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Select Board finalizes warrant for town meeting, ratifies firefighters union contract

Lancaster Select Board authorizes firefighters union contract. After months of negotiation, the board voted unanimously to authorize the Town Administrator to ratify a three-year agreement with the Professional Firefighters of Massachusetts, District 7, Local 5527-Lancaster, effective July 1, 2025,

Select Board declares yellow Labradors dangerous after January attack

Lancaster Select Board unanimously declares yellow Labradors dangerous after January attack. Chair Jason A. Allison and members Ralph A. Gifford III and David R. Carr voted to implement containment and identification measures under Massachusetts General Law. Resident Stuart Hughes presented

SELECT BOARD APPROVES INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

Lancaster Select Board approves development framework for Industrial School for Girls property. Voting unanimously, the board authorized Town Administrator John Woodsmall to continue working with the state Department of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance on the project under the state

Select Board backs fire equipment leases, seeks $220,000 federal earmark

Select Board backs fire equipment leases, seeks $220,000 federal earmark. The Lancaster Select Board unanimously voted to recommend Town Meeting approval of lease-purchase financing agreements for a fire department tanker truck and ambulance under General Law Chapter 44, with terms not exceeding

Select Board Raises Ambulance Rates Despite One Member's Opposition

Lancaster Select Board votes 2-1 to raise ambulance rates after years unchanged. The Board approved new basic life support rates of $1,500, ALS-1 at $1,900, ALS-2 at $2,800, and $37 per mile, with Board Member David Carr dissenting due to concerns about the abrupt increase after a prolonged freeze.