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Whately Select Board Reorganizes, Appoints New Accountant and Assistant Town Clerk

Whately reorganizes its Select Board and confronts a fracturing senior center partnership. Fred Beale was elected chair at the board's first meeting of the new municipal year June 17, with Julie Wagoner chosen as vice chair.

Whately Housing Committee Gets First Engineering Findings on 268 State Road Site

Whately Housing Committee receives first on-site engineering findings for 268 State Road affordable housing study.

Whately Select Board approves community garden grant application, names Right to Farm horses

WHATELY — June 15, 2026 — Whately Select Board names farm sign horses "Maple and Sugar" and backs a $30,000 community garden grant. The board, meeting June 15, selected the names submitted by Gioia Broffman — a Wilder Hill Road horse farm owner — over the runner-up pair "Denny

Frontier Regional School Committee Blocks International Trip Policy Change, Halts New Approvals

Frontier Regional School Committee votes 8-1 against adopting a revised international travel policy, freezing new trip approvals.

Deerfield and Sunderland School Committees Adopt Seclusion and Restraint Policies Unanimously

WHATELY — June 11, 2026 — Deerfield and Sunderland school committees unanimously adopt five student safety policies. Meeting jointly on June 11, both committees passed policies ECAB, KBG, JKAA, JLCD, and JLCDC on second reading — Deerfield 4-0, Sunderland 5-0 — with the most substantive debate focused on Policy JKAA, which prohibits

Conway Voters Approve $7.6 Million Budget and $850,000 Fire Truck at Annual 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 Walking Tour Group Sets July Deadline for Historic Site Scripts

Whately committee advances plans for a twelve-stop audio walking tour of the town center.

Sunderland Select Board Tables Annual Reappointments After Missing Committees Found on Draft List

WHATELY — June 8, 2026 — Sunderland Select Board defers its annual committee reappointment vote after finding multiple boards missing from the draft list. Meeting Monday with two of three members present, the board had planned to approve the bulk of its fiscal year 2027 reappointments — holding only four names pending confirmation

Whately Agricultural Commission votes to back state farm resilience bill

WHATELY — June 8, 2026 — Whately Agricultural Commission unanimously backs state farm resilience legislation and hears drought vulnerability testimony from local farmers. The commission voted at its June 8 meeting to accept two draft letters — one to itself and one for the Select Board to transmit to the chair of the

Whately Zoning Board Approves Covestro Special Permit for Sandy Lane R&D Facility

WHATELY — June 4, 2026 — Whately zoning board unanimously approves special permit for Covestro LLC's second Whately location. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-0 Thursday to grant Covestro LLC a special permit to operate a research and development facility at 10 Sandy Lane, a building formerly tenanted

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