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Stow Declares Level 3 Critical Drought, Urges Residents to Conserve Water

Stow hits Level 3 Critical Drought, triggering potential mandatory water restrictions across town. The town posted the escalated drought designation Thursday afternoon, directing residents to the official Drought Information page for current guidance on water use. The Assessors' Office …

Stoneham Electronics Recycling Event Set for Friday as Library Summer Series Launches

Stoneham heads into the last days of June without a town hall announcement but with a busy library calendar and a recycling event on deck. The Stoneham Public Library opens its summer programming stretch with a Monday Night Book Group on June 29 and recurring Drop-in Tech Support sessio…

Concord Launches Week of Road Work on Six Streets, Closes Key Sudbury-Thoreau Intersection

Road work fans out across six Concord streets this week as the Sudbury Road–Thoreau Street intersection closed June 25 with a detour in effect. Interim Public Works Director Aaron Miklosko, appointed by Town Manager Kerry Lafleur following Alan Cathcart's June 19 retirement, is now over…

Carlisle School Committee Meets Remotely Thursday as Summer Session Nears

Carlisle's School Committee convenes remotely Thursday afternoon and the district has published its 2026 summer learning lineup. The Carlisle School Committee holds a 4 p.m. remote meeting June 25, with the agenda posted online, while the district's homepage now offers summer reading li…

Cambridge Officials Respond to Supreme Court TPS Ruling, Back Immigrant Families

Cambridge confronted twin pressures Thursday as the Supreme Court's TPS ruling drew an immediate solidarity statement and the region hit critical drought status. Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui and City Manager Yi-An Huang issued a joint statement standing with the city's Haitian and Syrian commu…

Burlington Flags Winnmere Water Interruption as Friday Events Line Up

A Winnmere Road water service interruption is Burlington's most consequential item on June 25, with the town posting notice of the outage on its homepage and urging residents to monitor burlington.org for updates. On the community calendar, three events at the library — a Family Singalo…

Billerica Library Launches Summer Reading and Museum Lecture Series

Billerica's Billerica Public Library anchors a quiet Thursday with its summer slate now in full swing. The library's all-ages Summer Reading Challenge, which launched Monday, June 22, is running concurrently with a Thursday evening lecture — "Best Small Museums in Massachusetts" at 7 p.…

Belmont Announces Celebration of Life for Paul Solomon on July 13

Belmont marks a community loss and a youth sports milestone on the same morning. The town posted a Celebration of Life notice for Paul Solomon, set for July 13 at a location to be announced, while Belmont Patch reports that one local soccer player — the only Belmont athlete in the pipel…

Bedford Library Summer Reading Challenge Draws Readers Through July 31

Bedford's summer reading program anchors a slow news day in town. The Bedford Free Public Library's 2026 HEB Reads! Summer Reading Challenge is open to adults, teens, and kids through July 31, with participants logging reading minutes via the Beanstack app to earn prizes; prize pick-up …

Ayer Tax Taking Set for June 30; Unpaid Bills Due Before Noon Deadline

Ayer's Collector of Taxes has set a noon deadline for a formal tax taking at Town Hall on June 30, the most time-sensitive item facing residents this week. Property owners with unpaid balances have until Monday to settle their accounts or risk a lien being placed on their land. Mandator…

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