Government

Whately Select Board and Finance Committee agree on a single Proposition 2½ override question for the May 2 town election. Both bodies voted unanimously at their March 16 joint session to combine school and general-government funding into one ballot question, rejecting a split approach.

Whately Select Board approves health insurance negotiation process and personnel policy update. The board voted unanimously Wednesday to engage Mass.

Sunderland boards direct departments to model 5 and 20 percent cuts as $1.5 million budget gap looms.

Whately's Finance Committee and Select Board jointly reviewed more than a dozen proposed FY27 operating budgets at their March 4 meeting, taking no final votes but flagging several areas of uncertainty.