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Rutland Select Board sets June 16 special town meeting after override defeat

Rutland Select Board unanimously called a June 16 special town meeting to pursue a second Proposition 2 1/2 override vote after the May 11 ballot failed by roughly 11 percent.

Woodbury Board Hears School District Exit Petition, Backs Citizens Forum

Woodbury Select Board fields school exit petition and hears FEMA stalemate update at May 27 meeting.

Grafton School Committee retains Bram as chair in 4-1 vote

Grafton School Committee voted 4-1 to keep Liora Bram as chair for a second straight year, over objections from member Kristy Kielbasinski, who called rotating leadership "a widely recognized best practice" for preventing any member from accumulating "disproportionate control over the agenda." Rebec

West Brookfield Finance Committee Clears Budget $31,000 Under Levy Ahead of Town Meeting

West Brookfield Finance Committee rescinded and re-voted more than a dozen department salary lines, landing a FY2026 operating budget roughly $30,000 under the levy limit without drawing on free cash.

Westborough Library Trustees Vote to Remove Three Front Norway Maples Before Renovation Ends

WESTBOROUGH -- May 27, 2026, Westborough Library trustees voted to remove three deteriorating Norway maple trees from the library's front yard at their May 27 meeting, as the building renovation remains on track for a September 2026 occupancy milestone. The board unanimously approved the removal of the trees, rated

Audio Failure Leaves No Record of Southbridge Select Board's May 27 Meeting

SOUTHBRIDGE -- May 27, 2026, Southbridge Select Board's May 27 meeting produced no reportable record after a complete audio failure on the community access TV broadcast. The transcript received by Townbrief Southbridge consisted entirely of unintelligible ASR noise, yielding no recoverable names, agenda items, vote tallies, dollar figures, or

Shrewsbury ZBA Continues Patrick Subaru Special Permit Hearing to July

SHREWSBURY -- May 27, 2026, Shrewsbury Zoning Board of Appeals continued a Patrick Subaru dealership permit hearing and cleared four other residential and development matters at its May 27 meeting. The board postponed action on two special permits sought by McCarty Engineering Incorporated and Patrick Motor Group for a proposed 50,

Shrewsbury ZBA Continues Patrick Subaru Special Permit Hearing to July

SHREWSBURY -- May 27, 2026, Shrewsbury Zoning Board of Appeals continued a Patrick Subaru dealership permit hearing and cleared four other residential and development matters at its May 27 meeting. The board postponed action on two special permits sought by McCarty Engineering Incorporated and Patrick Motor Group for a proposed 50,

Lake Quinsigamond Commission defers Newton Pond dock permits pending legal opinion

SHREWSBURY -- May 27, 2026, Shrewsbury's Lake Quinsigamond Commission deferred dock permit decisions for Newton Pond residents in Boylston after the commission chair disclosed that Town Counsel Stephen Mattis had identified two legal limits on the commission's authority. Mattis, who serves as counsel for both Shrewsbury and

Northborough Peasley School Building Committee Targets June Vote on Preferred Design Option

NORTHBOROUGH -- May 27, 2026, Northborough community forum advances Peasley Elementary rebuild toward a spring 2027 voter decision. The third public forum on the Margaret E. Peasley Elementary School building project, held May 27, presented four design alternatives for a roughly 76,000-square-foot pre-K-through-5 replacement or

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