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Shutesbury Select Board interviews two finalists for vacant Town Clerk post

SHUTESBURY — July 1, 2026 — Shutesbury Select Board reorganized and interviewed two Town Clerk finalists on July 1, targeting a hire by July 7. Melissa MacNeil was reappointed chair and Eric Stalker vice chair, each by a two-to-zero vote with the new third member, Jim Walton, abstaining on both

Whately Planning Board unanimously adopts long-awaited "Bright Futures" comprehensive plan

Whately Planning Board unanimously approves "Bright Futures" comprehensive plan and skips July meeting.

Greenfield School Finance Subcommittee Questions $45,000 Restorative-Practices Charge in June Warrants

Greenfield school finance subcommittee reviews June warrants, pressing on restorative-practice costs and paraprofessional vacancies.

TRANSCRIPT MISMATCH — see article

TRANSCRIPT MISMATCH — see article

Whately ZBA Schedules Executive Session as Dollar General Permit Hits Hearing 14

Whately Zoning Board continues Dollar General special permit to July 14, schedules first-ever executive session.

Whately and Sunderland Boards Plan Joint Letter to Deerfield After IMA Withdrawal Threat Passes

Whately and Sunderland select boards coordinated their response to the South County Senior Center dispute after Deerfield's Select Board declined Monday evening to submit a withdrawal notice from the tri-town inter-municipal agreement before the June 30 deadline.

Whately Select Board Approves Pickleball and Brester Road Contracts at June Meeting

Whately Select Board approves pickleball court and Brester Road engineering contracts at busy June 29 meeting.

Whately and Sunderland Boards Plot Senior Center Path After Deerfield Backs Down

WHATELY — June 29, 2026 — Whately and Sunderland select boards jointly assessed the South County Senior Center crisis after Deerfield declined to submit an IMA withdrawal notice before a July 1 deadline, pushing any possible departure back by at least a year. Whately Select Board Chair Nathaniel Waring said the episode

One Disclosed Price in Ten Whately Deeds Limits June Market Picture

Ten deeds were recorded in Whately between May 31 and June 29, 2026, but only one transaction carried a disclosed price: 178 Chestnut Plain Road, which recorded at $138,354 on June 16 with Valon Mortgage Inc. and Dart Collateral Manager LLC listed as buyers. The remaining nine transfers…

Sunderland Home Fetches $812,000 as June Deed Prices Remain Largely Undisclosed

Sunderland recorded 13 property transfers between May 31 and June 29, 2026, though only two carried disclosed sale prices, making a full market assessment impossible. Among those two transactions, prices ranged from $175,000 to $812,000, with a midpoint of $493,500. The standout transac…

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