Town Meeting

WHATELY — June 9, 2026 — Conway voters approved a $7,568,446.11 operating budget and a series of capital purchases at the town's Annual Town Meeting on June 9, drawing down nearly all of the town's $894,273 in certified free cash. Finance Committee Chair Alan

WHATELY — June 2, 2026 — Whately voters rejected a proposal to make the town clerk an appointed position, 36 to 27, at the June 2 Annual Town Meeting. Town Clerk Emila Valley spoke against the change, arguing that 235 of Massachusetts's 351 clerks are elected and that the office&

WHATELY — May 26, 2026 — Conway's pre-Town Meeting forum surfaces a $700,000 fire truck grant and a sharp dispute over driveway zoning. Fire Chief Chris Herman told roughly two dozen residents that a state grant secured before his tenure will cover $700,000 of an approximately $850,

WHATELY — May 11, 2026 — Deerfield's Annual Town Meeting defeated two Proposition 2½ override questions and a Specialized Energy Code adoption in a chaotic six-hour session May 11. Town Moderator Dan Graves presided over a 607-voter meeting that included multiple recounts, a botched paper-ballot attempt, and

WHATELY — April 24, 2026 — Sunderland Annual Town Meeting approves $11.93 million override budget and new ADU zoning bylaw, setting up a May 2 ballot vote. The meeting, presided over by Moderator Tom Clayton Kevitz, passed the fiscal year 2027 operating budget by a two-thirds vote after Finance Committee