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Wayland Select Board advances Town Meeting warrant, rejects all six Sherman's Bridge petitions

WAYLAND -- March 9, 2026, Wayland Select Board advances most Town Meeting articles, rejects all six Sherman's Bridge petitions. The board voted 5-0 to approve a third amendment to Town Manager Michael McCall's contract at a $256,750 base salary effective Feb. 27, with member Thomas

Wayland FinCom backs operating budget, rejects $12.3M capital plan

WAYLAND -- March 9, 2026, Wayland Finance Committee backs $113M operating budget but rejects town manager's $12.3M capital plan. The committee voted 5-1 to recommend a $112,964,253 fiscal 2027 operating budget, a 4.63 percent increase tied to a projected 4.89 percent tax-bill

Lexington HDC Presses Developer to Simplify 16 Clarke Street Mixed-Use Proposal

LEXINGTON -- March 5, 2026, Lexington Historic Districts Commission sends 16 Clarke Street mixed-use building back for another revision, targeting an April vote. The commission spent the majority of its March 5 session pressing North Shore Residential Development Inc. and its architect on what commissioners called an overloaded roofscape, too

Weston Finance Committee unanimously backs $2.3 million OPEB contribution for FY27

WESTON -- March 5, 2026, Weston Finance Committee unanimously voted to fully fund the town's retiree benefits trust at $2,326,346 for FY27, rejecting a proposal to redirect some of those dollars toward a new capital stabilization fund. Town Manager Leon Gaumond had floated reducing the Other Post-

Lincoln School Committee approves slip lane pilot for Ballfield Road

LINCOLN -- March 5, 2026, Lincoln School Committee clears slip lane pilot and exits state school choice. The committee unanimously authorized Superintendent Perry Graham to schedule a three- to four-week April or May closure of the slip lane at Ballfield Road and Lincoln Road, the first step toward a 2027

Historic Districts Commission approves church reroofing and Eagle Scout sign, continues two cases

SUDBURY — March 5, 2026 — Sudbury Historic Districts Commission approves church reroofing and Eagle Scout kiosk, sends dormer plan back again. The commission unanimously cleared Memorial Congregational Church to replace its failing 30-year-old three-tab shingles at 26 Concord Road with charcoal architectural shingles, with applicant George Conner telling

Weston Planning Board Delays Regis College Rezoning Vote to Fall Town Meeting

WESTON -- March 4, 2026, Weston's Planning Board voted unanimously to recommend delaying a zoning bylaw vote on a proposed 215-unit senior living complex at 300 Wellesley Street, on the Regis College campus, until fall town meeting. Chair Leslie Glynn said the proposal, filed by developer HYM, arrived

CPC tells Goodnow Library to file new application for archival storage room

SUDBURY -- March 4, 2026, Sudbury CPC tells Goodnow Library a new attic storage room needs a fresh Town Meeting application. In status interviews on six legacy projects, Library Director Amy Stimmick said the 2020 historic-room grant is roughly 75 percent complete, with a $49,980 millwork contract signed and

Sudbury CIAC endorses $2.2M DPW garage floor and most FY27 capital articles

SUDBURY -- March 4, 2026, Sudbury Capital Improvement Advisory Committee endorses $2.2 million DPW garage floor and most of FY27 capital slate. Chair Matthew Dallas led the committee 6-0 through a $2.2 million Article 32 recommendation despite member Tom Travers's objection that the 23.5 percent

Wayland Recreation Commission drafts park-naming policy ahead of new field projects

WAYLAND -- March 4, 2026, Wayland Recreation Commission drafts park-naming policy ahead of new field projects. Chair Asa B. Foster led a March 4 working session that reached tentative consensus on barring naming after living persons, excluding commercial names, imposing a two-year wait after a person's death

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