Government

Government · Planning Board

Planning Board Votes to Ask DEP to Probe Solar Fire

Shutesbury's Planning Board voted to ask the Select Board to request a state probe into an unreported April inverter fire at the Wheelock solar site.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 5

Government · Finance Committee

Finance Committee Backs Most of Fall Warrant

Shutesbury Finance Committee advances fall warrant, declines to back two tax-bill fundraising articles.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 1

Government · Select Board

Select Board finalizes fall warrant, shelves berm vote

Shutesbury Select Board finalizes fall town meeting warrant, punts on divisive highway berm.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 29

Government · Finance Committee

Shutesbury Speeds Up Trash Contract Bidding Process

Shutesbury Finance Committee moves up its new trash-hauling RFP and warns carts could cost up to $140,000.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 29

Government · Planning Board

Planning Board Withdraws Clean Energy Moratorium

Shutesbury Planning Board drops clean energy moratorium after AG pushback.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 24

Government · Conservation Commission

Shutesbury Conservation OKs Two Wetland Permits

Shutesbury Conservation Commission clears two Lake Wyola wetland permits in one night.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 24

Government · Select Board

Select Board Tables Lake Road Upgrades for a Year

Shutesbury Select Board tables lake-road upgrades for a year, orders a liability deal with the Lake Wyola Association.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 22

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.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 16

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.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 15

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.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 14