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Select Board posts new meeting announcements

Dalton's Select Board posted a fresh round of announcements following its September 28 meeting. Also in today's brief (3 items): Select Board posts new meeting announcements; Special town meeting warrant gets fresh update; Wahconah faces Lenox Memorial in soccer Oct. 5.

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Home sales show wide price split

Dalton home sales showed a wide price split as many August deeds await recorded values. From our own coverage: Home sales show wide price split. Also in today's brief (5 items): No drought restrictions after state lifts warning; Fire district posts new public safety space study; Dalton …

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Dalton Home Sales Show Wide Price Split as Most August Deeds Await Recorded Prices

The Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds recorded 11 Dalton property transfers between Aug. 28 and Sept. 26, but only two carried a sale price by reporting time: $371,000 for 18 Elaine Ave. and $190,272 for 36 Claremont Rd., putting the recorded range at $190,272 to $371,000 and the median at

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Panel elects officers amid meeting dispute

New Dalton public safety building committee elects officers, faces Open Meeting Law complaint threat. From our own coverage: Dalton panel elects officers, reviews station sites. Also in today's brief (5 items): Draft warrant posted for fall Special Town Meeting; Tax collector posts upda…

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Sewer study heads to fall Town Meeting

Dalton will ask fall Special Town Meeting for $200,000 to study sewer pipe infiltration. From our own coverage: Sewer infiltration study heads to fall Town Meeting. Also in today's brief (4 items): Wahconah JV volleyball hosts Lenox Memorial today; Wahconah JV soccer hosts Chicopee Comp…

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Soaring sewer bill confronts Select Board

Dalton Select Board confronts a soaring sewer bill as Pittsfield's new treatment rate squeezes household budgets. From our own coverage: Soaring sewer bill confronts Select Board; Fire district panel weighs truck bay exhaust fix. Also in today's brief (6 items): Free songwriting program…

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Dalton records 18 property transfers in past month

Dalton records 18 property transfers in past month, most sale prices still pending. From our own coverage: Dalton records 18 property transfers in past month. Also in today's brief (4 items): Town Hall offers tips to help cut sewer costs; Town flags nationwide rise in human rabies expos…

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Dalton Fire District Lifts Drought Restrictions as State Ends Level 2 Designation

Dalton's Fire and Water Department confirmed this week that the state has lifted the Level 2 "Significant Drought" designation covering the Western Region, meaning there are currently no water use restrictions in town. The department, which handles both fire protection and the public wa…

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Dalton Deed Filings Rise in Late Summer, but Most Sale Prices Go Unrecorded

Fifteen property deeds were recorded in Dalton from Aug. 14 to Sept. 12, according to Middle Berkshire Registry of Deeds records, but only three listed a sale price. Recorded prices ranged from $242,641 to $775,000, with a median of $350,000. The period's top sale was a $775,000 condominium unit

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