Dave Watkins

LANESBOROUGH — March 16, 2026 — Lanesborough's Select Board and Finance Committee grilled department heads on rising costs at a joint budget session Monday. EMS Director Jen Weber defended a proposed salary increase to $91,000 and an ambulance enterprise budget jump from $284,000 to roughly $475,000, attributing

Lanesborough's joint Select Board and Finance Committee budget workshop projects a 7 to 10 percent overall tax increase for fiscal year 2027 as the town absorbs the loss of $558,010 in annual Baker Hill Road District revenue.

Lanesborough Select Board unanimously appointed Timothy Sears as assistant building inspector and heard a detailed Planning Board update on a short-term rental bylaw heading toward the June 9 Annual Town Meeting.

Lanesborough Select Board unanimously approves $1.1 million settlement to dissolve the Baker Hill Road District and restart Berkshire Mall redevelopment.

Lanesborough Select Board designates Chair Deb Maynard as union negotiating delegate as police and DPW contracts near expiration.

Lanesborough Select Board approves licenses, warrants, and a joint March budget review with the Finance Committee. The two-member board — Chair Debra Maynard and member Michael Murphy, with Jason Brielle absent — unanimously approved a Class II used car dealership license renewal for R.A.