Liz Sears in particular), we need wonder no more!
This year’s tag sale will be held at the Grove (327 East Hawley Road) on Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Hawley Fire Department will provide food and drink in exchange for a donation.
Tag Sale donations will be accepted every Saturday in May and the first two Saturdays in June from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Grove. The group will accept most items, but members ask please for no broken items/appliances, and no ripped or stained linens. The group is also accepting donations of paper or reusable bags to provide to tag-sale shoppers.
If you have questions or would like to schedule an alternate time to donate your items, or if you would like to volunteer to help with the tag sale, please contact Robin Clark at cookiermk@gmail.com or (413) 475-4747.
That’s it for today. I have a feeling I’ll be back soon with more news. Meanwhile, enjoy the warmth outside!
Warmly,
Tinky Weisblat
Gal Friday
Town of Hawley
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