Government · Board of Health
Board of Health Backs 10 Test Pits for New Cemetery
Shutesbury Board of Health clears soil test pit holdup for prospective cemetery land.
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Government · Select Board
Select Board Endorses Pay-As-You-Throw Trash Carts
Shutesbury Select Board endorses pay-as-you-throw trash carts and confronts an unreported solar fire.
Government · Planning Board
Planning Board OKs clean-energy moratorium
Shutesbury Planning Board backs a solar moratorium and a $20,000 permit fee after a battery fire scare.
Government · Library Trustees
Shutesbury trustees approve library annual report
Shutesbury Library Trustees approve annual report, review lingering building repairs. The six-member board, Elizabeth, Pam, Michelle, Brad, Kate and Ann, voted unanimously, 6-0, to approve May and July minutes and the library's fiscal year annual report.
Government · Finance Committee
Fincom Preps PFAS Funding Options Before Oct. 17
Shutesbury's Finance Committee previewed rising PFAS costs and free-cash risk ahead of an Oct. 17 special town meeting.
Morning Brief
Bank Sellers and Family Transfers Mark Quiet Month for Shutesbury Deeds
Shutesbury recorded seven property deeds between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but none had a sale price recorded, so no price range or median can be reported for the period. Five of the seven transfers listed a bank, credit union, or mortgage company as seller, including deeds on Pelham Hill Road, West
Government · Conservation Commission
Shutesbury adopts first conservation land rules
Shutesbury Conservation Commission adopts its first rules for town conservation land, 5-0.
Morning Brief
Eight Shutesbury property transfers recorded in late summer, no sale prices recorded yet
Eight properties changed hands in Shutesbury between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, according to Franklin County Registry of Deeds filings, but none of the deeds had a sale price recorded, making it impossible to calculate a price range or median for the period. Lake Drive had two transfers, at 20 Lake Drive…
Government · Select Board
Select Board Votes to Accept Donated House
Shutesbury Select Board accepts a donated Cooleyville Road house and widens Lake Wyola committee eligibility to 2,000 feet.
Government · Board of Health
Health board delegates septic sign-off to agent
Shutesbury Board of Health confirms West Nile-positive mosquitoes, streamlines a septic fix.