Millbury Planning Board endorses six zoning articles for town meeting
Millbury Planning Board backs six zoning warrant articles, overriding staff advice on a Route 146 rezoning.
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Sterling Town Board Approves Phone Switch, Building Repairs, New Highway Hire
Sterling Town Board votes to ditch Frontier phones, approve major town hall repairs, and hire a highway worker.
Southbridge EHS Subcommittee Approves Two Appointments, Accepts $2,305 in Donations
Southbridge's EHS Subcommittee recommended two committee appointments and accepted $2,305 in donations at its March 23 meeting.
Southbridge Town Council Defeats Regional Dispatch Ballot Question 6-3
SOUTHBRIDGE -- March 23, 2026, Southbridge Town Council votes 6-3 against placing regional dispatch advisory question on ballot. At a special meeting Monday, the nine-member council rejected a motion to put a non-binding recommendation before voters on joining the Central Mass Regional Emergency Communication Center, or CMRECC, despite
Shrewsbury CPC Unanimously Backs $300,000 Grant for Historic Schoolhouse Restoration
SHREWSBURY -- March 23, 2026, Shrewsbury Community Preservation Committee recommends $300,000 grant for District 5 Schoolhouse restoration ahead of town's 300th anniversary. The committee voted unanimously at a March 23 special meeting to send the Shrewsbury Historical Society's grant application to the Annual Town Meeting as
Northborough Select Board closes warrant, rejects firefighter stabilization fund 1-4
NORTHBOROUGH -- March 23, 2026, Northborough Select Board closes town meeting warrant, rejects firefighter fund, zeros out its own salary line. The board voted 5-0 Monday to eliminate the Select Board salary line, approximately $6,280, from the fiscal year 2027 operating budget, with Member Jacob Jones moving the item
Milford Appoints Christofoli as First Director of Municipal Services
MILFORD -- March 23, 2026, Milford Select Board unanimously creates Director of Municipal Services post, names Highway Surveyor Scott Christofoli to fill it. The board voted Monday to approve Christofoli's appointment to the newly structured role, which absorbs his existing highway surveyor duties and adds oversight of the transfer
Lunenburg Select Board Sets Override Tiers at $2.4 Million and $3.3 Million
LUNENBURG -- March 23, 2026, Lunenburg Select Board narrows two-tiered FY27 override to $2.4 million and $3.3 million after lengthy budget workshop. Meeting Monday, the board restructured a Proposition 2½ override proposal, moving an assistant town clerk position into the lower Tier 1 package, cutting animal control funding
Lunenburg School Committee Approves Austerity Budget, Cuts Three Sports and All Transportation
LUNENBURG -- March 23, 2026, Lunenburg School Committee unanimously approves a worst-case balanced budget that eliminates three varsity sports, cuts all athletic and band transportation, and would push elementary class sizes to 30 or more students per room. Superintendent Dr. Fortuna presented the revised budget, deeper in cuts than the
Lunenburg Planning Board Endorses 24-Parcel Parmenter Road Lot Division
LUNENBURG -- March 23, 2026, Lunenburg Planning Board unanimously endorses 24-parcel Parmenter Road lot division, approves Amazon maintenance building. The board endorsed ANR-26-3 at 410 Parmenter Road, clearing a 23-lot residential subdivision past its first regulatory hurdle after surveyor Greg Roy of Dillis and Roy presented an