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Lexington Affordable Housing Trust Faces August Deadline to Preserve 17 Federal Vouchers

LEXINGTON -- June 4, 2026, Lexington's Affordable Housing Trust heard an August 13 federal deadline that could erase 17 vouchers earmarked for a new North Street development. Cambridge Housing Authority Deputy Executive Director Margaret Dolly Moran, serving as development consultant to the Lexington Housing Authority under an intergovernmental agreement,

Weston School Building Committee Unanimously Approves Two MSBA Deliverables for Submission

WESTON -- June 4, 2026, Weston School Building Committee approves two state deliverables and eyes November town meeting vote on $3 million school feasibility study. The committee voted 5-0 at its June 4 meeting to approve and submit the education profile questionnaire and enrollment projection to the Massachusetts School Building

Lincoln School Committee approves three-year LEA contract through 2029

LINCOLN -- June 4, 2026, Lincoln School Committee ratifies LEA contract and adopts Rising Star honoree's lunch-price fix. The committee unanimously approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement with the Lincoln Educators Association through Aug. 31, 2029, hours after the union ratified the same tentative deal, and authorized

Historic Districts Commission sends police station solar canopy designs back for revisions

SUDBURY -- June 4, 2026, Sudbury HDC rejects three solar canopy options for police station, demands more architectural design. The Historic Districts Commission on June 4 voted unanimously to continue the 775 Hudson Road solar canopy case to Aug. 6, telling combined facilities director Sandra Duran and Select Energy's

MassDOT posts new update on Routes 27/9 interchange work in Natick

MassDOT issued a new update Wednesday on Natick's Routes 27/9 interchange improvements, the only item posted to the town's News Flash in the cycle, leaving commuters to watch the town alert page for lane and timing details. The day's most consequential commercial-outlet item, "🌱 Patch A…

Firefighters Union Says Crews Maxed Out During Back-to-Back Calls

Marlborough firefighters had no available companies during back-to-back calls Wednesday, the city's fire union said, as reported in "Marlborough Fire Union Says Crews Were Stretched To Limits," per Marlborough Patch. The warning lands the same week the Boston Celtics' Jr. Celtics Academ…

Patch spotlights Weston seventh-grader and Cummings grant on quiet Thursday

Quiet Thursday in Weston, with Patch's morning briefs carrying the local headlines. Town Hall's News Flash, the Weston Public Schools district feed and Weston Public Library's calendar all produced no new postings in the coverage window, leaving Weston Patch's AM roundups as the day's m…

Lincoln METCO sets Juneteenth celebration for Saturday afternoon

Lincoln METCO will host a community-wide Juneteenth celebration Saturday, June 6, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on the Lincoln School campus, the headline item on a thin local news day. Sponsored by the Boston Bridges Initiative, the event opens with vendor tables at 12:30, a formal program from…

Town opens public input on Liberty Ledge future and fall Town Meeting

Sudbury opened two resident-input windows this week as the Liberty Ledge Sewataro Advisory Committee set a June 24 public session on the property's future and the Select Board asked residents to weigh in on a possible Fall 2026 Special Town Meeting by noon July 6. A Housing Roundtable f…

Vokes, Wayland 250 set June 12-13 dates for '1776' concert at high school

Wayland's semiquincentennial programming carried a quiet Thursday, with Vokes Players confirming a concert staging of "1776" at Wayland High School on June 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m., produced with the Wayland 250 Committee and the high school theater department. The Wayland Museum & Histor…

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