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Hilltown Family Center Autumn StoryWalk

By Wendy on October 08, 2024 in News

Hamilton Memorial Library Update

By Wendy on October 08, 2024 in News

The Hamilton Memorial Library is in a state of transition into our renovated space. We will be fully… Read More

CMELD Audit (2023)

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Senator Mark’s October Office Hours

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October 2024 Events at Hamilton Memorial Library

By Wendy on September 30, 2024 in News

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IMPORTANT UPDATE from the SELECTBOARD and the WATER COMMISSION – September 26, 2024

By Wendy on September 26, 2024 in News

The MASS Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has rescinded the Boil Water Order for customers of the Chester… Read More

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Community Calendar

	October 2024
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		1 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 11:00 am Ends: October 1, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	2 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 2, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Transfer Station Open Transfer Station Open Starts: 3:00 pm Ends: October 2, 2024 - 6:00 pm Location: Emery Street, Emery St, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details • •	3 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 3, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	4 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 4, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	5 Transfer Station Open Transfer Station Open Starts: 9:00 am Ends: October 5, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Emery Street, Emery St, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •
6 Hilltown Hikers: The Chester Granite and Polishing Works Hilltown Hikers: The Chester Granite and Polishing Works Starts: 1:00 pm Ends: October 6, 2024 - 3:00 pm Location: Emery St, Chester, MA 01011 Description: view flyer See more details •	7 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 7, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Board of Selectmen Meeting Board of Selectmen Meeting Starts: 6:00 pm Ends: October 7, 2024 - 7:00 pm Location: Chester Elementary School, 325 Middlefield Rd, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Special Town Meeting Special Town Meeting Starts: 7:00 pm Ends: October 7, 2024 - 8:00 pm Location: Chester Elementary School, 325 Middlefield Rd, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details • • •	8 COA Foot Clinic/Blood Pressure Clinic/SHINE Counselor COA Foot Clinic/Blood Pressure Clinic/SHINE Counselor Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 8, 2024 - 11:30 am Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA Description: Our monthly Foot Clinic and also a Blood Pressure Clinic at 10am-11am and SHINE counselor from 10am-11:30am! All are welcome for the Blood Pressure Clinic and to sit with the SHINE counselor. Those that have a Foot Clinic appointment, can get all 3 services in the same day!! We have added a 2nd Foot Clinic Day to the month, so all can get the service. It is by appointment. So check in with Keirsen and see the availability and pick a time for yourself, it is just $20 for a half hour, but well worth it. See more details COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 11:00 am Ends: October 8, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details • •	9 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 9, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Transfer Station Open Transfer Station Open Starts: 3:00 pm Ends: October 9, 2024 - 6:00 pm Location: Emery Street, Emery St, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details • •	10 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 10, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	11 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 11, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	12 Transfer Station Open Transfer Station Open Starts: 9:00 am Ends: October 12, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Emery Street, Emery St, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •
13	14 TOWN OFFICES CLOSED TOWN OFFICES CLOSED Starts: 12:00 am Ends: October 14, 2024 - 11:59 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	15 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 11:00 am Ends: October 15, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	16 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 16, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Transfer Station Open Transfer Station Open Starts: 3:00 pm Ends: October 16, 2024 - 6:00 pm Location: Emery Street, Emery St, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Monthly Book Club Monthly Book Club Starts: 4:30 pm Ends: October 16, 2024 - 5:30 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA Description: In the COA room at the town hall this month.Join us in discussing the murder mystery “The Guest List” byLucy Foley which takes place on an Irish island. Light refreshments will beserved. Extra copies of the book are available. Meets the 3rd Wednesday every month @ 4:30pm See more details • • •	17 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 17, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	18 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 18, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details