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Berlin-Boylston School Committee Appoints Hoffs, Previews $26.9 Million Budget

BERLIN -- February 10, 2026, Berlin-Boylston Regional School Committee appointed Jacqueline Hoffs to a vacant seat and received a preliminary $26.9 million FY27 budget proposal at its February 10 meeting. The committee voted 4-0, with one abstention, to seat Hoffs, a seven-year Boylston Elementary PTO co-chair

Berlin Planning Board Tables Subdivision Endorsement, Cites Affordable Housing Trigger

BERLIN -- February 10, 2026, Berlin Planning Board tables lot endorsement after finding eight-unit subdivision likely triggered town's inclusionary zoning bylaw. Chair Thomas Sanford halted action on an Approval Not Required lot-line reconfiguration for applicant Mark Rhodes on Randall Road after determining that two sequential ANR submissions,

Auburn Planning Board Approves AT&T Tower Site Plan at Lester Street

AUBURN -- February 10, 2026, Auburn Planning Board approves AT&T wireless tower and continues three other pending matters. The board unanimously granted site plan approval Tuesday to New Singular Wireless PCS LLC, which operates as AT&T, for a telecommunications facility near water tanks at 174 Lester Street,

Douglas Water Commission Approves Minutes, Hears Freeze Emergencies and FY26 Budget Overhaul

DOUGLAS -- February 10, 2026, Douglas Water Commission receives emergency operational briefing amid record freeze, rising PFAS concerns. Meeting February 10, the three-member commission, Chair Colin Hayd, Commissioner Phil Spinelli, and Superintendent Bob Sullivan, heard that two households on Percy Street and Brooklyn Street remain without water after a shallow,

Douglas Stormwater Panel Reviews Draft Rules, Plans Planning Board Handoff

DOUGLAS -- February 10, 2026, Douglas's Stormwater Bylaw Committee reviewed its draft stormwater regulations page by page at a February 10 meeting but took no vote on adoption, as the underlying bylaw must clear a second Attorney General review before the rules can take effect. The committee, whose members

Douglas Stormwater Panel Reviews Draft Rules, Plans Planning Board Handoff

DOUGLAS -- February 10, 2026, Douglas's Stormwater Bylaw Committee reviewed its draft stormwater regulations page by page at a February 10 meeting but took no vote on adoption, as the underlying bylaw must clear a second Attorney General review before the rules can take effect. The committee, whose members

Douglas Finance Committee Hears Fire, Library Previews With Budget Pressure Mounting

DOUGLAS -- February 10, 2026, Douglas Finance Committee hears fire and library budget warnings ahead of tight FY27 season. Fire Chief John Furno and Deputy Fire Chief Kelly Manning told the committee February 10 that contractual wage increases will push fire department salary costs up roughly 5 to 6 percent in

Douglas Finance Committee Hears Fire, Library Previews With Budget Pressure Mounting

DOUGLAS -- February 10, 2026, Douglas Finance Committee hears fire and library budget warnings ahead of tight FY27 season. Fire Chief John Furno and Deputy Fire Chief Kelly Manning told the committee February 10 that contractual wage increases will push fire department salary costs up roughly 5 to 6 percent in

Charlton Select Board Defeats Reorganization Motion 3-2, Spiewak Remains Chair

CHARLTON -- February 10, 2026, Charlton Select Board voted 3-2 to keep Chair Karen Spiewak in place, rejecting a reorganization motion that exposed sharp internal conflict at the February 10 meeting. Member David Singer, who requested the item, told the board that Spiewak had on at least six recorded occasions

Sturbridge Planning Board taps regional agency to rewrite solar rules

Sturbridge Planning Board accepts free state-funded help to rewrite solar and battery storage zoning ahead of an October 1 deadline.

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