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Carlisle Select Board Receives Split Tax Exemption Report Ahead of Town Meeting

CARLISLE -- April 21, 2026, Carlisle Select Board receives divided tax exemption overhaul report days before Town Meeting. The Tax Relief Evaluation Task Force, presenting to the full board Tuesday, recommended five steps to replace or supplement Concord's residential tax exemption, including pursuing the more targeted MGL Chapter 41C-

Tewksbury Select Board Advances MBTA Compliance Plan, Sends Trail Article to Town Meeting

TEWKSBURY -- April 21, 2026, Tewksbury Select Board advances MBTA Communities Act compliance plan and sends $30,000 boardwalk warrant to Town Meeting. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to forward a Community Preservation Act appropriation of up to $30,000 for engineering and construction of two trail boardwalks on Tewksbury State

Wayland water committee awaits Heard Pond weed-control contracts as July deadline nears

WAYLAND -- April 21, 2026, Wayland's Surface Water Quality Committee waits on stalled contracts as Heard Pond treatment window narrows. Chair Tom Clem told the April 21 meeting that a sub-$10,000 Clearcast herbicide quote from Solitude is still being routed for town signatures, and that a separate

Wayland HRDEI committee approves Arab American, Jewish American heritage statements

WAYLAND -- April 21, 2026, Wayland HRDEI committee approves rewritten Arab and Jewish heritage statements, then debates ending the practice. The committee passed both the April Arab American Heritage Month and May Jewish American Heritage Month statements after extensive line edits, including removing language that paired enslavement with "resilience"

Wayland Public Works board calls transfer station unsustainable as enterprise fund

WAYLAND -- April 21, 2026, Wayland Public Works votes 5-0 to tell Select Board the transfer station no longer works as an enterprise fund. The board, in departing chair George Wegmeyer's final meeting, raised the annual sticker fee from $200 to $225 and the medium bag fee from

Obituary notices, week of 2026-04-13 through 2026-04-19

Three Wayland obituaries were published this week: Eliastam, Michael; Heller, Mitchell Howard; and McCarthy, Veronica (Healy). Michael Eliastam, 82, of Wayland, died April 18 and was remembered at a service at Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland; arrangements were handled by Stanetsky Memorial…

Lincoln Select Board votes 3-0 to enter executive session on personnel complaint

LINCOLN -- April 17, 2026, Lincoln Select Board enters executive session on personnel complaint after minutes-long open meeting. The three-member board voted 3-0 Friday morning to move into closed session under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 30A, Section 21(a), Exemption 1, which permits private discussion of complaints or

Carlisle Finance Committee Unanimously Elects New Leadership Ahead of Annual Town Meeting

CARLISLE -- April 16, 2026, Carlisle Finance Committee unanimously elected a new officer slate and outlined its town meeting strategy at its April 16 meeting. The committee approved a full leadership transition to take effect after Annual Town Meeting on April 27: Don Kupka as chair, Lindsay Liss as vice chair,

Winchester School Committee Unanimously Eliminates Athletic Fee Family Cap for FY27

WINCHESTER -- April 16, 2026, Winchester School Committee votes to eliminate athletic fee family cap and sets literacy funding at $598,540. Meeting Chair Tim Matthews opened the April 16 session after a joint tri-board meeting, immediately approving the $598,540 literacy curriculum appropriation, the remaining funding need after existing

Westford Resident David Pina Files for One-Year Select Board Seat

WESTFORD -- April 16, 2026, Westford resident David Pina announced his candidacy for a one-year Select Board seat ahead of the May 5 town election. Pina, who has lived in Westford for nearly 50 years, aired a campaign statement on the town's community access TV channel citing schools,

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