| | | Selectmen change meeting timesFriday, November 21
HANCOCK — The board of selectmen of the Town of Hancock will meet on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 1 p.m. through the winter. Full Story Derby retains seatTuesday, May 13
HANCOCK — Incumbent Chairman Sherman Derby captured a three-year term as on the Board of Selectman, defeating Michael Hadley in the only contested race in yesterday's annual election. Full Story Voters OK 21 articlesTuesday, May 06
HANCOCK — Voters at last night's annual town meeting approved all 21 articles under consideration, including a measure that establishes a stabilization fund to give officials the financial means to obtain parcels of legally defined forest or agricultural land if they are put up for sale. Full Story Missing man is found at friend'sThursday, July 19
HANCOCK — The man state police had been searching for since early Tuesday turned up at a friend's house yesterday morning shortly before 7, according to a police spokesman. Full Story Jiminy Peak transformed this town into a tourist meccaTuesday, March 13
Only a couple of generations ago, Hancock was a tranquil, bucolic community with at least 25 working farms and older houses, mostly situated on large properties dotting the fertile Jericho Valley between the Taconic Range and the Berkshire Hills, connecting Stephentown, N.Y., with Williamstown along Route 43. Full Story At a glance ...Tuesday, March 13
Incorporated: 1776.
Settled: 1762-1767.
Named for: John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Population: 721 (2000 U.S. Census); 1,026 (2006 town census).
Area: 35.7 square miles.
Elevation: 1,058 feet (average). Full Story | |
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