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Finance Committee Approves Recycling Center Hiring Exception, Flags Legal Budget Surge

TOWNSEND -- April 7, 2026, Townsend Finance Committee unanimously backed a Board of Health hiring exception and raised alarms over a $50,000 jump in the legal services budget. Meeting on April 7, the committee approved filling hours at the recycling center's revolving-fund-supported operation while a current

Finance Committee transcript yields no record of April 7 deliberations

NATICK -- April 7, 2026, Natick Finance Committee's April 7 meeting record is effectively missing from public access. The Natick Pegasus transcript supplied for the hybrid meeting noticed by Chair Todd Gillenwater contains only the fragment "anything between our last meeting and the start of town meeting,"

Littleton Conservation Commission Rejects Underwater Survey, Eyes In-Kind Lake Remediation

LITTLETON -- April 7, 2026, Littleton Conservation Commission declines to pursue underwater survey of unpermitted Lake Matawanakee dredging, eyes in-kind restoration instead. At the April 7 Zoom meeting, the commission voted unanimously on all formal actions, including 5-0 approval of a Notice of Intent Order of Conditions for a

Weston Historical Commission Imposes One-Year Demolition Delay on 1891 Boston Post Road House

WESTON -- April 7, 2026, Weston Historical Commission imposes one-year demolition delay on 1891 Boston Post Road house and barn. The commission voted 4-0 Tuesday to block demolition of the historic house and barn at 669 Boston Post Road, owned by Red House Realty Trust, after the owner told

Goodnow Trustees set April 21 start for children's room renovation

SUDBURY -- April 7, 2026, Goodnow Library children's room to close April 21 for monthlong renovation. The Library Director told the Board of Trustees at its April 7 meeting that the room has been emptied and construction is on track to begin Tuesday, April 21 and finish by the

Historic District Commission finalizes parking memo to Select Board

WAYLAND -- April 7, 2026, Wayland's Historic District Commission unanimously approved a memo urging the Select Board to fix town-center parking. Chair Greg Dale and Vice Chair Margery F. Baston backed the letter, drafted by Gretchen Schuler, which recommends expanding and regrading the depot and library lots, revisiting

Wayland Public Works board details $38.6 million water plan for May 4 vote

WAYLAND -- April 7, 2026, Wayland water officials pitch $38.6 million dual-source overhaul ahead of May 4 Town Meeting. The Board of Public Works and Kleinfelder project manager Kirsten Ryan told residents Tuesday the plan would build a new permanent PFAS treatment plant at Happy Hollow, a metered MWRA

North Reading Select Board Cuts Budget Gap, Adds 97 Main Street Articles to Town Meeting Warrant

NORTH READING -- April 6, 2026, North Reading Select Board narrows its FY27 municipal budget deficit to $615,000 and advances 97 Main Street purchase articles for June town meeting. Finance Director Lauren Conley presented updated figures Monday showing the gap falling from $698,000 after a vocational school assessment dropped

Sawyer Announces Candidacy for Westford Select Board's One-Year Seat

WESTFORD -- April 6, 2026, Elizabeth Sawyer is seeking the one-year seat on the Westford Select Board in the May 5 town election. Sawyer, a Westford resident of nearly 30 years and 25-year member of the Westford Recycling Commission, made her case at the April 6 Select Board meeting,

Townsend Planning Board Upholds Peer Review for Three Wheeler Road, 3-1

TOWNSEND -- April 6, 2026, Townsend Planning Board votes 3-1 to keep peer review requirement for Three Wheeler Road earth removal permit modification. The board denied a request by the applicant's representative to rescind its February 23 unanimous vote requiring third-party engineering review of the project, which

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