Conservation Commission conducts four routine site visits. The Commission inspected work at four Knight Road area properties on July 9, reviewing fill removal from a buffer zone and plantings completed under Orders of Conditions at 66 Hadsell Street, 187 Stratford Road, and 201 Stratford Road.
Select Board unanimously approves easement for Canaan-Southfield culvert reconstruction, awards two-year tree contract. Chair Tara B. White moved to approve an order of taking for easements on the Sarno property with $1,125 compensation; all three board members voted aye. The board awarded a
Designer Selection Committee unanimously ranks three firms for Town Hall renovation design. The committee conducted hour-long interviews with EDM Studio of Unionville, Connecticut; Studio NDP of Providence, Rhode Island; and Clark Green + Bek of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In a unanimous vote,
New Marlborough Planning Board prepares articles for Special Town Meeting, weighing slaughterhouse regulations. Chair Robert W Hartt and Vice Chair Jordan Archey reviewed the prior decision to allow slaughterhouses as a special permit in rural districts, intending to support local agriculture.
New Marlborough Select Board approves FY 27 appointments and 3 percent wage increase. Chair Tara B. White led the unanimous approval of appointments for over 40 town positions beginning July 1, 2026, and the board adopted employee compensation rates incorporating a 3 percent cost-of-living
Conservation Commission approves five-year pond-dredging permit and accepts member resignation. The Conservation Commission issued an Order of Conditions for an ecological restoration project to dredge Harnett Pond at 0 Steepletop Road, with state certification from the Massachusetts Department of
Select Board approves June 29 Special Town Meeting warrant. The three-member board unanimously endorsed the warrant for the Special Town Meeting scheduled for Monday, June 29 at 7 p.m. at the Fire House. Article 1 seeks to raise and appropriate $3,013,331 for the Southern Berkshire Regional School
Transfer Station Working Group finalizes attendant job descriptions, plans station redesign. Meeting attendees included Freddy Friedman, chair; Tara White; Marc Trachtenberg; and Gardiner Morse, with Charles Loring III arriving shortly after the 3:30 p.m. start. The group approved prior minutes and
Conservation Commission completes nine-property site visit round without formal votes. The three attending members—Kristin Hoffman, Doug Hyde, and Nancy Hannen—reviewed multiple land management and building requests across town, including invasive removal, shoreline work, emergency water damage
Planning Board finalizes four bylaw articles for June 29 Special Town Meeting vote. Chair Robert W Hartt presented amendments addressing dwelling units, building permits, and permit expiration periods; agricultural uses per Massachusetts General Law; accessory dwelling units per Attorney General
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