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Select Board approves liquor extension and dog park gate funding.

Select Board approves liquor extension and dog park gate at March meeting. Chair Lucinda Fenn-Vermeulen and members Mary Brazie and Judi Goodman unanimously appointed Emily Eyre to the French Park Dog Park Committee and confirmed $2,880 in donations to fund a sally port gate system to prevent small

Housing Trust Board advances short-term rental bylaw toward June vote.

Egremont Housing Trust Board advances short-term rental bylaw toward June town meeting. The board voted unanimously to recommend the bylaw, as amended, to the Select Board for placement on the June 10th special town meeting agenda, after debating whether to modify the previously adopted 50-unit cap

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,