Government · Planning Board
Planning Board Votes to Ask DEP to Probe Solar Fire
Shutesbury's Planning Board voted to ask the Select Board to request a state probe into an unreported April inverter fire at the Wheelock solar site.
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Government · Select Board
Select Board votes to appoint Turner as treasurer
Erving Select Board appoints Michelle Turner town treasurer, backs $200,000 for a school roof.
Government · Planning Board
Planning Board Votes to Allow Barns as Homes
Greenfield Planning Board votes to let barns and garages become homes.
Government · Other Committee
Recreation panel approves $18,500 for 2027 fireworks
Greenfield Recreation Commission sets $18,500 fireworks budget, warns funding model is unsustainable. Commissioner Dan Paisaghi's motion to fund Winter Carnival fireworks at $5,000 and Independence Day 2027 fireworks at $13,500 passed by roll call, seconded by Commissioner Mark Jakeway.
Government · Board of Health
Board revokes tobacco retailer's license over flavored wraps
Greenfield Board of Health revokes a tobacco retailer's license over banned flavored wraps, its fourth violation in two years.
Government · Planning Board
Planning Board Endorses LaSalle Drive Lot Split
Whately Planning Board endorsed a lot-line split for 23 LaSalle Drive and heard an early pitch for a 299 River Road solar project.
Government · Select Board
Select Board Approves New Fire Chief Contract
Northfield Select Board approves new fire chief pay deal, advances plan to abandon a dead-end road.
Government · Select Board
Select Board finalizes fall warrant, shelves berm vote
Shutesbury Select Board finalizes fall town meeting warrant, punts on divisive highway berm.
Government · Finance Committee
Shutesbury Speeds Up Trash Contract Bidding Process
Shutesbury Finance Committee moves up its new trash-hauling RFP and warns carts could cost up to $140,000.
Government · Conservation
Panel weighs housing plans for old restaurant site
The Whately Conservation Commission reviewed early housing concepts for the former restaurant site on State Road and weighed holding a conservation restriction on water district land. Consultant Chris Chamberlain of Berkshire Design Group told the board, "This is a feasibility study.
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