The June 18, 2024 Special Town Election Specimen Ballot is now available.
Water test results from the Town Common water is now available on a monthly basis. Access the reports on the Town website.
A Special Town Election is scheduled for Tuesday June 18th, 2024.
Applications (Absentee and Vote-by-Mail) can be found on the town’s website (www.ashbyma.gov) or by calling/emailing the Town Clerk’s office: 978-386-2424 x121, tclerk@ashbyma.gov
The last day to register to vote for the June 18th Special Town Election is Saturday, June 8th, 2024.
Meeting Agenda for the Conservation Commission meeting, May 15, 2024 at 7:30pm ET.
Connect to the online meeting in one of the following ways:
Please adhere to the following rules when joining the meeting to allow the meeting to be conducted efficiently:
How to guide for joining Zoom meeting with computer for video and phone for audio
In January, Governor Maura Healey filed her Municipal Empowerment Act, a wide- ranging bill intended to help increase and strengthen municipal finances.
One of the bill provisions include a new Motor Vehicle Excise (MVE) surcharge. Ahead of enactment by the Legislature, this local option was voted on and approved at the May 4, 2024, Annual Town Meeting. If this bill should fail in the Legislature, then Article 16 will be a moot point.
Article 16
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of G.L. c. 60A, §10 (a) allowing the Town to increase the assessed amount of the excise tax assessed pursuant to G.L.c.60A, § 1 by a rate of 5 percent, such increase to take effect on assessments in the next calendar year; such acceptance contingent upon enactment by the Legislature of the so-called Municipal Empowerment Act.
Current law sets the MVE tax at $25 per $1,000 of a declining percent of a vehicle’s value, with value defined as the manufacture’s list price in the year made. The MVE tax is one of the largest local receipts for most municipalities. Currently, the average MVE bill is $154. In communities where this local surcharge is adopted, the average bill would increase by $7.70 (5 percent of the total bill).
The next step for this bill, in which the House must report, is Friday June 14, pending concurrence.
Meeting agenda for the upcoming North Central Climate Change Coalition Meeting, May 15, 2024 @ 7pm. The meeting will be conducted online (virtual). Instructions for participating in the meeting are provided. Meeting documents are available from the Planning Board page.
Access the online meeting:
You can also dial in using your phone.
Access Code: 350-890-645
United States: +1 (646) 749-3122
- One-touch: tel:+16467493122,,350890645#
Please adhere to the following rules when joining the meeting to allow the meeting to be conducted efficiently:
Agenda for the Selectboard Meeting, May 13, 2024 at 6:00pm. To access and participate in this meeting you will need to so by telephone or computer.
Access the online meeting in one of the following ways:
Meeting ID: 910 1720 9308
Password: 860619
Please adhere to the following rules when joining the meeting to allow the meeting to be conducted efficiently:
Ashby Cub and Girl Scouts is collecting cranberry sauce to support the Ashby Legion’s Annual Chicken BBQ on May 27th, 2024!
Please support both groups by donating cans of cranberry sauce to either the box located at the Ashby Legion or outside Ashby Elementary School.
Donations are needed by May 20, 2024.
If you have any questions, please email ashbycubscoutpack27@gmail.com.
Meeting agenda for the upcoming Planning Board Meeting, May 8, 2024 @ 7pm. The meeting will be conducted online (virtual). Instructions for participating in the meeting are provided. Meeting documents are available from the Planning Board page.
Access the online meeting in one of the following ways:
Meeting ID: 876 0964 1256
Password: 983732
Please adhere to the following rules when joining the meeting to allow the meeting to be conducted efficiently:
Agenda for the Selectboard Meeting, May 8, 2024 at 7:00pm in the Selectboard Room on the second floor in Town Hall and virtually through Zoom.
To access and participate in this meeting virtually, you will need to so by telephone or computer.
Connection details:
Please adhere to the following rules when joining the meeting to allow the meeting to be conducted efficiently:
Here are a list of instructions for connecting to the meeting by phone or by computer/tablet.
Before you go to Town Meeting, review the Special Town Meeting Warrant and Annual Town Meeting Warrant.
Come out and vote! Town Meeting is at the Ashby Elementary School gymnasium starting at 9:30AM.
The Transfer Station will be opening one hour earlier this Saturday, May 4, 2024, to give you an opportunity to visit and vote at the Town Meeting. The Swap Shop will also be open.