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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

Housing Trust advances short-term rental bylaw toward May town meeting.

The Egremont Municipal Housing Trust Board advanced a short-term rental bylaw toward May town meeting, establishing a $400 initial registration fee and $300 annual renewal, with inspection fees to be set by the Select Board or building inspector. Vice-Chairman Doug Mishkin chaired the meeting with

Select Board approves 26 municipal line items, holds library budget.

Select Board approves 26 FY 2027 budget line items, holds library pending revisions. Chairwoman Lucinda Fenn-Vermeulen's board approved police collective bargaining at $485,153, tree work at $60,000, legal fees at $25,000, and police department expenses at $16,000. The board also voted to support a