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National Grid Pole Petitions & Under Ground Electric Conduit Public Hearing


Please be advised that at their meeting of Monday, February 2, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. held at the Henry Woods Building, 40 West Street, the Select Board will consider a request to give Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid and VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. (formerly known as NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY) permission to erect and maintain poles and wires and electric conduits to be placed thereon, together with such sustaining and protecting fixtures as said Companies may deem necessary, in the public way or ways hereinafter referred to, permission to excavate the public highways and to run and maintain underground electric conduits, together with such sustaining and protecting fixtures as said company may deem necessary, in the public way or ways hereinafter referred to, and to make the necessary house connections along said extensions.

• South Barre Rd

• Williamsville Rd

• Jackson Lane


Annual Town Meeting Warrant is OPEN

At its meeting on January 5, 2026, the Selectboard voted to open the annual town meeting warrant on January 5th and, at the same meeting, voted to close the warrant on February 9, 2026 at 9:00AM. If you have a warrant article to submit to the Town Administrator, please do so within that timeframe.

The Selectboard also voted to hold the Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 6:30PM at Ruggles Lane School.