New Ashford Select Board approves Berkshire Public Health Alliance service contracts unanimously. Chair Jason Jayko and Member Mark Phelps voted to bind the town through FY27, with quarterly billing and direct permit fee collection; MLP Manager Ken McInerney abstained. The board also adopted a
New Ashford Planning Board unanimously approves Form A subdivision at 91 Route 7. Surveyor Pat McColgan presented plans to reconfigure the Lacasse property into two lots, each meeting town frontage and acreage requirements, and the five-member board signed off without dissent. Chair Diane George
New Ashford Select Board tackles Fire Department unresponsiveness. Chair Jason Jayko reported that Fire Chief Frank Speth failed to follow through on assigning a street number to a property owner delayed in connecting electricity, describing it as part of an ongoing pattern of unresponsiveness;
New Ashford Board of Health approves nursing contract increase, elects new chair. The board unanimously elected Helen Majchrowski as Chair following the resignation of Richard George; Emilee Gagliardi remains Vice Chair. The board approved a 4 percent increase to the public health nursing contract
New Ashford Select Board approves $3,250 contract to remove dangerous trees from Cemetery Road by month's end. Chair Jason Jayko and member Mark Phelps voted unanimously to authorize Tree Warden Mario Gagliardi to hire the contractor. The Board also reviewed a Berkshire Alliance Board of Health
New Ashford Select Board unanimously authorizes Fire Station door repair. Chair Jason Jayko, selectman Mark Phelps, and MLP Manager Ken McInerney approved purchase of a door shock absorber for $75 on motion by Phelps, seconded by McInerney. The board reaffirmed its prohibition on personal Fire
New Ashford Select Board approves spending and planning measures at January meeting. Chair Jason Jayko and board members Ken McInerney and Mark Phelps authorized a $60 annual wi-fi app plan for the Fire Station generator and approved reimbursement of $150 to Animal Control Officer Keith Beebe from
New Ashford Select Board unanimously approves intermunicipal recycling-sharing agreement with Lanesborough. Chair Jason Jayko's board voted to accept the deal at $250 monthly ($3,000 annually) for access to bottle, can, plastic, and paper recycling offered Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon, with summer
New Ashford Board of Health unanimously approved prior minutes and heard state compliance briefing from Berkshire Public Health Alliance. Dan Hassett reviewed the Statewide Accelerated Public Health for Every Community Act, which requires training certifications for officials; Hassett estimated his
Select Board approves Community Development Block Grant program for housing aid. The Board unanimously backed participation in the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission program, which offers up to $70,000 per household for rehabilitation of heating, septic, wells, and de-leading, placing a 15-year