🌱 How much more will Shelburne pay for senior services next year?

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• How much more will Shelburne pay for senior services next year?

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• Tuesday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 32 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
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• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 41 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Board of Managers approves nearly $393K FY27 budget for Senior Center in Shelburne Falls (recorder.com) — Shelburne residents face a 3.5% increase in their FY27 assessment to support the West County Senior Center, which now uses a five-year usage average to divide costs among Ashfield, Buckland and Shelburne. The nearly $393,000 budget covers rising utilities, rent, insurance and staff raises, including a pay bump for Director Juli Moreno as she temporarily handles transportation duties. Town voters will see this funding request at spring Town Meeting.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Book Babies
  Greenfield Public Library Children's Activity Room
  10:00 am
• Drop In Mending Clinic
  Greenfield Public Library Makerspace
  2:00 pm
• Drop-in Scrabble at GPL
  Greenfield Public Library 2nd Floor Games Corner
  4:30 pm
• Drop-In Knitting & Crochet
  Greenfield Public Library Makerspace
  5:30 pm
• SCEMS Board of Oversight
  Deerfield, MA Calendar , 8 Conway StSo , Deerfield
  6:00 pm
• Deerfield Board of Assessors Meeting
  Deerfield, MA Calendar , 8 Conway StSo , Deerfield
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Toddler Time Story Time
  Greenfield Public Library Children's Activity Room
  10:00 am
• Ad Hoc Senior Housing Committee Meeting
  Deerfield, MA Calendar
  5:00 pm
• Selectboard/Board of Health/Sewer Commissioners Meeting
  Deerfield, MA Calendar , 8 Conway StSo , Deerfield
  6:00 pm
• Community Preservation Committee Meeting
  Deerfield, MA Calendar
  6:15 pm

Thursday December 18

• Public Hearing - Petition of NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for approval of its 2022-2024 Three-Year Energy Efficiency Plan Term Report
  Ashfield, MA Calendar
  2:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Greenfield Town

• Franklin County's 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment prioritizes food security (recorder.com)

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