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Fitchburg Morning Brief, Oct. 24: Committee advances tech zoning moratoriums

Fitchburg's Legislative Affairs Committee advances zoning moratoriums on battery storage and data centers. From our own coverage: Committee advances tech zoning moratoriums; License board takes up Cellar's alcohol case. Also in today's brief (3 items): Library hosts memoir writing workshop Monday.

From Fitchburg News

  • Committee advances tech zoning moratoriums Fitchburg's Legislative Affairs Committee took up two Planning Board petitions on regulating battery energy storage systems and large-scale data centers, as officials weigh how to handle technologies they say are too new to fully understand.Fitchburg News
  • License board takes up Cellar's alcohol case Fitchburg's License Commission took up a summons hearing over The Cellar after a patron served at the bar was later found intoxicated in the parking lot, stemming from an August 22 incident, with commissioners weighing recent operational changes.Fitchburg News

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