Two Shrewsbury-resident obituaries were published this week, both for people who died Monday, August 17, 2026: Forrister, Bernice E. (Dexter), 92; and Koutroulis, Chrisanthe. Forrister's notice, posted on Echovita, listed her as a Shrewsbury, Massachusetts resident but did not name a fu…
Nine property transfers were recorded in Shrewsbury from July 24 through Aug. 22, but only four listed a disclosed sale price. Among those, prices ranged from $200,000 to $750,000, with a median of $379,035. The month's top transaction was a $750,000 Shrewsbury property sale from Nichol…
Shrewsbury Public Library adds a menopause health talk and a Black botanical history lecture to its fall calendar. The virtual lecture, "When Trees Testify: Reclaiming America's Black Botanical History," runs August 25 through the library's Speakers Consortium, and a Community Discussio…
The Regional Opioid Task Force announced new funding opportunities and open advisory board seats for Shrewsbury residents this week. The task force is accepting applications for its Providing Access, Treatment, and Hope grant program and seeking Community Advisory Members, per the town'…
A water-body commission approved a $4,990 contract for a professional weed survey in a 5-0 roll-call vote.
Shrewsbury health officials elevated West Nile virus precautions Wednesday amid rising regional risk. The Central Massachusetts Regional Health Department urged residents to use insect repellent and clear standing water after regional mosquito surveillance showed increased virus activit…
Shrewsbury Conservation Commission lifted two enforcement orders tied to a stalled Green Street subdivision project.
State health officials placed kratom on Schedule I on Aug. 13, and Shrewsbury alerted residents Tuesday. The order, signed by the commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health under M.G.L. c. 94C, Section 2A, classifies kratom alongside the state's most tightly controlle…
The Shrewsbury Form of Government Study Committee voted to close its community outreach survey on Friday, August 21, after roughly 260 resident responses.
The Select Board scheduled a public hearing for Aug. 25 to gather input on naming a town building. The hearing, set for 7:05 p.m., follows a busy Monday in which the town restored water service to Beacon and Marlborough streets after a main break and the Central Massachusetts Mosquito C…
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