Government · Conservation
Panel Continues 26-Unit Main Street Hearing to Oct. 1
Sturbridge panel continues review of 26-unit Main Street apartment plan over stormwater and buffer concerns.
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Government · Select Board
Select Board Advances Solar Bylaw Before Deadline
Sturbridge rushes a solar and battery-storage zoning bylaw toward a Nov. 16 Special Town Meeting before an Oct. 1 state deadline.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of August 31, 2026 through September 6, 2026
This week's Sturbridge obituary notices include one resident: Gaumond, Patricia A., 71, of Shepard Rd. She died Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester, after a long illness. She is survived by her brother, Richard F. Gaumond of Sturbridge, and her close friend…
Real Estate
Single Disclosed Sale Leaves Sturbridge's August Price Trend Unclear
Worcester County recorded seven property transfers in Sturbridge between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only one deed disclosed a sale price: $288,000, for a parcel sold by Cheryl A. Rennie to Operative Bank. The other six, at Walker Pond Road (two deeds), Valley Road, Fiske Hill Road, Charlto…
Schools · School Committee
Schools return $200,000 surplus to town
Sturbridge schools close fiscal 2026 with a $200,000-plus surplus returned to the town. A district financial official told the School Committee the district finished the year "in very good shape," turning back more than $200,000, including $160,000 originally appropriated for a new bus.
Real Estate
Sturbridge August Deeds Show Wide Gap Between Two Disclosed Sale Prices
Sturbridge recorded 12 property deeds between July 31 and Aug. 29, according to Worcester County Registry of Deeds records, but only two listed a sale price. Those two sales ranged from $207,000 to $520,000, producing a two-sale median of $363,500. The period's most notable disclosed tr…
Government · Conservation
Conservation Panel Reappoints Chair, Approves Five Permits
Sturbridge's Conservation Commission reappointed its chair and vice chair and approved five wetlands permits Thursday.
Government · Planning Board
Planning Board Votes to Petition for Solar Bylaw Rewrite
Sturbridge Planning Board voted unanimously to petition the Select Board for a rewritten solar bylaw ahead of a state October 1 permitting deadline.
Real Estate
Sturbridge Deed Data Shows Wide Price Gap Between Two Disclosed Sales
Sturbridge recorded 13 property transfers between July 24 and August 22, but only two carried a disclosed sale price: $100,000 for 207 Main St. and $437,525 for a property listed only as Sturbridge, MA. The median of the two disclosed prices was $268,762. Main Street and Hamilton Road e…
Government · Select Board
Select Board Keeps Single Tax Rate for FY27
Sturbridge Select Board kept a single tax rate for fiscal 2027 and ratified a new police contract.
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