Bolton Select Board Votes to Raise Senior Bag Age

Select Board · Meeting of June 18, 2026

Bolton Select Board voted to raise the free senior trash-bag program's eligibility age from 61 to 65 and to join the Worcester County Drug Task Force. Chair Kate Buyuk, Brian Boyle and Bill Nickles voted unanimously on every item, including a $600,000 fiscal 2027 paving plan covering nine roads and a hearing scheduled for August 13, 2026, on revoking Daigneault's Liquor Store's license after it sat closed for over a year. Police Chief Donald Murphy said joining the task force "will tremendously help solve crimes happening here." Store owner Christopher Green told the board, "If I lose the license, you know, we're out several hundred thousand dollars." The board also appointed Olivia Peña to the Agricultural Commission and reduced the Economic Development Committee from eight to seven members over quorum problems.

In the full story:

• Police Department Update and the Worcester County Drug Task Force
• Public Hearing: Liquor License Amendment, Bolton Bean
• Appointments
• Public Comment
• Town Administrator Report
• FY27 Paving Plan
• Senior Benefit Program for the Transfer Station
• Alcoholic Beverage License Matters
• Chapter 61A Notification, Sargent Road
• Policy Review Discussion
• NRSD Facilities Lease Review
• Review of Select Board FY26 Goals
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,593 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of June 18, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.