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Select Board addresses ambulance assessment cost surge

Alford Select Board addresses 36-percent ambulance cost increase. Public Health Officer Jayne Smith reported that Southern Berkshire Ambulance charges jumped 36 percent across all district service towns. Board member Peggy Rae Henden-Wilson requested presentations from SBA and comparable cost and

Select Board unanimously appoints Elkin and Cobb to town boards

Alford Select Board appoints members to two town boards. The Select Board unanimously approved appointments of Cia Elkin to the Conservation Commission and Cia Elkin and Lenita Cobb to the Board of Registrars. In other business, the Board of Health reported a flu and COVID vaccine clinic scheduled

Alford Select Board approves West Road eminent domain takings

The Alford Select Board unanimously approved eminent domain takings for West Road bridge improvements on October 16. The Board acquired a temporary easement at 301 West Road and a permanent easement at 307 West Road, awarding $2,540 in combined damages to affected property owners, with

Planning Board schedules December hearing on revised Volpano site plan.

Alford Planning Board schedules December 13 hearing on 220 West Road revisions. Attorney Lori Robbins presented modifications to the approved Volpano project, including an attached garage, smaller pool in the Stream and Pond Overlay District, and relocated driveway. The board directed applicant

Finance Committee endorses Southern Berkshire Hills Regional School District merger.

Finance Committee backs Southern Berkshire Hills merger on financial grounds. The committee voted 4 in favor, 1 abstain, recommending town approval of the regional school district agreement following analysis of operating and capital costs under merger versus status-quo scenarios. Two votes will be