🌱 Why Leyden backed a “symbolic” school budget despite tax worries
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In today's newsletter:
- Why Leyden backed a “symbolic” school budget despite tax worries
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Very warm with plenty of sun, with a high of 84 and low of 48 degrees.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 89, low: 51. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Leyden backs all articles, including ‘symbolic' school assessment vote (recorder.com) — Leyden voters approved every article at Monday’s Annual Town Meeting, including the Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s $1.02 million assessment and the town’s $1.2 million operating budget, despite warnings about nearing the tax levy limit. Residents debated rising school costs, tax impacts, and long-term financial pressures while also backing highway upgrades, library budget corrections, and support for a statewide Medicare for All bill. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Toddler Time Story Time
Greenfield Public Library Children's Activity Room
10:00 am -
Readers' Choice
Dickinson Memorial Library 115 Main Street, Northfield, MA 01360
10:00 am -
Play & Learn Playgroup →
Cushman Library, 28 Church St, Bernardston
10:30 am -
Behavioral Health Network: Peer Recovery Information Session
Greenfield Public Library Main Lobby
1:30 pm -
Community Conversations 413
Greenfield Public Library Local History Room
4:15 pm -
Environmental Awareness Group
Dickinson Memorial Library 115 Main Street, Northfield, MA 01360
3:00 pm -
CCS Field Day
Colrain Central Shelburne Falls, MA 01370 -
Transit & Tradition: A Day at the Shelburne Falls... →
Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, 14 Depot St, Shelburne Falls
11:00 am -
Northfield Mountain, Yoga and Hiking →
Northfield Mountain Recreation Center, 99 Millers Falls Rd, Northfield
12:00 pm -
Graduation: PVRS
Pioneer Valley SD Northfield, MA 01360
5:30 pm -
The Hilltown Ham Hocks at Incandescent →
Incandescent Brewing Company, 203 South St, Bernardston
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Rain Date for Field Day
Buckland-Shelburne Regional Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
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🗞 Nearby News
Bernardston
- North County Notebook: June 1, 2026 (recorder.com)
- Bernardston voters approve reimbursing store nearly $77K for trash bags (recorder.com)
- Western Mass housing advocates say 46% shelter decline masks barriers for families (recorder.com)
Greenfield Town
- Louise Amyot: Repair event a ‘rousing success' (recorder.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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