selectboard

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Faced with a $3 million deficit, South Hadley’s elected selectboard put two override questions on the ballot—one for $9 million, one for $11 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Woodstock, Vt.—which has a quaint downtown filled with shops, and counts actress Ana de Armas as a part-time resident—has adapted to the social media-driven influx, said Keri Cole, who serves on the town selectboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

“I don’t think anyone had any idea that he was that successful,” said Steve Diorio, chairperson of the town selectboard who’d occasionally wave at Holt from his car.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Rebecca Ellis served on the selectboard of the next-door town of Waterbury for eight years.

From Economist • Mar. 5, 2015

The open meeting law applies to every municipal selectboard, council, board of trustees, municipal commission, committee and subcommittee.

From Washington Times • Jul. 6, 2014