New Ashford Select Board approves FY26 budget and spring warrant. Chair Jason Jayko and MLP Manager Ken McInerney approved the town budget of $738,413 and MLP budget of $90,325, with the Annual Town Meeting set for May 19 at 6:00 p.m. The Board unanimously approved renewal of the town website for

New Ashford Select Board sets FY27 tax rate at $6.52, raising median tax bills. The Board set the rate on a $455,564 levy, up from $5.66 the previous year, raising the median single family home tax bill to $2,887 from $2,456. The School Committee amended its budget to $372,161.52, bringing the

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;