Dalton Fire District Prioritizes Ambulance, Fire Improvements in Budget

The Fire District is anticipating a budget of $3,516,650 for fiscal year 2025, an increase of $820,196 from last year.

Dalton Fire District to Hold Informational Session April 10

The Dalton Fire District will be having an informational session on Wednesday, April 10, at Wahconah Regional High School starting at 6:30 p.m.

Dalton Fire District Votes to Return Ladder Truck ARPA Funds to Town

Dalton Fire District Works to Improve Website

Dalton Fire District Starts Drafting Budget

The district has been tightly budgeting the last three years in an effort to keep the taxes down but prices are continuing to increase so this cannot continue, Water Commission Chair James Driscoll said.

Dalton Fire District Seeks Legal Action Over Ladder Truck

The ladder truck was ordered in late 2022 but its delivery date has been changed at least four times.

Dalton Fire Chief Hired But Name Will Be Released at Later Date

The district does plan to hold a swearing-in ceremony the first week of February. The exact date has yet to be determined.

Dalton Fire District Tax Rate Increases

The tax rate has increased by 36.78 percent, or .32 cents, from last year's rate of 87 cents per $1,000 property value.

Dalton Officials Nix Fire District Article at Special Town Meeting

The town has a lot more pressing priorities it needs to attend to, including reconstruction projects and other priorities that are costly to the town, Select Board Vice Chairman Dan Esko said.

Adams Fire District Sets New Tax Rate

The rate accepted Wednesday morning at the tax classification hearing represents a five-cent increase over the last rate of 91 cents. Increased assessed values in town largely drove this rate.

Water Usage Dispute Between Pittsfield and Dalton

The city is claiming that the district is using 66 million gallons of water per month, Water Superintendent Bob Benlien told the Board of Water Commissioners on Tuesday.

Williamstown Fire District Moving to Acquire New OPM for Station Project

Prudential Committee Chair David Moresi mentioned the move during his report to the annual fire district meeting on Tuesday at Williamstown Elementary School.

Williamstown Fire District Gets OKs for Site Work on Station Site

In separate sessions with the Conservation Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals, fire district officials got the OK for a "cut and fill" project that will raise the grade of the area planned for construction to bring it roughly to the same elevation as Main Street (Route 2).

Adams Fire District Sets New Water Rate

The new rates will go into effect on July 1.

Adams Fire District May Expand to Entire Town

The Fire District membership voted to increase the district's size to the town's limits at the annual meeting bringing a new fire protection and street lighting charge to new members.

Dalton Fire District's $3M Budget Approved

Voters approved all 24 articles on the warrant at the annual Fire District meeting on Tuesday night at the Stationary Factory.

Dalton Fire District's $3M Goes to Voters on Tuesday

The 22 articles on the warrant amount to $2,950,182, a $253,728 increase from the previous year.

Dalton Historical Commission on Hunt for Fire District Charter

The department was established Feb. 25, 1884, and granted a charter that April. But Fire Chief James Peltier said he is unsure where to find this document.

Williamstown Fire District's Building Committee Discusses Site Work, Sees Cost Estimate

The latest estimated bottom line for the project, including so-called "soft costs," is just less than $25 million, according to the district's owners project manager, Colliers International.

Williamstown Fire District Will Postpone Fire Station Funding Vote

It was announced at an informal forum about the new building project at Mount Greylock Regional High School that the committee met earlier that day and voted unanimously to put off the early December vote until district officials have clarity on issues that will impact the funding of the project.

Adams Fire District Signs $600K Lawsuit Settlement

The Fire District's Prudential Committee has officially signed a $600,000 settlement agreement for a class-action lawsuit over its fire protection and street lighting fees.

Adams Fire District Gets Second Open Meeting Law Complaint

The Adams Fire District has received its second Open Meeting Law complaint in the last month, despite the insistence of the Prudential Committee and legal counsel that it has complied with the law.

Adams Fire District Approves Two Bylaw Changes in Special Meeting

The Adams Fire District approved both of the proposed bylaw changes on the warrant at its special meeting on Wednesday.

Adams Fire District to Hold Special Meeting on June 16

The Adams Fire District will hold a special meeting on Thursday, June 16, to debate two bylaw amendments, including one that would have customers pay some fees directly to the town.

Williamstown Fire District Celebrates Briggs' Service

After decades of service to the town's fire district and decades more to the protection of lives and property, Ed Briggs said an emotional goodbye at Tuesday's annual district meeting.