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Southbridge Subcommittee Forwards $6.27 Million in FY 2027 Public Safety Budgets

SOUTHBRIDGE -- May 7, 2026, Southbridge's public safety subcommittee advanced $6.27 million in FY 2027 budgets and approved eleven mid-year transfers Thursday. The Joint Protections of Persons and Properties Subcommittee unanimously forwarded a $270,675 Inspection Services budget, a $5,228,300 Police Department budget, and a

Southbridge "Other Committee" Meeting Transcript Yields No Reportable Municipal Business

SOUTHBRIDGE -- May 7, 2026, A May 7, 2026 Southbridge committee recording produced no reportable municipal content. The submission, labeled only "Other Committee," yielded a transcript of three short, incoherent passages that name no speakers, no agenda items, no dollar amounts, and no votes. No supplementary agenda, packet, or

Southbridge Conservation Commission May 7 Meeting Produces No Reportable Record

SOUTHBRIDGE -- May 7, 2026, Southbridge Conservation Commission's May 7 meeting cannot be reported from available audio. The transcript produced by automatic speech recognition from Southbridge's community access TV recording is almost entirely unintelligible, containing no recoverable speaker names, vote tallies, dollar amounts, motion language, or coherent

Shrewsbury Planning Board deadlocks 2-2 on Greenbrier Drive subdivision modification

SHREWSBURY -- May 7, 2026, Shrewsbury Planning Board deadlocked 2-2 on a Greenbrier Drive subdivision modification and continued three major development hearings to June 4 at a marathon May 7 session that ran past 10:30 p.m. The board's most pointed exchange came over 335 Maple Avenue,

Milford School Committee Unanimously Approves $81.4 Million FY27 Budget

MILFORD -- May 7, 2026, Milford School Committee unanimously approved an $81.4 million operating budget for fiscal year 2027 at its May 7 meeting, locking in a 2.27 percent spending increase after months of negotiations pared back an initial proposal that had called for 8 to 9 percent growth.

Hubbardston Library Trustees Form ADA Grant Working Group, Weigh Renovation Bids

HUBBARDSTON -- May 7, 2026, Hubbardston Library Trustees pursue ADA planning grant and advance lower-level renovation bids at May meeting. The Board of Library Trustees voted 4-0-1 at its May 7 meeting to approve internal fund transfers covering $5,777 in repairs and $1,480 in library supplies,

Douglas Heritage and Honor Committee Sets Memorial Day Parade Order, Flags Unfinished Tasks

DOUGLAS -- May 7, 2026, Douglas Heritage and Honor Committee maps out Memorial Day parade order with several logistics still open. At the May 7 working session, the three-member committee settled on a draft lineup placing the Boy Scouts color guard first, followed by the high school band, veterans, scouts,

Douglas Heritage and Honor Committee Sets Memorial Day Parade Order, Flags Unfinished Tasks

DOUGLAS -- May 7, 2026, Douglas Heritage and Honor Committee maps out Memorial Day parade order with several logistics still open. At the May 7 working session, the three-member committee settled on a draft lineup placing the Boy Scouts color guard first, followed by the high school band, veterans, scouts,

Conservation board approves Southwest Cutoff project with wetland condition

Millbury Conservation Commission approves Southwest Cutoff redevelopment, ties it to wetland cleanup.

Grafton Zoning Board Drops Snow Road Grade Option, Advances 200-Unit 40B Review

Grafton zoning board abandons third road-grade option for 200-unit Snow Road 40B project. The Zoning Board of Appeals, chaired by Brian Waller, voted to continue Case 910 to May 13 after engineers John Grenier of J.M.

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