Select Board Plans Forum on Tech School Price Tag
Buckland Select Board warned that a $236.6 million Franklin County Technical School building project could cost the town about $211,000 a year for 30 years.
Buckland Select Board warned that a $236.6 million Franklin County Technical School building project could cost the town about $211,000 a year for 30 years.
Buckland's Special Town Meeting authorized the Select Board to negotiate payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deals with hydroelectric facility owners. Town official Ms.
Buckland recorded nine property deeds from June 19 to July 18, but only four listed a sale price, ranging from $25,000 to $419,000 with a median of $158,500 among those disclosed. The period's top sale was 143 Charlemont Rd at $419,000, sold by Mark and Debra Fiske to Paul and Diana Koc…
Buckland Select Board shortens transfer station and early voting hours, signs climate planning contract. The board unanimously approved six fiscal 2026 budget transfers, including $4,955 for added PFAS testing at the closed landfill and $4,700 for a solid waste hauling overage.
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Ten deeds were recorded in Buckland between June 12 and July 11, 2026, with only four of the 10 disclosing a sale price. Among those four, the range ran from $157,000 to $489,250, with a median of $289,500. The period's most straightforward residential sale was 143 Charlemont Road, whic…
Four property transfers were recorded in Buckland between June 6 and July 5, 2026, but only one carried a disclosed sale price, making market analysis difficult. The sole priced transaction was 23 Birch Rd., which sold June 8 for $100,000 from Charles W. Chmura to T Bank and Traders Tru…
Six property transfers were recorded in Buckland, Massachusetts, between May 31 and June 29, 2026, but only one — 23 Birch Rd., at $100,000 — carried a disclosed consideration amount, precluding a reliable price range or median for the period. That transaction involved a transfer from a…
Eight deeds were recorded in Buckland between May 28 and June 26, 2026, but only two carried disclosed sale prices: 23 Birch Road at $100,000, sold by Charles W. Chmura to T Bank and Traders Trust Co., and 187 Lower St. at $56,000, sold to PAH Properties LLC. Those two transactions prod…
Buckland Select Board closed the warrant for a July 21 special town meeting and backed a plan to let the board negotiate tax deals with the town's hydroelectric plants.