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CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Town Hall will reopen to the public on June 1 and the Community Center now under the state guidelines.   The Select Board voted at last week's marathon...

  The board on Thursday decided to invite five candidates for interviews out of the 10 who had applied for the position.    "We will be in touch with the applicants and hopefully have them come in for next Wednesday night's meeting," said Chairman Ronald Boucher.    The board is seeking to the fill post after the resignation last month of Ericka M. Oleson, who had accepted a full-time position with the town of Stockbridge.   Officials are hoping to get someone in place as soon as possible. This would be the second member of its financial team it's had to replace in short order: ...

  The new numbers from the state Department of Revenue were received just hours before Tuesday afternoon's tax classification hearing.   Assessor Ross Vivori said the numbers should translate to about a $2 drop on the tax rate.    "A lot of information for whatever reason seems to be coming out late — state budget numbers, state aid numbers, so forth and so on," he told the Select Board. "And so just literally earlier today, we got some revised numbers which change the amount that we're levying to."   The increased state aid reduces the amount the town must levy to cover its ex...

  There is significant deterioration in the concrete wall along the south side of the Cross Road across from Hall's Ground.    Town Administrator Rebecca Stone on Wednesday said Highway Foreman Kyle Hurlbut had planned to be at the meeting but the roads required his attention because of the snow that night.    "What he's looking is for a motion to contract with Foresight Services. They do a lot of our engineering for us, they're out of Pittsfield," she said.        "We could bring it out to bid but Foresight has been our go-to and they've been very, very good to the town ov...