Government · Select Board
Fire Truck Debt Looms Over Hardwick Budget
Hardwick officials learned the new fire engine will cost $1.2 million over its life as they opened fiscal 2027 budget talks.
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Government · Select Board
Board Moves To Draft RFP For Main Street Site
Hardwick's Select Board moved to draft an RFP for the vacant 179 Main Street building while pausing one for Ruggles Hill School over a deed dispute.
Government · Select Board
Hardwick plans IT services bid after budget gap
Hardwick's Select Board and Finance Committee found the town has underfunded its IT budget for at least four years, with actual spending now roughly $20,000 over the budgeted $38,000.
Government · Select Board
Hardwick Approves Utility Poles, Sewer Operator
Hardwick Select Board approved ten new utility poles on Collins Road and hired a new wastewater plant operator.
Government · Select Board
Hardwick Board Begins FY27 Budget Review
Hardwick Select Board began its fiscal 2027 budget review, scrutinizing a $675,463 police department request.
Government · Select Board
Select Board sets April 30 deadline for minutes
The Hardwick Select Board voted to accept inventories of 21 unapproved open-session and 24 unapproved executive-session meeting minutes and set an April 30, 2026 deadline to finish the executive-session backlog.
Government · Select Board
Select Board Endorses UMass Health Care Plan
The Hardwick Select Board voted to back a regional push for expanded rural health care through UMass Medical after Baystate Health secured court control of the Gilbert Trust once tied to Mary Lane Hospital.
Government · Board of Health
Hardwick Board Hires Popham for Landfill Monitoring
The Hardwick Board of Health heard that PFAS and 1,4-dioxane contamination near the town's closed landfill exceeds drinking water standards in multiple wells, with no state requirement yet to map the plume's spread toward Ware's water supply.
Government · Select Board
Select Board Names Gaumont Acting Fire Chief
Hardwick residents pressed the Select Board over a failing elementary school boiler after a special town meeting fell short of the two-thirds vote needed for roughly $60,000 in repairs.
Government · Select Board
Hardwick Board Approves Pole Permit, Ambulance Deal
Hardwick Select Board approved a Barre Road utility pole petition, a $1,700 land trust donation, a recycling center hire and an amended West Brookfield ambulance contract, while a resident's open meeting law complaints dominated debate.
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