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Blandford Select Board hears Gateway Regional faces $1.5 million budget shortfall

BLANDFORD -- March 30, 2026, Blandford Select Board takes up Gateway Regional's $1.5 million budget crisis and defers road paving decisions to next week. Gateway Regional School District Superintendent Dr. Matosaro told the board Monday that a $1.5 million increase in fixed costs, driven by health insurance,

Blandford Select Board approves highway trailer contract, hears cannabis HCA pitch

BLANDFORD -- March 23, 2026, Blandford Select Board approves calcium trailer purchase, hears cannabis cultivation pitch, and sets compressed special town meeting timeline. The board unanimously approved a purchase order with vendor ABI for a custom calcium trailer, funded through Chapter 90 state reimbursement, with payment due within 30 days of

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.

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.