Monson has posted the warrant for a Special Town Meeting scheduled for October 26, 2026. Also in today's brief (8 items): Warrant posted for Oct. 26 special town meeting; Library hosts Halloween bead keychain craft for kids, teens; Qi Gong class returns to library Tuesday evening; Weekl…
Monson posts a new flyer announcing its annual Cemetery Walk program for residents. Also in today's brief (4 items): Monson posts Cemetery Walk flyer; Qi Gong class meets at library tonight; Family playgroup meets Wednesday at library; Library hosts Halloween bead craft for kids, teens.
This week's Monson obituary notices column carries one entry: Fil, Thomas S., age 68, of Monson and Hadley, Massachusetts, who died on September 29, 2026. Born in Northampton, Thomas was the eldest son among five children of Stanley Fil and the late Anna Osciak Fil. His obituary was pos…
Monson Conservation Commission holds regular meeting Wednesday evening at town offices on Main Street. Also in today's brief (8 items): Conservation Commission holds regular meeting Oct. 7; Library hosts Halloween bead craft for kids, teens; Library offers adult beaded ghost pepper craf…
Author Suzanne Strempek Shea visits Monson Free Library Friday to discuss and sign her new memoir. Also in today's brief (5 items): Author Suzanne Strempek Shea visits library for book talk; Library's Forget Me Not Memory Cafe returns Monday; Qi Gong class returns to Monson library Tues…
This week's Monson obituary notices column carries one entry: Dvorchak, Clara T. "Tess," 92, who was born at her family's farmhouse on Hovey Hill Road in Monson and attended Monson's Main Street and Hillside elementary schools. She died September 25, 2026, with arrangements handled by L…
Monson Free Library will host a virtual Q&A with Great Reads author Joseph Lee Tuesday. Also in today's brief (4 items): Monson native Clara Dvorchak remembered in obituaries; Library hosts virtual Q&A with Great Reads author; Weekly playgroup returns to the library Wednesday; Monson so…
Three Monson-resident obituaries appear in this week's notices, published by area funeral homes: Randall-Longe, Josephine Alice; Dearborn, Katherine I. "Kitty"; and Lowell, Deborah Jean "Debbie." Josephine Alice Randall-Longe, an infant of a Monson family, was born sleeping on September…
Monson library's Great Reads book club hears from a Wampanoag Community Center speaker ahead of a live author Q&A. Bradford Lopes of the Wampanoag Community Center joined the library's Great Reads MA discussion group virtually Thursday, Sept. 17, to talk through "Nothing More of This La…
This week's Monson obituary column carries a single notice: Jarvis, Katherine (Taylor), 77, of Monson, who died Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at her home. She was born December 21, 1948, in Springfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late Thomas and Catherine (Seitz) Taylor, and was a…