Charlton Switches Health Insurer, Freezing Employee Rates at Zero Percent for FY27
Charlton Select Board unanimously approves switch to new health insurer, introducing deductible for first time.
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Charlton Finance Committee Opens FY27 Budget Hearings Across Four Departments
CHARLTON — March 11, 2026 — Charlton Finance Committee launches FY27 budget hearings across four departments, with a caution on long-term sustainability. Town Administrator Andrew Gazda presented a preliminary draft consolidated budget showing a projected positive variance of $1.1 million but warned that last year's new-growth windfall
Charlton Conservation Commission closes five hearings, continues multi-family housing case to May
CHARLTON — March 11, 2026 — Charlton Conservation Commission approved five actions and continued two hearings at its March 11 meeting. The commission closed public hearings and issued orders of conditions for a transmission line upgrade along Carpenter Hill Road replacing 60 wooden poles with steel structures along line U-173, and
Charlton Select Board Closes ATM Warrant, Awards $266,850 Grounds Contract to Local Firm
CHARLTON — March 10, 2026 — Charlton Select Board unanimously closed its Annual Town Meeting warrant and awarded a $266,850 grounds maintenance contract at its March 10 meeting. The three-member quorum — Chairman Karen Spiewak, Vice Chairman Stephen Koronis, and Clerk Basia Zurawski — approved a three-year contract for recreational property
Charlton Board of Health Awaits DEP Approval to Resume Flint Road Landfill Work
CHARLTON — March 10, 2026 — Charlton Board of Health tracks Flint Road landfill approvals and raises solar panel PFAS concerns. The board, meeting March 10, heard from Health Director James Philbrook that the Flint Road landfill project remains on hold pending state Department of Environmental Protection approval of a soil import
Charlton Planning Board Approves Conditional Temporary Occupancy for Boston Outdoor Living
Charlton Planning Board unanimously approved conditional temporary occupancy sign-off for Boston Outdoor Living and selected VHB to lead the town's master plan update at its March 4 meeting.
Charlton ZBA Continues Smith Road ADU Hearing, Approves Pizza Shop Storage Permit
CHARLTON — March 3, 2026 — Charlton Zoning Board continues Smith Road ADU case, unanimously approves City Depot Road storage permit. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously March 3 to continue to April 7 a variance petition from James and Linda Pietro of 39 Smith Road, whose plans for a roughly
Charlton ZBA Continues Smith Road ADU Hearing, Approves Pizza Shop Storage Permit
Charlton Zoning Board continues Smith Road ADU case, unanimously approves City Depot Road storage permit.
Charlton Finance Committee Receives Fire, Library, Building, and Sewer Budget Requests for Fiscal 2027
Charlton Finance Committee hears sweeping FY27 budget requests, defers building fee vote.
Charlton Select Board Votes Unanimously to Begin Health Insurance Carrier Switch
CHARLTON — February 24, 2026 — Charlton Select Board unanimously votes to begin switching employee health insurance away from Hampshire County Group Insurance Trust. The board voted 5-0 on February 24 to authorize the formal process under MGL Chapter 32B, Sections 21 to 23, the required legal step before the town