Whately's Select Board tabled a motion to open the warrant for a Nov. 16 special town meeting, pushing items like a senior center budget shortfall toward the spring annual meeting instead.
The Whately Housing Committee narrowed a town housing site's feasible density from a theoretical 12 units down to two to eight units, citing new floodplain mapping.
Franklin County recorded 14 Whately property transfers between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, but only three carry a sale price so far: $65,000, $70,000 and $100,000, for a median of $70,000, with the rest pending the registry's typical posting lag. The period's top recorded sale was 45 Christian Lane at
Whately selectboard leaned against new technical school building ahead of Tuesday's special election. From our own coverage: Selectboard, finance panel lean against tech school building. Also in today's brief (3 items): Town posts unofficial results in tech school vote; Fall bulky waste…
The School Committee voted 4-0 to adopt an updated student protection policy, Policy ACL, and repeal its predecessor, Policy JHE.
Whately School Committee adopted a revised policy on law enforcement and immigration-agent interactions, rescinding its prior version.
Whately School Committee adopted a policy routing ICE paperwork off campus and reviewed MCAS data showing equity gaps.
The Whately Selectboard and Finance Committee leaned toward recommending a "no" vote on a new Franklin County Technical School building ahead of the regional district's October 6 vote.
Whately schedules special election on multimillion-dollar Franklin County Tech School building funding plan. From our own coverage: Whately appoints Liz Sillen as town assessor; Community TV board again lacks quorum. Also in today's brief (3 items): Special election set on tech school f…
Whately Planning Board endorsed a lot-line split for 23 LaSalle Drive and heard an early pitch for a 299 River Road solar project.