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Watertown Council Approves $226M Budget, Pauses Police Drone Purchase

WATERTOWN -- May 26, 2026, Watertown City Council unanimously adopted a $226.2 million general fund budget for fiscal year 2027 and agreed to pause a police drone program pending committee review. Council President Mark Sedaris flagged two items during the line-by-line review: the elimination of a 20-year

Townsend Board of Health raises hauler permit fee, approves sticker grace period

TOWNSEND -- May 26, 2026, Townsend Board of Health raises hauler permit fees and approves a pay-as-you-throw grace period for the July sticker rollout. The board voted unanimously at its May 26 meeting to adopt revised hauler regulations setting the annual permit fee at $350, up $100 from

Stow Select Board elects Toole chair, clears cannabis delivery and digital-notice petition

STOW -- May 26, 2026, Stow Select Board reorganizes under new chair, allows cannabis home delivery, and moves to modernize legal notices. The board elected JT Toole as chair and Ingeborg Hegemann as clerk at its May 26 meeting, filling a leadership void left by the departure of former member Megan

Lexington Conservation Commission Defers 475 Bedford St. Vote to June 4

LEXINGTON -- May 26, 2026, Lexington's Conservation Commission deferred its final vote on a proposed 150-unit residential development at 475 Bedford St., scheduling a special June 4 meeting to adopt special conditions before a June 9 statutory deadline. The five-member board voted unanimously twice, approving an amended

Groton Conservation Commission Issues Two Enforcement Orders at May Meeting

GROTON -- May 26, 2026, Groton Conservation Commission issued two enforcement orders and took 17 votes at a wide-ranging May 26 session. The board ordered the Park Commission to lock the Cow Pond Brook playing fields access gate immediately, citing a 2009 determination of applicability that required the gate to

Bedford School Committee lets retirement incentive expire after $7,000 net loss

BEDFORD -- May 26, 2026, Bedford School Committee votes to end a staff retirement incentive program that lost $7,000 instead of saving the projected $75,000. Superintendent Mike Cornier told the board Tuesday that a one-year addendum to the BEA collective bargaining agreement, meant to encourage early retirements and

Bedford Conservation Commission Rejects Recommendation for 15-Lot Subdivision at Wallace Road

BEDFORD -- May 26, 2026, Bedford's Conservation Commission unanimously declined to recommend approval of a proposed 15-lot subdivision that would fill 6,875 square feet of wetlands at 410 Wallace Road. The board voted 7-0 Monday to send the application to the Planning Board without endorsement, citing

Weston Select Board sets fall town meeting for November 23, fills Traffic Committee seat

WESTON -- May 26, 2026, Weston Select Board appointed Katherine Diver to the Traffic and Sidewalk Committee and set November 23 as the date for a fall Special Town Meeting at its May 26 meeting. Board Clerk John F. McDonald, serving as chair, led members through assignments on 26 projects and

Weston Conservation Commission Revises Golf Club Pesticide Conditions in Split Vote

WESTON -- May 26, 2026, Weston Conservation Commission votes 4-0-1 to lift golf club pesticide ban in buffer zone. The commission amended Special Condition 48 of the Order of Conditions for the Weston Golf Club at 275 Meadowbrook Road, replacing an outright prohibition on synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides,

Planning Board approves Bedford Road home, continues Civico hearing to June 9

LINCOLN -- May 26, 2026, Lincoln Planning Board approves Bedford Road teardown-and-rebuild, opens Civico's 20-unit Page Road hearing. The board on May 26 voted 4-1 to grant site plan review for Srinivas Anantha's 6,295-square-foot home at 127 Bedford Road, conditional

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