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Committees hear DPW facility redesign presentation.

Sterling Finance and Capital Budget Committees reviewed the redesigned DPW facility project, which cuts 8,700 square feet from the building and 1,600 square feet from the canopy. The DPW Facility Committee, consisting of one DPW board member, one Select Board member, one Finance Committee member,

Finance Committee reviews school assessment, approves capital funding plan.

Finance Committee approves 3.7 million capital funding plan for fiscal 2027. Chair Joseph King and the committee, meeting jointly with the Capital Budget Committee, backed allocations across municipal priorities: $315 thousand for a DPW truck through debt exclusion, $881.5 thousand for roads and

Finance and Capital Budget Committees approve FY27 capital spending plan totaling $3.7M

Joint Finance and Capital Budget Committees approved a $3.7 million capital funding map for FY27, drawing from $570.6 thousand in Capital Investment Fund reserves, $1.187 million in free cash, and $715 thousand in new debt exclusion borrowing. The Western Massachusetts Regional School District will

Select Board approves three $700 scholarships; schedules spring cleanup.

Sterling Select Board schedules spring cleanup, approves scholarship awards. Chair Kirsten Newman and the board unanimously approved three $700 scholarships drawn from the Maria Houghton and Iacobucci funds and scheduled the town-wide spring cleanup for Saturday, April 18, 2026. Town Administrator

DPW Facility Committee seeks $25 million for new building.

DPW Facility Committee moves toward $25 million new facility proposal. The Sterling committee approved a preliminary cost estimate of $25 million for a new Department of Public Works building, which includes finished design and construction at 25 percent reduction in size. Jonothan Morini, chair,