(Ashfield, MA) The Attorney General’s office has approved an excessive noice bylaw and a single-use plastic ban in Ashfield that were voted on in the Town Meeting that occurred in May of this year. The Excessive Noise Bylaw is now in effect, prohibiting excessive noises that may disturb, injure, or endanger others between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. The single-use plastic ban, including food service ware, will be in effect January 1st.