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Blandford Select Board Approves 5 Percent Raise for Highway Superintendent Halsey

Blandford Select Board gives Highway Superintendent Ray Halsey a 5 percent raise to $81,078 after his first annual performance review.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 6

Government · Select Board

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

Townbrief reporting · Mar 30

Government · Select Board

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

Townbrief reporting · Mar 23

Government · Select Board

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.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 9

Government · Select Board

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.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 2

Government · Select Board

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.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 10

Government · Select Board

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.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 10

Government · Select Board

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.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 9

Government

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.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 2

Government · Select Board

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.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 2