The town has hired two people for critical Town Hall positions, filling gaps after a series of departures shook the small municipality and left it scrambling.
With its 80-plus miles of roadway and a population of about 915 scattered around vast tracts of state forest, Sandisfield has a next-level real estate problem. And it might have
SANDISFIELD â When people arrived at Town Hall for Monday nightâs Select Board meeting, they found an envelope on the table with board member Mark Newmanâs resignation letter inside.
It is the fourth departure from a town office in two months, and Newman resigned on what was the last day of Dolores Harasykoâs 26 years as town clerk here.
His resignation is the latest controversy to roil the town after a spring of discontent over a commercial pot cultivatorâs plans, disagreements turned caustic, and followed by the sudden announcement that Town Administrator Joanne Grybosh would resign and Harasyko would retire. It didnât take long before Assistant Town Clerk Pauline Bakunis also said she was quitting.
SANDISFIELD â David Hubbard once had to drive his backhoe down Dodd Road to bring his wife home because her truck got stuck in the mud.
Hubbard says the roads arenât casting off water before the dirt turns to mud. He says the ditches arenât deep enough and that laying gravel and grading isnât doing the trick.
âItâs like trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon,â he said. âIt will not fix it, and it is a waste of money and it is dangerous.â
Several weeks ago, a UPS driver couldnât get up the same road.