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Board OKs interim chief as ambulance license falters
Hatfield Select Board grapples with an ambulance licensing crisis that could cost up to $450,000 a year.
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Plainfield Accepts $250,000 Equipment Grant, Rejects Ashfield Regionalization Bid
Plainfield Select Board rejects Ashfield regionalization bid and banks $250,000 equipment grant.
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Southampton Select Board Elects New Chair, Signs First Affordable Housing Purchase Agreement
SOUTHAMPTON -- May 26, 2026, Southampton Select Board reorganizes leadership and signs first affordable housing deal. The board unanimously elected John Whalley as chair after four-year incumbent Chris Kohler declined renomination, with Kohler moving
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Council exempts duplexes from site plan review
The Northampton City Council voted 7-2 to exempt two-family homes from mandatory site plan review, cutting the public hearing and abutter notification process for most duplex construction.
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Ware Select Board amends bucket truck article, advances 30-plus warrant articles for June town meeting
Ware Select Board advances 30-plus town meeting warrant articles and hears Bay State Health announce a new West Street care center.
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Ware Select Board Quadruples Housing PILOT Payment, Answers Open Meeting Complaint
Ware Select Board approves new PILOT deal that more than quadruples payments from senior housing complex.
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Hadley Select Board Elects Parsons Chair, Joins Statewide Water Mutual Aid Network
HADLEY -- May 20, 2026, Hadley Select Board reorganizes under new chair Amy Parsons after Tuesday's elections, which also seated new member Jason Kostick. The board, meeting Wednesday, voted unanimously to make Violet
Government · Select Board
Ware Select Board Reorganizes, Cuts Town Meeting Quorum, Extends Town Manager Contract
Ware Select Board reorganized, extended town manager contract, and lowered town meeting quorum to 80 ahead of a packed June 8 warrant.
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Ware Select Board adopts hazard plan, approves poles, renames bridge
Ware Select Board adopted a FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan and approved utility pole permits at its March 12 meeting.
Government · Select Board
Ware Select Board Rates Town Manager 2.63, Warns of $3 Million Deficit Ahead
Ware Select Board gave Town Manager Stuart Beckley a 2.63 out of 5 on his first formal performance evaluation in several years and disclosed a $671,000 current-year budget gap.
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