Blandford Select Board Greenlights Chapter 61A Property Appraisal, Ambulance Contract
Blandford Select Board approves $35,000 chapter 61A property appraisal and $65,850 ambulance contract at March 9 meeting.
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Blandford Finance Committee Denies Planning Board Three New Budget Lines Totaling $41,000
BLANDFORD — March 5, 2026 — Blandford Finance Committee rejects three Planning Board budget line items and caps police and fire chief raises at 2.5 percent. At the March 5 budget review session, the committee voted unanimously to deny a $30,000 town planner salary line and an $11,000 administrative
Blandford Solar Map Would Bar Development on 93 Percent of Town Land
Blandford energy committee hears that 93 percent of town land could fall in a solar-prohibited zone under a proposed overlay bylaw.
Blandford Approves $34,000 in SCADA Change Orders, Hears $1.5 Million Grant Briefing
Blandford Select Board approves two SCADA change orders totaling more than $34,000 and hears that a suite of grants could cover most of the water work required under a state consent decree.
Blandford Select Board and veterans agent find communication gap at budget review
Blandford Select Board discovers communication breakdown with veterans agent, questions $10,000 fund.
Blandford Select Board Questions Use of $10,000 Veterans Budget After Years of Inaction
Blandford Select Board meets with veterans agent for the first time in years, finds significant gaps.
Blandford Select Board Approves Library Construction Contracts with DRA and Skanska
Blandford Select Board locks in library construction contracts and debates Eversource response at February 9 meeting.
Blandford Select Board Previews Eversource Substation Hearing, Tables December Minutes
Blandford Select Board previews EFSB hearing on Eversource substation and plans town hall office reorganization.
Blandford Select Board Eyes Town Hall Reorganization, Tables December Minutes
Blandford Select Board approves November minutes, previews state energy hearing at brief February session. The board voted to accept its November 24, 2025 meeting minutes, with one abstention from a member who was absent that night, and tabled its December 8 minutes to the following week.
Blandford Budget Review Raises Questions About Cemetery Trust Account Payments
Blandford budget session surfaces cemetery trust accounting gaps and contractor change.