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A collection of 28 issues

Planning Board approves bylaw recodification language; piggery debate continues.

Planning Board endorses bylaw recodification with contested piggery classification. Chair Bob Hartt and the board voted four to one (with one abstention by Jordan Archey) to retain language classifying piggeries as a by-right agricultural use, citing the Right to Farm bylaw's inclusion of swine and

Conservation Commission approves enforcement order on Knight Road unpermitted fill.

New Marlborough Conservation Commission unanimously issues enforcement order on Knight Road unpermitted wetlands fill. The property owner at 186 Knight Road did not respond to two certified letters requesting attendance, with Conservation Agent Mary Summers reporting no returned calls. The

Transfer Station Working Group approves engineering proposal, container layout.

Transfer Station Working Group approves engineering proposal and container layout for station redesign. The group unanimously endorsed a Berkshire Engineering proposal at $9,800 for site planning and DEP permit preparation, with an estimated three-week approval timeline, and unanimously favored

Board of Health approves level-funded FY 27 budget with select increases.

Board of Health approves level-funded FY 27 budget with targeted increases. The board held most accounts flat while approving a 3 percent increase for the Selectboard Public Health Collaborative's public nursing services and recommending a boost to BOH Officers from $1,250 to $1,550--the first

Planning Board rejects Historic Commission proposal; sets February hearing on bylaw recodification

Planning Board votes down Historic Commission proposal for village construction review. The four-member board present, Chair Bob Hartt, Jordan Archey, Christian Stovall, and Becky Wilkinson, rejected the measure on grounds that mandatory Historic Commission input could worsen affordable housing