Pontoosuc Lake Closure Notices

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The boat ramp at Pontoosuc Lake will be closed on Monday, May 22 so that state personnel can install a new aluminum dock system.
 
Additionally, the lake will be closed on Tuesday, May 23 to all uses as part of the nuisance aquatic weed management program. 
 
S?Litude Lake Management of Shrewsbury will be conducting an aquatic plant management program to control the growth of nuisance aquatic vegetation at Pontoosuc Lake.
  • The use of the lake will be restricted as follows:
  • Swimming, Boating and Fishing restricted for 1 day or until May 24
  • Direct Drinking restricted for 4 days or until May 27
  • Livestock Watering restricted for 2 days or until May 25
  • Irrigation restricted for 6 days or until May 29
For additional information about this program, contact S?Litude Lake Management at (508) 865-1000.

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Dalton Town Meeting May 6 Preview

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — Voters at the annual town meeting on Monday, May 6, will decide 22 articles, including articles on sidewalks and the authorization of a number of spending articles, including an approximate $22 million budget. 
 
The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at Wahconah Regional High School. Town meeting documents can be found here.
 
A little more than a dozen voters attended the nearly two-hour town meeting information session on Monday. 
 
"That budget is going up about 8 percent from what it was last year. Sounds like a lot, it is a lot, the majority of that is coming from increases in insurance, and schools, and other things the town does not have direct control over," Town Manager Thomas Hutcheson said.
 
"So, the actual town increase is a little under 4 percent. Everything else we're at the mercy of outside forces."
 
Of the $22 million budget, $10,537,044 is the assessment for the Central Berkshire Regional School District and about $10 million is the town operating budget.
 
"Last year, that part of the budget went up 10 percent. So, we're going in the right direction. It's not as low as we'd necessarily like to see, but I think both the Select Board and the Finance Committee did a great job this year of trimming away where they could," Hutcheson said. 
 
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