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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

Planning Board continues five Town Meeting zoning articles, presses Turnpike Road property on compliance

SOUTHBOROUGH — March 23, 2026 — Southborough Planning Board unanimously continued five zoning amendments toward the April 11 Annual Town Meeting and pressed Capital Group Properties over persistent lighting, landscaping, and tree violations at 154 Turnpike Road. Chair Meme Luttrell and board member Marnie Hoolahan told applicant William DePietri that his submitted

Hubbardston Planning Board finds 1980s aquifer map no longer valid, orders update

HUBBARDSTON — March 19, 2026 — Hubbardston Planning Board finds its aquifer favorability map scientifically outdated and flags need for full revision. At the March 19 meeting, Planning Board consultant William Murray of Places Associates told the five-member board that the aquifer favorability map embedded in the zoning bylaw — originally produced

Southbridge Planning Board Meeting Goes Unreported After Recording Fails Completely

SOUTHBRIDGE — March 18, 2026 — Southbridge Planning Board's March 18 meeting cannot be reported from available audio. The community access TV recording of the March 18, 2026 Planning Board session produced an automated speech-recognition transcript so severely degraded — filled with disconnected fragments, repeated filler, and phonetic nonsense — that

Milford Planning Board Pulls Food Truck Bylaw From Spring Town Meeting Agenda

MILFORD — March 17, 2026 — Milford Planning Board shelves food truck bylaw from spring Town Meeting, questions whether zoning is the right framework. The board, meeting March 17, reached informal consensus that mobile food vending at events like Celebrate Milford and the Tuesday night bandstand should be governed by a general

Lunenburg Planning Board Continues 20-Unit Townhome Proposal Over Fire Access Concerns

LUNENBURG — March 16, 2026 — Lunenburg Planning Board continues 20-unit townhome proposal and advances two de minimis site plan changes at March 16 meeting. The board continued three public hearings for 860 New West Townsend Road — where Daniel and Rachel Brackett are seeking approval for four lots each containing a

Dudley Planning Board Certifies Sophie's Way Subdivision Complete, Retains $1,500 for Rain Gardens

DUDLEY — March 11, 2026 — Dudley Planning Board certifies Sophie's Way subdivision complete on a 4-1 vote, ending a multi-year dispute. The board, meeting March 11, issued the Form J certificate of completion for the five-lot Sawmill Road LLC subdivision after Graves Engineering's October

Douglas Planning Board continues Pine Sand earth removal hearing pending MassDOT letter

DOUGLAS — March 11, 2026 — Douglas Planning Board unanimously advances a new 95,000-cubic-yard earth removal permit for Pine, Sand, and Stone Incorporated along Route 146 while pressing an agricultural development for overdue soil data. The board voted to authorize staff to draft a conditional decision on special permit

Berlin Planning Board Votes to Press Developer on Inclusionary Zoning Dispute

BERLIN — March 10, 2026 — Berlin's Planning Board voted 5-0 to send a revised letter to a developer's attorney and alert the building inspector over an inclusionary zoning dispute tied to an eight-lot subdivision. Board member Thomas Andrew, who drafted the original letter, rewrote it

Auburn Planning Board Stalls Nancy Drive Acceptance, Demands Core-Sample Testing

AUBURN — March 10, 2026 — Auburn Planning Board halts Nancy Drive acceptance vote, demanding core samples before action. The board voted unanimously at its March 10 meeting to continue a public hearing on accepting the residential road as a public way, with Chair Ronald E. Brooks and Vice Chair Glenn Feldman

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