Government · Select Board
Shutesbury Board Lifts Lake Wyola Dam Emergency, Pauses Committee Overhaul
Shutesbury Select Board lifts Lake Wyola Dam emergency and defers a contentious committee overhaul after an extended public hearing.
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Government · Select Board
Shutesbury Select Board interviews two finalists for vacant Town Clerk post
Shutesbury Select Board reorganized and interviewed two Town Clerk finalists on July 1, targeting a hire by July 7. Melissa MacNeil was reappointed chair and Eric Stalker vice chair, each by a two-to-zero vote with the new third member, Jim Walton, abstaining on both officer elections.
Government · Conservation Commission
Shutesbury Conservation Commission Closes South Whorl Drive Hearing Unanimously
Shutesbury Conservation Commission unanimously closes a multi-session public hearing on a lakeside home rebuild within a wetland buffer zone.
Government · Select Board
Shutesbury Select Board Approves Dozens of FY27 Committee Appointments
SHUTESBURY -- June 22, 2026, Shutesbury Select Board fills more than two dozen boards and representative posts for fiscal year 2027. The two-member board, Chair Eric Stalker and Member Michael Makepeace O'Neill,
Government · Board of Health
Shutesbury Board of Health clears two permits, advances Jewish cemetery expansion review
Shutesbury Board of Health approves two property permits and opens a complex multi-year review of a proposed Jewish cemetery expansion.
Government · Finance Committee
Shutesbury Finance Committee Advances Five-Year Budget Forecasting Tool
Shutesbury Finance Committee previews multiyear budget model and coordinates school facility planning.
Government · Conservation Commission
Shutesbury Conservation Commission Continues South Laurel Drive Hearing Over Road Ownership Question
Shutesbury Conservation Commission continues lakeside home hearing over unresolved road ownership questions.
Government · Select Board
Shutesbury Select Board Disbands Spear Library Committee, Restructures Lake Wyola Panel
SHUTESBURY -- June 9, 2026, Shutesbury Select Board overhauls Lake Wyola committee, adopts new personnel handbook, and hears Spear Library final report at packed June 9 meeting. The board voted unanimously to transform the Lake
Government · Board of Health
Shutesbury Board of Health conditionally passes 80 Lakeview Drive septic system with tank upgrade requirement
Shutesbury Board of Health issues conditional pass on a lakeside septic system, requiring a tank upgrade and annual well testing.
Government · Planning Board
Shutesbury Planning Board Approves Jewish Cemetery as Religious Use, Continues Land Division Case
Shutesbury Planning Board finds no zoning role over Jewish Community of Amherst cemetery expansion, unanimously invoking Dover Amendment.
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