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?

• Preliminary Shutesbury results of the January 19 senatorial election. Of the 1430 registered voters, 935 ballots were cast, a 65% turnout.
  

  Brown - 158
  Coakley - 771
  Kennedy - 5
  All Others - 1
  

• The Board of Health has a brief message and Gov. Patrick's Proclamation of National Influenza Vaccination Week
• 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.
• 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.