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Finance Committee hears FY2027 budget presentations from seven departments

Budget season opens for Southwick as departments present FY2027 proposals. The Finance Committee and Select Board held a joint hybrid budget hearing on Saturday, March 21, where representatives from the Board of Assessors, Department of Public Works, Water Commission, Buildings and Grounds, Police

EDC approves social media engagement, endorses dog park support

Southwick Economic Development Commission approves social media engagement, endorses dog park support. The commission voted to begin weekly posts through Little Dog Social Media under Serena Fuller's direction and endorsed a letter supporting the Friends of the Southwick Dog Park. Chair Greg Deily

Select Board approves two grant applications and authorizes road work under Chapter 90 funding.

Select Board approves grant applications and road contracts. The board unanimously authorized applications for Johnson Brook Culvert replacement ($13,000 town match on $130,000 phase) and zoning bylaw Phase II updates, and approved FY26 Chapter 90 crack sealing and Ed Holcomb Road Phase II repaving

Conservation Commission orders friendly enforcement on North Loomis wetland violation

Southwick Conservation Commission addresses wetland violation with friendly enforcement. The Commission voted 6-1 to pursue friendly enforcement for a measurement error at 292 North Loomis Street, with property owner Anthony Dorsey proposing corrective grading, loaming, seeding, and rock-wall

Lake panel tightens ice-vehicle rules, advances management plans

Lake Management Committee tightens winter-recreation rules, advances plant management plan. The committee voted unanimously to remove a plowing exception from the town's ice-vehicle bylaw and to expand penalties to include all costs of violations, moves prompted by town expenses from winter