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Charlton Planning Board Requires New Site Plan for Amazon Flex Driver Expansion

CHARLTON — January 21, 2026 — Charlton Planning Board tells Amazon it needs a new site plan before adding flex delivery drivers. The board received an informal presentation January 21 from Amazon project manager Matt Fleck, who described a proposed program using personal-vehicle contractors — dispatched by smartphone app, similar to Uber

Charlton Finance Committee Hears Warning of Up to 20 Percent Health Insurance Increase

CHARLTON — January 21, 2026 — Charlton Finance Committee hears warning of up to 20 percent health insurance rate increase as FY27 budget hearings begin. Finance Director Ashley Obrzut told the committee January 21 that the Hampshire Group trust is projecting premium increases of 16 to 20 percent for the coming plan

Charlton Commission Continues Contested 33-Unit Housing NOI to February

CHARLTON — January 14, 2026 — Charlton Conservation Commission continued a scaled-back 33-unit multifamily housing proposal at 35 North Main Street to February 11 and ratified two enforcement orders against a Worcester Road property owner whose unpermitted six-acre clearing sent sediment roughly 100 feet into a bordering vegetated wetland.

Charlton Select Board opens May town meeting warrant, amends policy adoption rules

CHARLTON — January 13, 2026 — Charlton Select Board opens its May 18 town meeting warrant and rewrites its own policy-adoption rules. The four-member board, meeting January 13 without Member David Singer, voted unanimously to open the Annual Town Meeting warrant with a March 4 article-submission deadline and a

Charlton Voters Approve Opt-Out of State Firearm Ban at Municipal Buildings

CHARLTON — January 12, 2026 — Charlton voters approved a citizen-petition article 481-161 at a Special Town Meeting Monday to opt the town out of the state's designation of municipal administrative buildings, grounds, and parking areas as prohibited zones for licensed firearm possession under M.G.L. c.

Charlton Water Commission Approves FY 2027 Budgets and $18,000 Rate Study

CHARLTON — January 7, 2026 — Charlton Water and Sewer Commission approves FY 2027 budgets and authorizes $18,000 rate study. The commission voted unanimously at its January 7 remote meeting to approve the sewer budget — with the Veolia North America annual contract line increased by $3,000 to buffer a disputed

Charlton Planning Board Continues Villages Multi-Family Hearing, Flags Wetlands Conflict

CHARLTON — January 7, 2026 — Charlton Planning Board continues four public hearings and votes unanimously on all business at a lengthy January 7 session. The most contentious item was the second submittal for GM Properties LLC's 33-unit multi-family Villages development at 35 North Main Street, which has

Charlton ZBA Unanimously Approves Special Permit and Variance for Robert Boulevard Addition

CHARLTON — January 6, 2026 — Charlton Zoning Board unanimously approves expansion of nonconforming lakefront home on Robert Boulevard. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously Tuesday to grant both a special permit and a dimensional variance to Joshua Burden of 27 Robert Blvd., clearing the way for a roughly 10-by-

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