Whately Select Board launches health insurance negotiation, amends personnel policy
Whately Select Board approves health insurance negotiation process and personnel policy update. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to engage Mass.
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Sunderland Boards Order Deep Budget Cuts, Weigh Proposition 2½ Override Amid $1.5 Million Gap
Sunderland boards direct departments to model 5 and 20 percent cuts as $1.5 million budget gap looms.
Whately authorizes $12,000 study to assess State Road affordable housing site
Whately Housing Committee and Affordable Housing Trust each voted unanimously to authorize up to $12,000 for an engineering feasibility and site analysis at the town-owned property at 268 State Road.
Whately Energy Committee Eyes June Grant Deadline for Building Decarbonization Study
Whately Energy Committee sets sights on a $15,000 Green Communities technical assistance grant due June 5.
Shutesbury Planning Board closes data center hearing, targets April vote on bylaw
Shutesbury Planning Board unanimously closes public hearing on a proposed data center zoning bylaw, with a final vote expected at the April 13 meeting.
Deerfield Finance Committee Cuts Library Budget to State-Required Minimum
DEERFIELD -- March 9, 2026, Deerfield Finance Committee sets Tilton Library budget at state minimum, exposing a $180,000 town revenue gap. The committee voted 3-0-2 to recommend $230,232 for the Tilton Library (account 610-5400), the lowest appropriation permitted under the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners Municipal
Shutesbury Holds Clicker Demonstration Ahead of Potential Annual Town Meeting Vote
Shutesbury voters attended a public demonstration of electronic voting clickers Saturday as the town weighs a $5,730 first-year purchase that could change how annual town meetings are conducted.
Whately Boards Review FY27 Budgets, Shift Finance Vote to May 11
Whately's Finance Committee and Select Board jointly reviewed more than a dozen proposed FY27 operating budgets at their March 4 meeting, taking no final votes but flagging several areas of uncertainty.
Whately Historical Commission Plans Free Audio Tour of Town Center
Whately Historical Commission advances low-cost audio walking tour of town center.
Shutesbury Board of Health Weighs Dropping Health District for Collaborative Model
Shutesbury Board of Health signals possible exit from health district in favor of regional collaborative.