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Select Board puts East Hill Road dogs indoors at night

The Select Board ordered East Hill Road dogs kept indoors overnight. Members voted unanimously to enforce item five of the September 15 mitigation order, requiring the dogs inside a barn or house from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. after neighbors reported continued barking.

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Select Board · Meeting of November 2, 2026

BRIMFIELD — The Select Board ordered East Hill Road dogs kept indoors overnight. Members voted unanimously to enforce item five of the September 15 mitigation order, requiring the dogs inside a barn or house from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. after neighbors reported continued barking. A member said the motion did not modify the order.

The board also lifted the voluntary stay on three tax title properties, led by 400 Palmer Road, which owes $1,019,031.10. It announced a $407,000 Rural Development grant for Warren Road sidewalks, appointed Donna McKinney to the Board of Registrars, and delayed an opioid settlement vote to November 9.

In the full story:

  • Appointments and routine business
  • Announcements and sidewalk grant
  • Private ways
  • Nuisance dogs at 28 East Hill Road
  • Board of Health letter, liens and opioid settlement
  • Other items
  • Tax title properties
  • Spectrum cable license
  • Who Was There
  • Organizations And Documents Referenced
  • The complete report: 1,104 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of November 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.

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