The Shrewsbury Housing Authority board reported 38 apartment turnovers since April 1, nearly double last year's pace, while fielding resident safety complaints. Staff member Kelly said 12 Towers units and 26 family units turned over, compared with about 20 in the prior 12 months.
Two obituary notices for Shrewsbury residents were published this week: Cerny, Barbara (Swanson), of West Dennis and Shrewsbury, who died October 3 in Worcester, and Souda, David Richard, 60, of Shrewsbury, who died unexpectedly on October 2. Cerny's notice was posted by Mercadante Fune…
Shrewsbury police secured a $35,000 state grant to fund traffic safety enforcement through next September. From our own coverage: Shrewsbury logs 12 property transfers in latest roundup. Also in today's brief (13 items): Police land $35,000 state road safety grant; Lawsuit over Boston f…
The Worcester County Registry of Deeds recorded 12 property transfers in Shrewsbury from Sept. 11 to Oct. 10, but only one had a posted sale price as of this report: $597,500, with New England Home Buyers LLC as seller. The other 11 transactions, on streets including Boylston Street, Gr…
Shrewsbury High enrollment reaches 1,900 in a building built for 1,250 as expansion vote looms this fall. From our own coverage: School Committee takes up Ostrander's first-year goals; Lake Quinsigamond panel schedules houseboat hearing. Also in today's brief (18 items): Town invites re…
The Shrewsbury School Committee unanimously approved Superintendent Ostrander's first-year performance goals and opened talks on a comprehensive policy review with the Massachusetts Association of School Committees.
The Lake Quinsigamond Commission voted 8-0 to schedule an Oct. 28 public hearing on houseboats and vessels with similar impacts on the lake.
Lake Quinsigamond commissioners ordered a 34-foot houseboat removed, rejecting the owner's argument that it skirted the 30-foot vessel rule. From our own coverage: Lake panel orders 34-foot houseboat removed; Planning Board closes hearing on car dealership. Also in today's brief (15 ite…
Shrewsbury's Form of Government Study Committee found little appetite for changing town government after a September 24 outreach forum drew just 12 of roughly 240 Town Meeting members, 11 of whom spoke in favor of keeping representative Town Meeting.
Shrewsbury's Community Preservation Committee approved $107,960 for a tricentennial native tree-planting pilot project in Dean Park and the town's playing fields.
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