Government

Government · Other Committee

Cemetery Panel Advances $56,000 CPA Funding Bid

Stockbridge's Cemetery Commission advanced a $56,000 Community Preservation Act request for gravestone conservation and transcription work.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 27

Government · Other Committee

Stewardship panel votes to invite town counsel

The Stockbridge Bowl Stewardship Committee voted 4-0 with one abstention to invite town counsel to its November 12 meeting on a possible float plane ban.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 22

Government · Other Committee

Assessors vote to reject two tax exemptions

The Stockbridge Board of Assessors voted to recommend against both a residential and a small commercial tax exemption for fiscal year 2027, keeping a single tax rate for all property classes.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 20

Government · Select Board

Select Board OKs War Memorial Plaque Design

Stockbridge's Select Board approved a 468-name Revolutionary War memorial design, with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community offering to cover the $12,369 plaque order.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 15

Government · Other Committee

CPC Sets Dates For FY28 Preservation Grants

The Stockbridge Community Preservation Committee set its funding calendar for the FY28 cycle, locking in an October 26 public hearing and a November 13 application deadline.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 15

Government · Conservation

Commission continues agri-hood hearing to Oct. 27

Stockbridge's Conservation Commission continued a hearing on a disputed agri-hood expansion and pressed MassDOT over a multi-town culvert permit.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 13

Government · Other Committee

Cemetery Commission OKs $44,450 Vault Repair Bid

The Stockbridge Cemetery Commission voted unanimously to approve $44,450 in masonry repairs on the cemetery vault's south, east and north walls.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 9

Government · Other Committee

Panel votes to recommend wake boat ban

The Stockbridge Bowl Stewardship Committee voted 6-0 to recommend the Select Board ban wake boats on the lake.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 8

Government · Other Committee

Assessors Set Oct. 29 Classification Hearing

Stockbridge assessors said the fiscal 2027 tax classification hearing will likely fall on October 29, after the state approved new valuation figures.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 6

Government · Water

Water panel OKs $66,000 clarifier parts order

The Stockbridge Water and Sewer Committee discussed a $66,000 parts order to rebuild an aging wastewater clarifier and flagged concerns about a proposed firehouse site next to the treatment plant.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 6