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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — A month after town meeting took small steps to amend the town charter, the Select Board is commissioning a full-scale review of the 1956 document that provides the...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The former mayor of a New York City suburb and the social services director of a California county will interview with the Select Board on Friday afternoon for the...

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The former mayor of a New York City suburb and the social services director of a California county will interview with the Select Board on Friday afternoon for the...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   POWNAL — A “post-termination hearing” for fired longtime Pownal staff member Linda Sciarappa was held Monday, and the Select Board is expected to issue a statement on the matter during its regular meeting Thursday. Board liaison Rebecca Dragon said in an email that Sciarappa, the former town executive assistant, did not attend the meeting Monday, which was held in executive session. The hearing followed a unanimous board decisi...

POWNAL — In the aftermath of a town report mailing error that resulted in a forced rescheduling of the town election, the Select Board has fired longtime town staff member

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   POWNAL — Fallout from the forced rescheduling of Pownal’s March 2 annual election continued to confront local officials and residents Wednesday as new arrangements were made to comply with state election requirements. During an emergency meeting Tuesday evening, the Select Board heard details of a mailing error that resulted in about 1,100 town reports not being delivered to the right voter addresses. Since the reports with annual b...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   POWNAL — A new town office project that voters overwhelmingly approved in 2019 has a new hurdle to clear in March after permitting delays pushed up the estimated cost. After a slide presentation on the project and the cost overruns, the Select Board voted Dec. 3 to place a new, larger bond request before voters at the annual town meeting, seeking authorization for $690,000. That figure is up from the $600,000 bond approved by a 326 to 12...