Select Board approves renewed Charter cable license

Select Board · Meeting of April 27, 2026

Berlin's Select Board approved a renewed cable license with Spectrum/Charter, raising the company's town payment to the legal cap of 5 percent of gross revenues. The board closed a required public hearing with no public comment, then voted unanimously to execute the license effective May 5, 2026. Charter's representative, Nancy Clark, confirmed the company has up to 12 months to survey wiring and restore a third local public-access channel that had lapsed when Boylston stopped sharing its channel.

The deal also adds the town administrator's office as a third site getting free cable service. "It's the maximum permitted by law," negotiator Bill told the board of the 5 percent cap. The board separately renewed a junk dealer license for Berlin Auto Parts and presented outgoing member Scott a certificate for his service from 2020 to 2026.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of April 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

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