Lanesborough Select Board Votes to Explore Restructuring Baker Hill Road District Tax
Lanesborough Select Board votes to explore restructuring Baker Hill Road District rather than dissolving it.
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Lanesborough Select Board Sets $50 Short-Term Rental Fee, Elects New Leaders
Lanesborough's newly expanded Select Board reorganized, set a $50 short-term rental fee, and endorsed a decade-long open space plan at its June 22 meeting.
Lanesborough Select Board Restructures Fire Truck Financing Articles Ahead of Town Meeting
LANESBOROUGH — May 26, 2026 — Lanesborough Select Board restructures fire truck financing articles and tables mall district dissolution ahead of June 9 town meeting. The board voted 3-0 on each of three reorganized warrant articles that would transfer $225,000 from free cash into a fire truck stabilization account, then
Lanesborough Select Board Approves $13.85 Million Budget for Fiscal 2027
LANESBOROUGH — May 13, 2026 — Lanesborough Select Board approves fiscal 2027 budget at $13.85 million, a 10.28 percent increase, on a 2-1 vote. Chair Debra Maynard and member Jason Brielle backed the budget at the May 13 meeting; Michael Murphy voted against, amid tension over the Greylock Regional
Lanesborough Boards Eye $1.3 Million Free Cash to Cut Property Tax Rate
LANESBOROUGH — April 13, 2026 — Lanesborough Select Board and Finance Committee weigh using $1.3 million in free cash to lower property taxes. At a joint April 13 meeting, the two boards reviewed an FY27 budget schedule with Finance Committee and Select Board warrant votes targeted for May 4 and May
Lanesborough Boards Press Department Heads on Costs in Joint Budget Session
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 Approves Three EMTs as Town Budget Could Rise 10 Percent
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 Appoints New Assistant Building Inspector, Advances Short-Term Rental Bylaw
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 Approves $1.1 Million Deal to Dissolve Baker Hill Road District
Lanesborough Select Board unanimously approves $1.1 million settlement to dissolve the Baker Hill Road District and restart Berkshire Mall redevelopment.
Lanesborough Select Board names Maynard delegate for police and DPW union talks
Lanesborough Select Board designates Chair Deb Maynard as union negotiating delegate as police and DPW contracts near expiration.