You’re probably familiar with it by now and should have received your 2025 Town Census form in the mail. Also known as the Annual Street Listing, the Census is used to comply with state law requiring all towns and cities to update residential street addresses and resident population figures every year. Returning your census form
Becket’s year-round population swells as hundreds of urban and suburban dwellers who own or rent vacation homes arrive in town. Despite what we may think, this is not a 21st century phenomenon. On June 11, 1878, the Hinsdale Cornet Band paraded merrily down Becket’s main street playing popular music
I first noticed it in early June. Mis-colored, crinkly leaves on the beech trees encircling our backyard. When I started noticing the same odd-colored leaves on trees throughout Becket, I knew I had to look it up. Sure enough. It’s a thing. A really bad thing.
