Housing Trust Board advocates for consolidated CPA housing allocation. The Board agreed to seek 80 percent of Community Preservation Act funds as a single bucket grant, citing efficiency gains and elimination of repeated town meeting approvals for individual projects. Members also revised the
Egremont Board of Health approves septic upgrade, refines microplastics survey. Chairman Charles Ogden, Dr. William Rose, and Ellen Maggio unanimously approved septic design plans from Accord Engineering for 113 Egremont Plain Road, with the leach field's 80-inch groundwater level meeting code
Select Board unanimously approves three appointments to public safety. Police Chief Jason LaForest secured the appointment of Nicolas Langley as a full-time police officer effective May 1, 2026, after Langley passed the physical training test; Langley will enroll in a police academy in Marlborough
Egremont Finance Committee approves $5,440 transfer and backs aggressive Free Cash deployment for FY27. Chair Tom Berkel and members Daniel Blitzer, Bob Noonan, Darya Geether, and Frank Penglase endorsed the strategy to fund budget priorities as rising emergency services and infrastructure costs
Egremont Housing Trust Board caps short-term rentals at 50 properties and 150 nights annually. The board voted 10-1 (Evan Hardcastle dissenting) on the property limit and approved the night cap unanimously. Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved the Chapter 40B Comprehensive Permit for the
Select Board unanimously appoints Ulla Dannebom to Historical Commission. Chairwoman Lucinda Fenn-Vermeulen and the board also unanimously accepted the resignation of Hans Carlson from his position as Evidence Room Officer, effective immediately, with the associated stipend discontinued. The board
Planning Board closes hearing on short-term rental zoning amendment without formal changes. Chair Mary McGurn walked the Board through a definition permitting short-term rentals by right in all districts, with site-based standards for off-street parking, vehicular circulation, and exterior
Egremont Green Committee unanimously approved prior minutes and advanced a $1,500 Green Communities grant application targeting recycling and reuse. Juliette Haas will submit the application to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection by week's end; award notification is expected in
Housing Trust Board advances short-term rental bylaw amendments following community feedback. The Board agreed to cap short-term rentals at approximately 10 percent of town housing stock and to allow unlimited rental nights for owner-occupied premises where residents rent rooms within their homes,
Finance Committee approves four thousand dollars in police reserve transfers and endorses most FY 2027 warrant articles. The panel voted unanimously to transfer thirty-eight hundred dollars to Police account 015210.702 and two hundred dollars to account 015210.700. On warrant articles, the