Select Board

Whately Select Board closes Annual Town Meeting warrant and makes three interim appointments. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend favorable action on all 2026 Annual Town Meeting warrant articles and formally close and sign the warrant, which is set for publication by May 20.

Whately Select Board unanimously backed an energy aggregation change and fielded a major school building grant update at its May 11 meeting.

Whately's newly reorganized Select Board approved a $582,879 masonry repair contract for the Graves Memorial Library at its May 4 meeting. Nathaniel was elected Chair, Crystal Vice Chair, and newly seated member Dan Murphy as Clerk, each by a 3-0 vote.

Whately Select Board unanimously approved four substantive actions at its April 29 meeting, headlined by a $250 emergency expenditure to repair the town's veterans memorial site before the May 24 Memorial Day ceremony.

Whately Select Board reviews record town meeting turnout, dam study, and cut-rate website launch.

Whately's joint Finance Committee and Select Board approved a 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment for non-union town employees and a $5,000 emergency roof repair transfer at the April 15 meeting.

Whately Select Board votes 3 percent COLA and reshapes annual town meeting warrant articles.

Sunderland's Select Board and Finance Committee jointly approved a two-tiered FY27 operating budget and all 18 warrant articles for Annual Town Meeting at their April 13 joint session.

Deerfield's Select Board unanimously placed two Proposition 2½ override questions on the May 19 annual town election ballot, marking the town's first override votes in more than 30 years.

Whately Select Board adopts unanimous statement condemning Trump administration actions, citing threats of civilizational annihilation.