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Tewksbury Planning Board rejects Astle Street apartment complex 1-4

TEWKSBURY -- April 27, 2026, Tewksbury Planning Board voted 1-4 to reject a large apartment project at 15 and 41 Astle Street after 14 months of hearings. Chair Stephen Johnson was the sole vote in favor on all four motions, for waivers, site plan review, a land disturbance permit, and

Tewksbury Finance Committee Rejects Shawsheen Tech Budget and Feasibility Study

TEWKSBURY -- April 27, 2026, Tewksbury's Finance Committee voted against recommending both the Shawsheen Regional Vocational Technical School's $9,560,993 budget and a building feasibility study, citing unresolved financial problems at the district. The committee voted 3-2 against the Shawsheen Tech budget line and 4-

Stoneham School Building Committee Clears $537,000 in Invoices, Schedules Executive Session

STONEHAM -- April 27, 2026, Stoneham's School Building Committee approved more than $537,000 in invoices and a change order at its April 27 Zoom meeting while flagging an unresolved branding dispute with architect Perkins and Will. The Finance Working Group, represented by member Doug Gove, recommended all items

Natick School Committee meeting record unavailable for April 27 session

NATICK -- April 27, 2026, Natick School Committee's April 27 meeting cannot be reported from the available record. The transcript supplied from Natick Pegasus contains only the words "Thank you," and no agenda, packet, approved minutes or committee roster accompanied it. As a result, attendance, agenda items,

Marlborough council denies Ames Village 90-unit special permit despite 7-2 majority

MARLBOROUGH -- April 27, 2026, Marlborough City Council denies 90-unit Ames Village condo permit on 7-2 vote. The application from Marlborough/Northborough Land Realty Trust, an affiliate of the Gutierrez Company, needed eight votes under state law and fell short when Vice President Sean A. Navin and Ward 3

Weston School Committee Hears Superintendent Evaluation, Reviews Special Education Findings

WESTON -- April 27, 2026, Weston School Committee hears superintendent evaluation and special education review in lengthy April session. Committee Chair Adam Newman presented a composite evaluation of Superintendent Karen Zaleski based on the DESE rubric and pilot community surveys that drew nearly 175 parent responses and roughly 50 staff surveys,

Lincoln Select Board appoints two Housing Commission members and disbands two committees

LINCOLN -- April 27, 2026, Lincoln Select Board appoints two to Housing Commission and clears post-Town Meeting slate. The board on April 27 voted unanimously to seat David Levy and Zalen Stason for three-year Housing Commission terms, appoint Naila Karamally and Cynthia Graham to the IDEA Committee, disband the

Finance Committee declines to reconsider vocational education fund vote

SUDBURY -- April 27, 2026, Sudbury Finance Committee rejects Select Board chair's appeal to reverse vocational education fund vote. The committee voted 7-1 Monday against reconsidering Article 13, which would create a stabilization fund seeded with $200,000 for a potential future vocational district buy-in, after Select

Conservation Commission approves Camp Sewataro pond filtration upgrade

SUDBURY -- April 27, 2026, Sudbury Conservation Commission clears Camp Sewataro biofiltration upgrade and reshuffles its membership. The commission voted 4-0 to approve a minor modification to the camp's order of conditions, allowing four upgraded aerators, a 1,000-gallon biofiltration tank, and submerged filter grass at the

CIAC unanimously endorses revised Article 20 for Town Meeting floor

SUDBURY -- April 27, 2026, Sudbury's Capital Improvement Advisory Committee unanimously endorsed amended Article 20 rewriting the town's capital planning bylaw. At its April 27 virtual meeting, the committee voted to move substitute language for Chapter 11, Section 11-2 from the floor at Town Meeting, lowering

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