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Alford Select Board Takes Up Paving Project, School District Concerns

Alford Select Board addresses highway paving and school governance. Highway Supervisor TJ Horrigan reported on a paving project contract pending board review and signature; Chair Bruce Schreiber will attend an Egremont Select Board meeting on mattress recycling. SBRSD representative Carl Stewart

Select Board approves $176,130 blacktop contract

Alford Select Board approves $176,130 blacktop contract. The board unanimously accepted a bid from Williams Paving of West Stockbridge for paving work, the lowest among four bidders, on a recommendation from Highway Superintendent TJ Horrigan. The board heard a report from Board of Health member

Planning Board approves solar array, property split, surety release

Alford Planning Board approves solar array and two related applications in special session. The board voted unanimously to allow a site plan review for a fixed ground solar array at 281 West Road, with screening requirements including a dogwood tree and ten-foot evergreens; plantings are set for

Planning Board continues solar review, subdivision matters.

Planning Board continued three major matters to a special meeting May 19. The solar array application at 281 West Road requires a revised plot plan with property lines, driveway measurements, and specifications for three 10-foot trees needed for year-round visual screening per town regulations;

Alford Select Board approves debt exclusion ballot question

Alford Select Board approves debt exclusion ballot question for May 20 election. Chair Bruce Schreiber led the board in unanimously backing the debt exclusion, which would exclude facility improvement costs authorized at a November 2024 Special Town Meeting from property tax levy limitations. The