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Select Board approves and posts town meeting warrant

Shirley Select Board unanimously approves town meeting warrant. Vice Chair Andree Jean Jacques moved approval of the warrant, with Clerk Debra Flagg seconding. Chair Brian Hildebrant presided. The motion passed 3-0.

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Select Board approves town warrant, pole hearing, heating grant program

Shirley Select Board clears town warrant with 26 articles approved unanimously. Chair Brian Hildebrant and Vice Chair Andree Jean Jacques endorsed all articles for the May Annual Town Meeting, scheduled at Ayer-Shirley Middle School on Church Street. The board also unanimously approved a Community

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Select Board closes warrant, appoints Witherell to Personnel Board

Shirley Select Board closes town meeting warrant with 27 articles approved for voter consideration. Chair Brian Hildebrant and Vice Chair Andree Jean Jacques unanimously advanced the warrant closure and appointed Laurie Witherell to the Personnel Board. Town Administrator Sawyer reported the budget

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Select Board receives NextGen Energy microgrid proposal.

Select Board receives NextGen Energy microgrid proposal without recorded vote. NextGen Energy CEO Kimberly A. Johnston, Partner and Chief Commercial Officer Gina Ashe, and Partner and Chief Financial Officer Riccardo Bertocco presented the Keep Lights On Initiative, requesting Shirley join a

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Government · Select Board

Shirley Select Board approves liquor license, emergency heating program.

Shirley Select Board grants liquor license to Net Fuel Inc., approves emergency heating program framework. Chair Brian Hildebrant, Vice Chair Andree Jean Jacques, and Clerk Debra Flagg voted 3-0 to approve a beer and wine license for the new gas station and convenience store, with activation

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Select Board approves police hires and grants in routine session.

Shirley Select Board votes unanimously on four police appointments and grant funding. Chair Brian Hildebrant, Vice Chair Andree Jean Jacques, and Clerk Debra Flagg approved Nicholas McLaughlin as a full-time police officer and appointed Toni Bragdon, Katie Hawthorne, and Jodee Coke as police

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Select Board approves 16 senior work-off appointees and five warrants.

Shirley Select Board unanimously approves 16 senior work-off appointees and five treasury warrants. Chair Brian Hildebrant, Vice Chair Andree Jean Jacques, and Clerk Debra Flagg voted to appoint Pamela Nichols, Glenn Doughty, Holly Haase, Joyce Hemingway, Joanne Folkins, Vielka Jones, Deborah

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