National Grid poles approved for North Road
New Marlborough Select Board approved utility poles and hiring on October 5. The board unanimously approved a National Grid plan to install 19 utility poles on North Road, with eight in new locations and eleven positioned beside existing Fiber Connect poles that the companies failed to share.
Select Board · Meeting of October 5, 2026
New Marlborough Select Board approved utility poles and hiring on October 5. The board unanimously approved a National Grid plan to install 19 utility poles on North Road, with eight in new locations and eleven positioned beside existing Fiber Connect poles that the companies failed to share. The board also unanimously hired Marilyn Fracasso and Gary Miller as Assistant Transfer Station Attendants at $22.89 per hour, retroactive to September 1, ending a vacancy since May.
In separate votes, the board approved personnel policy amendments clarifying holiday pay for non-standard-hour employees and announced two new grants: $8,680 for the Police Department's traffic safety program and $245,000 from Rural Development for affordable housing at Cassilis.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of October 5, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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