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Plainfield Select Board Postpones Annual Town Meeting Four Weeks to May 30

PLAINFIELD — April 14, 2026 — Plainfield Select Board postpones annual town meeting to May 30 and closes the warrant with at least eight articles. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to move the meeting from May 2, citing a compressed timeline created by an executive assistant transition, an incomplete budget, and pending

Plainfield Conservation Commission Continues Solar Hearing, Awaits Spring Soil Tests

PLAINFIELD — March 25, 2026 — Plainfield Conservation Commission continues solar farm hearing, hears of second project withdrawal. The commission voted at its March 25 meeting to continue its public hearing on a Notice of Intent for a proposed 66-unit solar array and energy storage installation to April 29, pending soil

Plainfield Conservation Commission Continues Solar Hearing, Awaits Spring Soil Tests

PLAINFIELD — March 25, 2026 — Plainfield Conservation Commission continues solar farm hearing, hears of second project withdrawal. The commission voted at its March 25 meeting to continue its public hearing on a Notice of Intent for a proposed 66-unit solar array and energy storage installation to April 29, pending soil

Plainfield Conservation Commission Continues Solar Hearing, Awaits Spring Soil Tests

PLAINFIELD — March 25, 2026 — Plainfield Conservation Commission continues solar farm hearing, hears of second project withdrawal. The commission voted at its March 25 meeting to continue its public hearing on a Notice of Intent for a proposed 66-unit solar array and energy storage installation to April 29, pending soil

Plainfield Select Board Sets Broadband Manager Pay at $12,000, Advances Town Meeting Budget

PLAINFIELD — March 24, 2026 — Plainfield Select Board approves $12,000 pay for broadband manager as stabilization fund nears its goal. The board, sitting as the Municipal Light Plant board, voted unanimously Tuesday to set Broadband Manager Kimberly Longley's annual compensation at $12,000 and to recommend that town

Plainfield Select Board Adds Part-Time Officer, Expands Executive Assistant Hours and Pay

PLAINFIELD — March 10, 2026 — Plainfield Select Board votes to hire part-time officer and restructure executive assistant role. The board unanimously appointed a Smith College Police Department officer as a part-time Plainfield officer at $26 per hour — up from the current rate of just over $23 — relying on salary

Plainfield Select Board Adds Part-Time Officer, Expands Executive Assistant Hours and Pay

PLAINFIELD — March 10, 2026 — Plainfield Select Board votes to hire part-time officer and restructure executive assistant role. The board unanimously appointed a Smith College Police Department officer as a part-time Plainfield officer at $26 per hour — up from the current rate of just over $23 — relying on salary

Plainfield Conservation Commission Pursues Soil Scientist for Leap Energy Solar Site

PLAINFIELD — February 25, 2026 — Plainfield Conservation Commission continues review of two solar energy projects amid wildlife, wetlands, and forest-loss concerns. At the February 25 meeting, the commission's chair said he would contact Emily Stockman, a soil scientist with the Southern New England Soil Scientists organization, to conduct

Plainfield Select Board Eyes Wage Hike for Executive Assistant, Cemetery Succession

Plainfield Select Board takes up staff pay equity and cemetery succession with no votes taken.

Plainfield Planning Board Continues Blue Wave Solar Hearing to March 11

Plainfield's Planning Board continued a public hearing on a proposed 6-megawatt solar and battery storage project after a contentious February 11 session raised unresolved questions about fire safety, noise, and community benefit.

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