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Millbury Select Board forms screening committee after town manager's exit

Millbury's town manager announces exit to Clinton, board scrambles to launch search. The Select Board voted unanimously Tuesday to form the nine-member screening committee required under the town charter, then appointed board member Mary Krumczyk as its representative with one abstention.

Southbridge Schools Announce 19-Position Cut to Close $1.8 Million Budget Gap

SOUTHBRIDGE -- April 14, 2026, Southbridge schools face an $1.8 million structural budget gap heading into fiscal year 2027, with at least 19 positions already cut. Receiver Bill Metzger and Business Manager Matt Rabido presented the spending plan to the School Committee on April 14, built on a net appropriation

Oakham Finance Committee Approves Fire Engine Repair, Splits BESS Legal Budget

OAKHAM -- April 14, 2026, Oakham Finance Committee approves fire engine repair and restructures legal budget amid tight FY27 outlook. The committee, chaired by Corey Packard and meeting jointly with the Board of Selectmen on April 14, voted 4-0 to transfer $4,643.49 from the reserve fund to repair

Northborough Council on Aging approves community needs assessment survey for distribution

NORTHBOROUGH -- April 14, 2026, Northborough's Council on Aging approved a community needs assessment survey and set a late-May distribution deadline at its April 14 meeting. Chair Fran Baxter led the board through a detailed line-by-line review of the draft survey, which will be entered into

Lunenburg Sewer Commission Hunts Missing Pressure Line at 100 Laurel Lane

LUNENBURG -- April 14, 2026, Lunenburg Sewer Commission debates missing pressure line and out-of-district development inquiry. The commission, meeting April 14 at the Department of Public Works, heard from DPW staff member Bill Bernard that an as-built drawing documents a pressure line running to a shutoff at 100

Lunenburg Officials Push Back on Budget Criticism Before May 2 Town Meeting

LUNENBURG -- April 14, 2026, Lunenburg's Select Board became a public forum for budget disputes as town meeting approaches May 2. Fire Chief Patrick Sullivan appeared in person to refute accusations of "bait and switch" in the fire department's fourth-shift staffing plan, saying the

Lunenburg Council on Aging Votes Honorary Membership for Former 18-Year Chair Pete Lincoln

LUNENBURG -- April 14, 2026, Lunenburg's Council on Aging voted unanimously to grant honorary membership to former chair Pete Lincoln and sounded an urgent alarm that the town's property-tax deferral program has vanished from the official website weeks before a scheduled override vote. The board, meeting

Hubbardston Planning Board Corrects Article 4 Draft, Sets April 23 Review Before Public Hearing

HUBBARDSTON -- April 14, 2026, Hubbardston Planning Board identifies cascading errors in Article 4 zoning table ahead of April 30 public hearing. Working without their planner, who was absent, the five-member board spent nearly two hours reviewing a draft conversion of Article 4 from narrative zoning text to a table

Gardner Planning Board Recommends Sign Code Restructuring, Continues Walmart Fuel Station Review

GARDNER -- April 14, 2026, Gardner Planning Board continues Walmart fuel station review toward May decision. The three-member board, Chair Eric Flint, Paul Cormier, and Steve Cormier, with Robert Swartz absent, voted 3-0 on every item at its April 14 meeting, which adjourned in 13 minutes. City Engineer Rob

Douglas Water Commission Unanimously Raises Commissioner Stipend to $1,500

DOUGLAS -- April 14, 2026, Douglas Water Commission votes to raise commissioner stipends and restructures budget ahead of state review. The commission unanimously approved increasing the annual per-commissioner stipend from $1,200 to $1,500 at its April 14 meeting, acting on advice from town counsel that a standalone vote

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