(Leyden, MA) The Leyden Selectboard has made a few recent hires. Former Rowe town clerk Paul McLatchy III has been hired as the new town clerk in Leyden. Currently the town administrator in Ashfield, which he intends to continue along with his work in Leyden, McLatchy has over a decade of experience in municipal government. Leyden also has a new administrative assistant, Janell Howard. Howard will be the first to serve in this role, having been established at the Annual Town Meeting earlier this year.