COA Movie Day COA Movie Day Starts: 12:30 pm Ends: October 18, 2024 - 2:30 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details • •	19 Transfer Station Open Transfer Station Open Starts: 9:00 am Ends: October 19, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Emery Street, Emery St, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Mushroom ID Walk with a Mushroom Expert Mushroom ID Walk with a Mushroom Expert Starts: 9:45 am Ends: October 19, 2024 - 11:45 am Location: Sanderson Brook Waterfall, 648 US-20, Chester, MA 01011, USA Description: Meet in the in the parking lot at 9:45am. sponsored by the Hamilton Memorial Library RSVPs for all events arehelpful at 413-354-7808 or [email protected] Please leave your name, how many attendingand a phone number. See more details Hilltown Hikers: The Keystone Arch Bridges Over and Under Hilltown Hikers: The Keystone Arch Bridges Over and Under Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 19, 2024 - 12:00 pm Location: Chester Elementary School, 325 Middlefield Rd, Chester, MA 01011, USA Description: view flyer See more details • • •
20	21 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 21, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Board of Selectmen Meeting Board of Selectmen Meeting Starts: 6:00 pm Ends: October 21, 2024 - 7:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details • •	22 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 11:00 am Ends: October 22, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	23 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 23, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Transfer Station Open Transfer Station Open Starts: 3:00 pm Ends: October 23, 2024 - 6:00 pm Location: Emery Street, Emery St, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Cookbook Club Cookbook Club Starts: 4:30 pm Ends: October 23, 2024 - 6:00 pm Location: Hamilton Memorial Library, 195 W Main St, Chester, MA 01011, USA Description: Everyone will choose a recipe from the same cookbook to bring to ourpotluck gathering to share and discuss how it turned out and how difficult oreasy it was to make. For our firstmeeting (3/12/24), we will be making recipes from “Welcome Home: Super SimpleEntertaining by Hope Comerford. Stop in and we will make a copy of yourrecipe choice for the potluck. We willhave copies of the cookbook, “Milk Street Tuesday Nights Mediterraneanby Christopher Kimball available at our March meeting for April’s potluck. Please R.S.V.P. See more details Hilltown CDC Information Session: Chester Commons Apartments Hilltown CDC Information Session: Chester Commons Apartments Starts: 5:00 pm Ends: October 23, 2024 - 6:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA Description: Download the flyer See more details • • • •	24 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 24, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	25 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 25, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •	26 Transfer Station Open Transfer Station Open Starts: 9:00 am Ends: October 26, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Emery Street, Emery St, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Sinister Saw Mill Halloween Sinister Saw Mill Halloween Starts: 4:00 pm Ends: October 26, 2024 - 8:00 pm Location: Chester Railway Station & Museum, 10 Prospect St, Chester, MA 01011, USA Description: Sponsored by Western Mass Hilltown Hikers See the flyer See more details • •
27	28 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 28, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Board of Health Office Hours Board of Health Office Hours Starts: 5:00 pm Ends: October 28, 2024 - 7:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details • •	29 Vaccine Clinic: COVID & Flu Vaccine Clinic: COVID & Flu Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 29, 2024 - 12:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA Description: view flyer and pre-register today See more details COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 11:00 am Ends: October 29, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details • •	30 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 30, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details Transfer Station Open Transfer Station Open Starts: 3:00 pm Ends: October 30, 2024 - 6:00 pm Location: Emery Street, Emery St, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details UFOs of New England UFOs of New England Starts: 6:00 pm Ends: October 30, 2024 - 8:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA Description: Sponsored by the Hamilton Memorial Library Just in time for Halloween! Join us in the Chester TownHall auditorium for a presentation by Travel Channel’s Ronny Le Blanc, seekerof evidence on UFO’s, Bigfoot, cryptids and the paranormal. He has been on the popular television shows,Expedition Bigfoot and Paranormal Caught on Camera. Ronny is a Massachusettsresident living in an area of unusual phenomenon and has written two popularbooks on his experiences called Monsterland. RSVPs for all events arehelpful at 413-354-7808 or [email protected] Please leave your name, how many attendingand a phone number. See more details • • •	31 COA Open Hours COA Open Hours Starts: 10:00 am Ends: October 31, 2024 - 1:00 pm Location: Chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Rd # 16, Chester, MA 01011, USA See more details •

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