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Southbridge Town Council Defeats Regional Dispatch Ballot Question 6-3

SOUTHBRIDGE — March 23, 2026 — Southbridge Town Council votes 6-3 against placing regional dispatch advisory question on ballot. At a special meeting Monday, the nine-member council rejected a motion to put a non-binding recommendation before voters on joining the Central Mass Regional Emergency Communication Center, or CMRECC, despite

Southbridge Conservation Commission Continues Wetlands Filing to April 2

SOUTHBRIDGE — March 19, 2026 — Southbridge Conservation Commission continues wetlands filing and flags potential riverbank hazard. The commission voted to continue a Notice of Intent filed by CRB Development — proposing a single-family home, associated site work, and a private sewer system in the buffer zone of a bordering vegetated wetland

Southbridge Subcommittee Votes to Draft Vehicle and Meeting Video Policies

Southbridge's General Government Subcommittee voted unanimously to research and draft policies for town vehicle use and video recording of all boards and commissions. The subcommittee, meeting March 18 in the Laurent E.

Southbridge DPW Subcommittee Approves New Mechanic Hire and Road Contract Change Order

SOUTHBRIDGE — March 18, 2026 — Southbridge DPW Subcommittee unanimously confirmed a new assistant mechanic hire and approved a $14,877.62 road contract change order at its March 18 meeting. The four-member quorum voted 4-0 to confirm the town manager's appointment of Jeffrey Bailey as assistant mechanic

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

Southbridge School Library Has Had No Book Budget Since 2023 Grant

Southbridge School Committee learns its elementary school library has received no book budget since a 2023 grant and that 85 percent of its collection is outdated.

Southbridge Town Council Adopts Senior Housing Resolution, Confirms Interim Treasurer

Southbridge Town Council votes 8-0 for senior housing resolution as Lebanon Hill tenants face eviction notices.

TRANSCRIPT MISMATCH — see article

TRANSCRIPT MISMATCH — see article

Southbridge Council Confirms Two Firefighters, One Police Officer in Unanimous Votes

Southbridge Town Council unanimously confirmed two firefighter-EMTs and a police officer while tenants of White Paper Strategies-managed buildings demanded enforcement action at the February 26 meeting.

Southbridge Board Sets Hearing After Bar's Bartender Arrested for Drinking on Duty

Southbridge's Licensing Board scheduled a public hearing for Mocky's Bar & Grill after police placed the bar's sole on-duty bartender into protective custody for intoxication during his own shift.

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