About Our Town
Alford Town Center
Welcome to the official web site for the town of Alford, Massachusetts! Here you’ll find all kinds of important information about our town. Please feel free to browse the various pages of our site, or you can perform keyword searches to find exactly what you’re looking for. If you have an RSS News Reader, you can also subscribe to our RSS news feeds. As time rolls on, this site will continue to change and grow to suit the needs of our residents. We thank you for your interest in our town, and we hope that our web site fills your needs.
Sincerely, Arthur Dellea, Webmaster
Our Town Today
Alford has no post office, no stores, no motels or hotels, and not a single gas station, all of which are available in neighboring towns. Rural mail delivery comes from two neighboring zipcodes; West Stockbridge MA 01266, and Great Barrington MA 01230. There are still a few farms in operation that export their goods, and sell goods in local stores and farmer’s markets. Some full-time residents are self-employed or own their own businesses, focused on trades and professional services. The majority of residents work in surrounding areas, but second homeowners and retirees make up a large percentage of the town’s current population.
Modern communications are somewhat limited in Alford. There is no cable television serving the town, there is little cellular coverage, and very few residents have wired internet access from bordering towns. Verizon provides our local phone services, but does not provide DSL or FiOS to our town. Most residents have satellite television, and some still receive aerial TV. For internet access, many residents use WiSpring, a local wireless internet provider. Others use satellite or dialup internet services. The town provides a free wireless hot spot to the public at the Alford Town Hall, weekdays 8:00am to 3:00pm, and Saturdays 8:00am to 12:00pm.
