Government · Town Council DPW Subcommittee
Panel presses DPW over missed trench patching
The Southbridge DPW Subcommittee reviewed ADA sidewalk failures and a cost overrun on the North Street project at its September 9 meeting.
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Schools · School Committee
Committee moves to petition state on receivership
Southbridge School Committee begins push to exit state receivership.
Real Estate
Southbridge Deed Filings Show $246,000 to $520,000 Price Spread
Worcester County Registry of Deeds records show 10 property transfers recorded in Southbridge between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only three disclosed a sale price, ranging from $246,000 to $520,000 with a median of $445,000. The top transaction was 83 Pine St. at $520,000, involving Mortga…
Government · Protection of Persons and Property Subcommittee
Southbridge confirms two fire lieutenants
The Southbridge Protection of Persons and Property Subcommittee confirmed two new fire lieutenants and backed an alternate animal control inspector.
Government · Planning Board
Southbridge Planning Board Fails to Endorse Parcel Plan
Southbridge Planning Board motion to endorse a four-parcel merger fails for lack of a second.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of August 24, 2026 through August 30, 2026
One Southbridge obituary was published this week: Plouffe, Elzear "Putsin," 84, who died August 26, 2026. Arrangements are being handled by Sansoucy Funeral Home of Southbridge. No further biographical details were available in the source notice.
Real Estate
Southbridge's two disclosed sales this period ranged from $150,000 to $265,109
Southbridge recorded five property deeds between July 31 and Aug. 29, but only two listed a disclosed sale price: $150,000 and $265,109, putting the midpoint of known prices at $207,554. The period's top disclosed sale was 9 South St., sold by Henry and Adela Baez for $265,109 to Guaran…
Government · Other Committee
Panel refers tax title bylaw, revises licensing rules
Southbridge's Town Council By-law Review Committee referred a new tax title payment bylaw to town counsel and pushed through a string of Chapter 6 licensing fixes.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of August 17 through August 23, 2026
Southbridge's obituary notices this week list two residents: Dean, Joseph R. II, and Caiani, Mafalda B. Joseph R. Dean, II, 81, of Grandview Rd., died Thursday, August 20 at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after a long illness. Mafalda B. Caiani, 90, of Fairlawn Ave., died Sa…
Real Estate
Southbridge Property Prices Span $14,541 to $581,250 in Late-Summer Deeds
Southbridge recorded 11 property transfers between July 24 and Aug. 22, though only five listed a sale price. Disclosed prices ranged from $14,541 for 64 High St. to $581,250 for 121 Charlton St., the period's top sale, with a median of $305,405. No street had more than one recorded sal…
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