Government · Communications Committee
Communications Committee updates volunteer-matching tool, plans AI training
Communications Committee discussed volunteer-matching tool development and planned mandatory AI training for town employees.
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Government · Planning Board
Planning Board endorses Shelterwood ANR; Bronner subdivision deferred
Planning Board endorses Shelterwood ANR and orders Woodland Lane developer to fix failed stormwater system. The board voted 4-0 to approve the amended lot-identification plan for Shelterwood Management's three-lot Old Farm Circle subdivision dated July 6, 2026, after the revised mylar was
Government · Lake Committee
Lakes Committee approves new member, names chair after resignation.
Lakes Committee appoints new member and elects chair following resignation. The committee unanimously approved Missy Roser to join and elected Reenie Desabrais as chair after Kathi Smith submitted her resignation to the Select Board. Treasurer John Soja reported a balance of $4,233.00, with $767.00
Government · Planning Board
Planning Board endorses Old Farm Circle plan, holds Hamilton Street ANR
Belchertown Planning Board gives Woodland Lane developer 90 days to fix neglected drainage basins. Meeting without Chair Dan Beaudette, the board voted 4-0 to endorse an amended subdivision plan for Shelterwood Management LLC on Old Farm Circle, dividing a 3.04-acre lot into three parcels.
Government · Select Board
Select Board approves pole installation, mosquito control outreach, and food vendor policy.
Belchertown Select Board approves utility pole installation and food vendor policy. Chair Whitney Jorns Kuhnlenz's board unanimously endorsed National Grid's installation of pole P32-84 on Old Enfield Road following Department of Public Works feedback, approved a revised food and goods policy
Government · Cultural Council
Cultural Council amends 2026 grant priorities, votes to submit revised framework.
Belchertown Cultural Council unanimously approves revised 2026 grant priorities. The six-member council, chaired by Melanie Donovan, voted to remove restrictions requiring school-based events and repealing mandatory application through an education foundation, instead prioritizing new programs over
Government · Historical Commission
Historical Commission approves June minutes, advances 250th anniversary planning
Belchertown Historical Commission advances 250th anniversary planning. The body approved a new logo for marketing and confirmed event details including an abridged Declaration of Independence reading, Belchertown community band performance, food trucks, re-enactments, and fireworks viewing at
Government · Planning Board
Belchertown Planning Board Denies Old Farm Circle ANR Over Missing Owner Notation
Belchertown Planning Board rejects subdivision plan for Old Farm Circle over a missing owner-of-record notation.
Government · Planning Board
Planning Board declines to endorse Shelterwood ANR over bylaw compliance concern.
Planning Board votes down three-lot ANR for Shelterwood Management over bylaw noncompliance. Vice Chair Elizabeth Pols and members Dan Beaudette, Michael Hofler, and Mark Plante voted 4-0 against the Old Farm Circle proposal, dated July 6, 2026, citing violation of section 270-12(A)5, and tabled
Government · Board of Health
Board of Health approves sieve analysis for failed septic system at Mill Valley Road property
Board of Health approves alternate septic testing and system design for constrained property. Vice Chair Kenneth Elstein's motion to allow a sieve analysis instead of a percolation test and a two-foot separation reduction at 59 Mill Valley Road, paired with an Eljen trench system, passed
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