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Whately Planning Board Delays Battery Storage Hearing Due to Election Day Conflict

WHATELY — April 28, 2026 — Whately Planning Board continues battery storage hearing to May 5 after election-day conflict. The board, meeting April 28 with three members present, voted unanimously to reschedule the continuation of its public hearing on a proposed zoning bylaw amendment covering energy storage and solar energy facilities

Whately Select Board Hears Dam Study Update, Praises Record Town Meeting Turnout

WHATELY — April 27, 2026 — Whately Select Board reviews record town meeting turnout, dam study, and cut-rate website launch. The board, meeting Monday, April 27, described annual town meeting attendance of roughly 211 registered voters as a major jump from recent years when turnout ran in the 60s and 80s;

Whately Subcommittee Sets June Launch for Farm Kitchen Survey, RFI Outreach

WHATELY — April 27, 2026 — Whately's school building reuse subcommittee finalized plans to survey area farmers on commercial kitchen demand and push an RFI to potential building partners. The committee agreed to distribute a Google Forms survey to roughly 40 food-crop farms in the Whately area starting in

Whately Energy Committee Pursues Heat Pump Study for Elementary School Boiler

WHATELY — April 27, 2026 — Whately Energy Committee moves toward a heat pump study for the elementary school boiler. The three-member panel, meeting April 27, voted unanimously to pursue a technical assistance grant that would fund a professional analysis of replacing the school's aging oil boiler with a

Sunderland Town Meeting Approves $11.9 Million Budget, Sends Override to Ballot

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

Whately assessors table farm machinery tax decision, sign abatements

WHATELY — April 23, 2026 — Whately Board of Assessors tables farm machinery tax decision as valuation questions linger. The board, meeting April 23, revisited a longstanding question about whether to bill farmers for personal property taxes on equipment, with the town's own treasurer noting that the number of farms

Conway Select Board Approves Artist License, Warrant Articles, and 3 Percent Employee Raise

WHATELY — April 21, 2026 — The Conway Select Board unanimously approved a copyright license agreement, a new highway hire, and a 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment for town employees at its April 21 joint meeting with the Finance Committee. The board approved a license agreement with artist Amy Anderson limiting

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Whately approves 2.5 percent COLA and $5,000 roof repair transfer

WHATELY — April 15, 2026 — Whately's joint Finance Committee and Select Board approved a 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment for non-union town employees and a $5,000 emergency roof repair transfer at the April 15 meeting. The COLA, recommended by the personnel committee using Consumer Price

Whately Personnel Committee Weighs Tiered Evaluations, Free Digital Review Platform

WHATELY — April 15, 2026 — Whately Personnel Committee moves toward streamlined employee evaluations and a free digital platform. The committee met April 15 to review feedback from the town's first round of performance evaluations, which were introduced as a condition of its step-increase pay system. Staff presenter Pete

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