Center Pond

Our Annual Town Census

Town Clerk By now each household in Becket should have received by mail the 2024 Town Census – officially referred to as the Annual Street Listing. The Town Census is required by state law and serves many important purposes for Becket. Each town/city in Massachusetts is required to maintain up-to-date residential street

Select Board Interview: Balancing Taxpayer Needs and High Costs

time residents don’t attend Select Board meetings. Nor do they attend the Annual Town Meeting held each May. Select Board meetings generally draw a handful of folks and the recent Town Meeting recorded just 113 registered voters or about 10% of total registered voters. That means that the

Letter From the Editors

The BB team held our annual retreat on January 6th to review how far we came with our goals for 2023, and to establish goals for 2024. Of note for