Incumbent Lanesborough Selectman Gordon Hubbard faces a challenge from retired Lanesborough police chief Timothy Sorrell in the only contested race during the June 21 annual town election.
The new Lanesborough town administrator Josh Lang and Finance Committee have begun the fiscal 2023 budget process by vowing to come up with a budget the town needs and can
LANESBOROUGH â Lanesborough is under financial pressure to fix its sewer system, town officials say, or face daily fines than could amount to tens of thousands of dollars.
Under a consent decree signed this year with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the town is ordered to put its municipal wastewater pipeline network into compliance with state regulations. Basically it s a complete failure, said Town Manager Kelli Robbins.
Should the town violate any part of the consent decree, the municipality could face, for each violation, daily fines of $100 for the first 15 days, $250 the next 15 days and $500 each day beyond 31 days. For example had any violation occurred since the decree took effect Jan. 13 and lasted through April 10, the total amount would be more than $34,000.