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Planning Board approves Coptic church site plan in 4-1 vote

WAYLAND -- February 11, 2026, Wayland Planning Board approves Coptic church site plan 4-1 over chair's objection. The board signed off Tuesday on the St. Philopater Mercurius and St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church at 169 Rice Road after a marathon line-edit of the draft decision. Chair Anette

Wayland Finance Committee questions $2.5 million high school baseball field plan

WAYLAND -- February 11, 2026, Wayland Finance Committee questions $2.5M ballfield plan inside a $12.3M FY27 capital budget. Town Manager Michael McCall and Finance Director Brian Keveny presented a proposal roughly $4 million above the Capital Improvement Planning Committee's $8.3 million recommendation, with CIPC Chair Kelly

Wayland Conservation Commission continues 123 Dudley Road home over scale concerns

WAYLAND -- February 11, 2026, Wayland Conservation Commission delays 123 Dudley Road home over 119-tree clearing. The commission voted 7-0 on Feb. 11 to continue the Notice of Intent to March 4 after Conservation Administrator Linda Hansen and abutters challenged the scale of a three-story house proposed by

Weston Select Board Refers Regis Senior Housing Project to Planning Board

WESTON -- February 10, 2026, Weston Select Board refers Regis campus senior housing project to Planning Board and appoints three committee members. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to send HYM Investment Group's proposed 300 Wellesley Street senior living development, featuring up to 195 independent and assisted living units, a

Weston unveils final draft 2026 Open Space and Recreation Plan at public forum

WESTON -- February 10, 2026, Weston held its final public presentation of the draft 2026 Open Space and Recreation Plan on February 10, drawing roughly double the public survey response of the previous 2017 update. The ad hoc Committee on Open Space and Recreation Plan, appointed by the Select Board and

Weston Historical Commission Advances Glen Road Tudor House to Public Hearing

WESTON -- February 10, 2026, Weston Historical Commission finds three historic-area properties significant and clears two applications at its February 10 meeting. Co-Chair Phyllis Halpern presided as the commission voted unanimously to find structures at 59 Orchard Avenue, 265 Glen Road, and 50 Golden Ball Road historically significant under

Planning Board continues wetland-bylaw hearing to Feb. 24

LINCOLN -- February 10, 2026, Lincoln Planning Board delays vote on deleting 1973 wetland zoning section. The board unanimously continued the public hearing on Article 34, which would strike Section 12.2, the W-Wetland and Watershed Protection District, and amend the Zoning Map accordingly, to 7:01 p.m. Feb.

LS committee approves $40M FY27 budget, discloses five-year Stephens contract

SUDBURY -- February 10, 2026, LS School Committee approves $40M FY27 budget and signs Superintendent Andrew Stephens to a five-year contract. The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School Committee voted 6-0 Tuesday on the FY27 budget after Interim Finance Director Susan reported the district's health insurance increase will hit

Historical Commission endorses Eagle Scout sign, drafts Sherman's Bridge response

SUDBURY -- February 10, 2026, Sudbury Historical Commission finalizes Sherman's Bridge feedback and backs an Eagle Scout sign for the Haynes Garrison site. Working through DPW Director Tina Rivard's Jan. 20 responses, members under Chair Christopher Hagger objected to CCA-treated lumber over the river, "the

Wayland ZBA upholds Veritas Christian Academy building permit on 4-1 vote

WAYLAND -- February 10, 2026, Wayland ZBA upholds Veritas Christian Academy building permit on 4-1 vote. The Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 10 affirmed the Planning Board's April 15, 2025 site-plan approval and the Oct. 30, 2025 building permit for the school at 172 Cochituate Road,

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