High school enrollment tops 1,900, vote looms

From Shrewsbury News

• School Committee takes up Ostrander's first-year goals. Shrewsbury's School Committee took up Superintendent Ostrander's first-year performance goals and a proposed policy review with the state school committee association, as new numbers showed Shrewsbury High now enrolling about 1,900 students in a building built for 1,250.Shrewsbury News
• Lake Quinsigamond panel schedules houseboat hearing. Shrewsbury's Lake Quinsigamond Commission moved to schedule an Oct. 28 public hearing on houseboats and similar vessels, after a public commenter urged a harm-reduction approach to any removals that preserves the dignity of people living aboard them.Shrewsbury News
• CPC takes up tricentennial tree-planting funding. Shrewsbury's Community Preservation Committee weighed funding for a tricentennial native tree-planting pilot in Dean Park and the town's playing fields, after staff revealed the town manager's office has barred all financial warrant articles from December's town meeting, pushing the committee's remaining business to May 2027.Shrewsbury News
• Government study panel finds little support for change. Shrewsbury's Form of Government Study Committee found little appetite for change after a September 24 forum drew just 12 of roughly 240 Town Meeting members, with the panel still due to brief the Select Board before drafting recommendations by May 2027.Shrewsbury News

Shrewsbury on Fri, Oct 9

• Town invites residents to tricentennial kickoff event. The town has invited residents to a kickoff celebration marking Shrewsbury's 300th anniversary, bringing neighbors together to honor three centuries of local history; Shrewsbury Patch reports the yearlong celebration formally begins in December.Town of Shrewsbury
• Town adopts new fire inspection tracking system. Shrewsbury is rolling out a new online system for tracking fire and life-safety inspections at commercial properties, letting the Fire Department flag overdue checks and giving property owners a free portal to view reports, Shrewsbury Patch reports.Shrewsbury Patch
• Police department wins $35,000 road safety grant. The Shrewsbury Police Department has been awarded a $35,000 grant to support targeted traffic enforcement and driver-safety education efforts on town roads, Shrewsbury Patch reports.Shrewsbury Patch
• Unpaid water bills face lien after Nov. 1. The town says unpaid water, sewer and stormwater balances from before July 31, 2026 will be placed as a lien on the property starting after November 1, 2026, now that Shrewsbury has entered fiscal year 2027.Town of Shrewsbury
• Town seeks five paid climate resilience liaisons. Shrewsbury is recruiting up to five paid Community Liaisons to guide its MVP 2.0 climate resilience planning over the next 18 to 20 months, focusing on flooding, heat and equity issues for residents.Town of Shrewsbury
• Investor buys 300,000 square-foot industrial park. Equus Capital Partners, in a joint venture with an undisclosed partner, has acquired the roughly 300,075-square-foot Centech Park North industrial development in Shrewsbury, according to a report from commercial real estate outlet REBusinessOnline.REBusinessOnline

Coming up

• Sat, Oct 10: Library book club discusses Of Women and Salt. The DEIB Committee's Chapters in Common book club meets Saturday, Oct. 10 to discuss the novel "Of Women and Salt."Town of Shrewsbury
• Sat, Oct 10, 10:00 a.m.: Library hosts Monster Storytime Saturday morning. Shrewsbury Public Library hosts Monster Storytime Saturday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. in the Children's Program Room.Shrewsbury Public Library
• Sat, Oct 10, 9:00 a.m.: Electronics recycling event set for Saturday. A Shrewsbury Electronics Recycling Event runs Saturday, Oct. 10 at 9 a.m. at St. Nicholas Romanian Orthodox Church, 34 Gold St.Shrewsbury Patch
• Mon, Oct 12: Town Clerk's office closed Monday for holiday. Shrewsbury's Town Clerk's Office will be closed Monday, Oct. 12 for Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day.Town of Shrewsbury
• Mon, Oct 12: DEIB committee meets Monday at town hall. Shrewsbury's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee meets Monday, Oct. 12 at the Municipal Office Building, 100 Maple Ave.Town of Shrewsbury
• Tue, Oct 13, 4:00 p.m.: Housing Authority board meets at Francis Gardens. The Shrewsbury Housing Authority board meets Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 4 p.m. in the community room at Francis Gardens Apartments, 24 Francis Ave.Shrewsbury Housing Authority
• Tue, Oct 13, 7:00 p.m.: Select Board meets Tuesday night. The Select Board meets Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Office Building at 100 Maple Ave., with office hours held earlier that evening at 5:30 p.m.Town of Shrewsbury
• Thu, Oct 15, 5:30 p.m.: Regional opioid task force meets in West Boylston. The Central Massachusetts Regional Opioid Task Force, which includes Shrewsbury, meets Thursday, Oct. 15 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at West Boylston Town Hall.Town of Shrewsbury

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