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Board of Health approves prior minutes, advances food permit

Egremont Board of Health approves prior minutes and confirms food permit progress. Board Chairman Charles Ogden and member Ellen Maggio, with Director Juliette Haas recording, voted 2-0 to adopt February 12 minutes and confirmed that The Mill owner Terry Moore completed his ServeSafe certification,

Planning Board adopts longer short-term rental definition for community review

Egremont Planning Board adopts detailed short-term rental zoning definition. Chair Mary McGurn steered the board's 3–1 vote for the longer STR definition over a briefer alternative, with John Lanterman voting no. The board agreed to bring the definition and a proposed "major/minor" classification

Housing Trust debates short-term rental cap ahead of March vote

Housing Trust Board weighs short-term rental bylaw with March 2 vote looming. The board discussed a $400 registration fee, natural person ownership rules, and a potential cap at the current 85 registered properties. The central dispute: Blake McDonald and others questioned whether a 50-night annual

Select Board approves workforce housing site work, PFAS treatment unit.

Select Board approves workforce housing and PFAS work, accepts assessor resignations. Chair Lucinda Fenn-Vermeulen, Vice Chair Judi Goodman, and Member Mary Brazie unanimously approved $133,340 in site work with the Community Development Corporation for a workforce housing project behind Town Hall

Board of Health approves ServeSafe deadline and fines policy.

Egremont Board of Health votes to require ServeSafe certification at The Mill restaurant within 14 days or face closure. Chairman Charles Ogden and board members Dr. William Rose and Ellen Maggio also unanimously approved a new Fines and Fees Policy to enforce timely permit renewals with automatic