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Select Board approves highway hire, police academy, and $900,000-plus in capital spending.

Select Board approves highway hire, police and fire vehicle purchases totaling over $300,000. The board voted unanimously to hire Patrick Nilson as a CDL equipment operator at $30.52 per hour for the Highway Department, to send a police officer to the academy, and to place a warrant article

Select Board sets wage increases, trims Emergency Management stipend

Egremont Select Board approves fiscal 2027 wage structure with performance tiers. Employees rated 3.5 to 4.0 on evaluations will receive 1.5 percent raises atop a 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment; those rated 3.0 to 3.49 receive 1 percent. Chair Lucinda Fenn-Vermeulen and Finance Committee

Planning Board advances short-term rental bylaw draft for public input.

Planning Board advanced a Short-Term Rental Zoning Bylaw draft for public input at an April 8 informational session without a formal vote. Chair Mary McGurn directed staff to post the draft with introductory context notes, laying out three current Conditions of Use covering parking, circulation,

Select Board approves police review contract, plans June special town meeting.

Select Board approves $4,000 police department review contract. The board, meeting March 17, funded the independent review through a reserve fund transfer and scheduled a special town meeting for early June to address short-term rental zoning and seasonal community designation, with Board Member

Green Committee approves February minutes, plans plastic-ban exploration.

Egremont Green Committee approves plastic-ban exploration with TURI and BRPC support. Chair Emily Eyre and members heard a presentation from Jaymie Zapata on single-use plastic ban templates covering bags, bottles, polystyrene, and takeout items, with enforcement through the Board of Health. The