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Wilmington School Committee approves mid-year budget transfer, hears special education report

WILMINGTON -- March 26, 2026, Wilmington School Committee hears sweeping special education report and approves mid-year budget realignment. At its March 26 meeting, the committee received a presentation from Special Education Director Kristine Murray and staff member Maura Kilbride showing that students with disabilities make up 19.7 percent of

Winchester School Committee Unanimously Adopts Arts & Letters as K-5 Literacy Curriculum

WINCHESTER -- March 26, 2026, Winchester School Committee unanimously adopts Arts & Letters as its K-5 literacy curriculum and commits to a 5 percent FY27 budget increase in the wake of a failed operating override. The committee, newly reorganized with Dr. Tim Matthews as chair, Stephanie Mignarji as vice chair,

Finance Committee scheduled budget, turf votes; no recording available

NATICK -- March 26, 2026, Natick Finance Committee's March 26 meeting record is effectively missing. The agenda, posted by Chair Todd Gillenwater, scheduled recommendation votes to spring Annual Town Meeting on Article 3, the omnibus budget, and Article 17, the report of the Natural and Synthetic Turf Field Study

Burlington Conservation Commission Continues Two Wetland Cases to April Hearings

BURLINGTON -- March 26, 2026, Burlington Conservation Commission punts two wetland permit cases to April amid debate over riverfront redevelopment standards. The commission voted 6-0 on both matters at its March 26 meeting: continuing the 11 Sears Street demolition-and-rebuild application by John Muller to April 9, pending revised

Belmont Budget Summit Projects $7.2 Million Gap by FY2029, Override Expected

BELMONT -- March 26, 2026, Belmont officials project a $7.2 million structural budget gap by FY2029, setting the stage for a likely Proposition 2½ override. At a joint Budget Summit III on March 26 attended by the Select Board, School Committee, Warrant Committee, Comprehensive Capital Budget Committee, and Multi-Year

Weston Select Board sets May warrant with $3.1 million fire station appropriation

WESTON -- March 26, 2026, Weston Select Board previews May annual town meeting warrant headlined by a $3.1 million fire station article. Town Manager Leon Gaumond, presenting in the March 26 Select Board Rewind episode, said the proposed operating budget, unanimously backed by both the Select Board and the Finance

Townsend Commission Continues Brookline Road Septic Hearing Over Unpermitted Pond

TOWNSEND -- March 25, 2026, Townsend Conservation Commission continues a Brookline Road septic hearing after DEP flags an unpermitted pond. The four-member board voted 4-0 to push the hearing for Kevin Smith's proposed off-grid cabin septic system at 0 Brookline Road to April 8 after the

Tewksbury Boards Agree to Pursue MBTA Compliance District at Lodge, Clark Road

TEWKSBURY -- March 25, 2026, Tewksbury's Select Board and Planning Board reached a working consensus to pursue MBTA Communities Act compliance using the Ames Pond Lodge property and a Clark Road parcel as a two-part zoning district. The joint session Wednesday followed an executive session with legal counsel

Nashoba School Committee Clears Way for Solar Contract Talks With Select Energy

STOW -- March 25, 2026, Nashoba Regional School Committee unanimously authorized contract negotiations for a solar power agreement at Nashoba Regional High School. The 11-0 vote at the March 25 meeting authorizes Superintendent Kirk Downing to negotiate with Select Energy Development, with any final contract required to return for committee

Planning Board opens hearing on first West Central Corridor zoning project

NATICK -- March 25, 2026, Natick Planning Board gets first West Central Corridor application, a 219-unit Gables project, and denies an ANR plan. Gables Residential presented site plan review for 273 West Central St., a four-story, 219-unit mixed-use building over a partially buried parking podium with 258

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