Welcome

Town Hall P.O. Box 276 Shutesbury MA 01072 (413) 259-1204 (413) 259-1204 Town Clerk’s page Read Our Town, Shutesbury's newsletter. Join the Town Email List The town has a mailing list for town announcements and information from town committees. To sign up (or to unsubscribe), email web -at- shutesbury.org This is a low-volume list, typically no more than 2-3 messages per week. See Email List Policy. Town Committees and Officials: Submit a message for the town email list.

Welcome to Shutesbury, a rural town in Franklin County, MA, established as Roadtown in 1735 and incorporated as Shutesbury in 1761, named for Governor Samuel Shute. This is the official town Web site, maintained by the town’s Web Committee.

What’s New?

• Housing rehabilitation program. The Franklin County Regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) is pleased to announce that there is currently funding available for Shutesbury homeowners.  Zero percent interest loans allow eligible low-to-moderate income homeowners to repair or weatherize, come up to code compliance or add handicap accessibility. Further information available by clicking this link.
• Results of the Wednesday, March 3, 2010 special election for the vacant position on the Shutesbury Board of Selectmen - term through June 30, 2010:
  

  1407 Registered Voters        197 Ballots Cast        14 % Turnout
  

  DEBRA PICHANICK 80 Lakeview Road	54
  J. APRIL STEIN 34 Montague Road	142    Winner
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• New Website Design introduced, Feb. 17th. There may be a few problems for a short time, please bear with us. Please send any comments or error reports to the Web Committee at web (@) shutesbury.org
• For All Town and School Employees and Volunteers: As voted by the Massachusetts legislature and mandated by the Massachusetts Ethics Commission, every municipal official and volunteer, paid, unpaid, temporary, part time, full time, on-site or off-site is mandated to complete a simple (online) test in government ethics by April 2, 2010. The instructions and test can be found at www.mass.gov/ethics under “Education and Training Resources.” Proof of having passed the test (which can be printed after taking the exam) must be filed with the Town Clerk. For more information, go to the Town Clerk’s page, or call 259-1204.
• The Shutesbury Zoning Map is available from the Planning Board.
• The Town Administrator’s Weekly Reports are available online.
• New regulations for Outdoor Wood Burning Boilers; see Board of Health page.
• The town has a new system for automatically contacting residents in case of emergencies. To read more and enter your contact information, see the Fire Department page.
• Online Tax Payments now available — See Tax Collector’s page.
• Police Incident Logs now available; click on “Incident Log” link from the Police pages.
• The Shutesbury Master Plan is available online from the Planning Board.

Recycling & Trash

M.N. Spear Memorial Library

Lake Wyola

Wetlands on Montague Road