Sandisfield News

SHEFFIELD, Mass. - Mount Everett Regional School is proud to announce Gabriella Makuc as valedictorian and Samantha Swartz as the salutatorian of the class of 2012.

The School Committee for the Southern Berkshire Regional School District has accepted new five-year bus contracts after revised bids came in below the previous offers.

Erroneously thinking they needed a two-thirds majority to spend $150,000 over their levy limit, town officials called Monday's ballot question a failure before realizing on Thursday that state law required only a simple majority.

The Selectmen will head back to the drawing board next week to address how to fund their fiscal 2013 budget and proceed with a proposed road construction after voters shot down a $150,000 levy limit override, putting both items in limbo.

A Lee Selectman won a rematch of a close race three years ago and a veteran town clerk in Dalton easily survived a challenge -- the first in her 26 years in office.

A Proposition 21A1 22 levy limit override is at the heart of Sandisfield's annual town meeting and election, with the town asking voters to budget an additional $150,000 past its levy limit to prevent it from dipping heavily into its free cash account for another year or face cuts to services.