Colebrook Board of Finance unanimously recommends $35,000 authorization for supplemental unbudgeted expenses. The board approved First Selectman Bradley N. Bremer's request, allocating $29,000 to Public Works and $6,000 for the Center Brook DEEP mandate. The Finance board also advanced three FY
Colebrook Conservation Commission meets on invasive species removal strategy. The Commission discussed its multi-town Japanese knotweed project and advanced planning for removal along town roads and adjacent private properties, with 21 identified locations. A follow-up meeting is scheduled for
Colebrook Inland Wetlands Agency greenlights house addition within 100-foot stream buffer zone. The agency unanimously approved the Bodycoats' house addition at 8 Center Brook Rd with permits for upland review and buffer-zone protection, plus erosion control measures. The town's culvert replacement
Colebrook Board of Finance advances FY27 budgets to referendum. The board voted unanimously to send the combined Board of Education and Board of Selectmen budgets, along with the Capital Improvement Program budget line, to Town Referendum after a public hearing on April 9 received only positive
Authority meets in closed session on transfer station acquisition plans. The Northwest Resource Recovery Authority board convened virtually on April 16 to discuss legal strategies for potential acquisition and operation of the Torrington Transfer Station. Board members Daniel Jerram, Elinor
Colebrook Board of Finance finalizes 2026-2027 budgets, sets mill rate at 25.0. The board approved the Colebrook Board of Education budget of $2,497,048.27 and the Regional School District 7 budget of $2,352,816, alongside Board of Selectmen and capital-improvement allocations of $2,323,659 and
Colebrook Board of Finance approves 2026-2027 combined budgets with 25.0 mill rate. The board unanimously approved budgets totaling approximately $7.17 million, including a $2,497,048.27 Colebrook Board of Education budget, a $2,352,816 Regional School District 7 budget, and a $2,323,659 Board of
Assessment appeals board maintains nine assessments in unanimous votes. The Board of Assessment Appeals heard ten property assessment appeals, with unanimous votes maintaining existing valuations for nine appellants and reducing one. Chair Thomas McKeon and Secretary John Fredsall led the board
Colebrook P&Z adds middle-housing language to zoning code. The Planning and Zoning Commission, led by Chairman Todd Correll, unanimously approved prior meeting minutes and unanimously seated three alternates for absent members at its February 9 meeting. The commission agreed to incorporate
Colebrook Board of Assessment Appeals approves one assessment reduction in 10 cases heard. Presiding as newly elected chairman, Thomas McKeon led the three-member board in voting unanimously to reduce Walter J. Gray Jr.'s outbuilding assessment from $65,500 to $50,500 after he presented photographs