With town assessments potentially rising by as much as 18 percent, residents and officials pushed back on Superintendent Brian Ricca's proposed fiscal 2027 budget options and criticized him for presenting it without line items.
The gas company is running roughshod over Sandisfield townspeople, too, as it backs away from promises to give the town money to fix roads and bridges that may be chewed up by massive pipeline trucks.
This particular case has far-reaching implications since the land in question is protected under Article 97 of the Massachusetts state Constitution. But this proposed pipeline may be unaffected by the demise of the far larger, $3.3 billion Northeast Direct pipeline project to the north across Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
