SHUTESBURY Though only one candidate for a three-year seat on the Select Board is on the ballot for Saturday’s town election, the town’s tree warden is running a write-in campaign with support from residents opposed to large-scale solar development.
Infrastructure, senior tax break on Shutesbury Town Meeting warrant
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Published: 6/9/2021 10:39:29 AM
SHUTESBURY Major infrastructure improvements, a senior citizen property tax exemption and a $6.63 million operating budget for fiscal year 2022 are being presented to voters at annual Town Meeting on Saturday.
As in 2020, voters will convene in the field behind the Town Hall at 1 Cooleyville Road at 9 a.m. to take up the 26-article warrant. People are encouraged to bring chairs, though a large tent will be available to protect people from the elements. A port-a-potty also will be set up.
One of the sizable capital projects is the $1.1 million project for replacing a culvert at the Locks Pond Road and Lake Drive intersection, with $500,000 to be borrowed, $250,000 to be transferred from the capital stabilization account, and the remaining money coming from a $500,000 Municipal Small Bridges state grant, where $150,000 has already paid for engineering and des
SHUTESBURY Major infrastructure improvements, a senior citizen property tax exemption and a proposed $6.63 million operating budget for fiscal year 2022 are being presented to voters at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday.As in 2020, voters will convene.
SHUTESBURY Two wells, one on Montague Road and the other near the intersection of Locks Pond and Wendell roads, have high levels of a chemical contaminant, according to letters sent to residents by the Board of Health.The notices, which went out.
Shutesbury well tests show excess forever chemicals
Published: 6/1/2021 11:46:09 AM
SHUTESBURY Two wells, one in the neighborhood around the fire station on Montague Road and the other near the intersection of Locks Pond and Wendell roads, have high levels of a chemical contaminant, according to letters sent to residents by the Board of Health.
The notices, which went out Friday and Saturday, advise that the results are based on preliminary tests by the Department of Environmental Protection and that additional testing is needed to confirm the presence of elevated levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
Still, the letters caution pregnant and nursing mothers, and people with compromised immune systems, to avoid consuming the well water at this time.