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From Concord News

• Oversight panel presses EPA on cleanup plan gaps. Concord's 2229 Main Street Oversight Committee pressed the EPA over technical gaps in its near-final cleanup plan, including uranium readings a member called implausible and unresolved slurry-wall and cap concerns, as the town weighs a special town meeting on acquiring the site.Concord News
• CMLP board adopts 5-year rate correction plan. Concord's municipal light board took up a plan to correct a formula error, uncorrected since 2021, that flipped an expected customer refund into money owed to the utility, weighing repayment timelines with very different impacts on bills.Concord News
• Concord schools adopt climate and culture framework. Concord's two school committees adopted a new framework tracking bullying, bias, wellbeing and academic data across the district, then dissolved the working group that built it, and left a 20-year Ellen Garrison Building rooftop solar agreement pending further legal review.Concord News

Today in Concord

• Town urges storm prep ahead of weekend nor'easter. Concord is urging residents to sign up for CodeRED alerts and prepare for possible power outages ahead of a nor'easter forecast to bring high winds and rain from late Friday into Monday. Patch reported the storm could bring winds over 60 mph statewide.Town of Concord
• 201-unit Baker Avenue apartment plan draws scrutiny. Concord Patch reported on how a proposed 201-unit apartment development on Baker Avenue could reshape local housing, part of its ongoing coverage of the project's potential impact on the town.Concord Patch
• Town seeks consultant for regional housing services office. Concord's Planning Division issued a request for proposals for consultant services to help establish a Regional Housing Services Office, with submissions due to the Town Clerk's office at 22 Monument Square, attention Amanda Moore, procurement manager.Concord Bridge
• 2026-2027 school bus routes now posted online. Concord Public Schools has posted bus routes for the 2026-2027 school year on the district website, giving families time to review pickup and drop-off details before service begins.Concord Public Schools
• Historic Concord bird records show earlier spring arrivals. A report drawing on decades of bird-arrival notes kept by a Massachusetts schoolteacher found migratory birds in Concord now arrive roughly seven days earlier than in past decades, according to the Economic Times.Economic Times

Coming up

• Mon, Sep 28, 6:00 p.m.: Select Board meets Monday at Town House. Concord's Select Board meets Monday, September 28, at 6 p.m. at the Town House, 22 Monument Square, with a Zoom link available through the posted agenda.Town of Concord
• Tue, Sep 29: Concord-Carlisle volleyball hosts Lincoln-Sudbury Tuesday. Concord-Carlisle's freshman volleyball team hosts Lincoln-Sudbury in a conference match Tuesday, September 29, according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps
• Thu, Oct 1, 6:30 p.m.: Finance Committee meets Oct. 1 at Town House. Concord's Finance Committee meets Thursday, October 1, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Town House, 22 Monument Square.Town of Concord
• Sat, Oct 3, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Fall drop off and swap off set for Oct. 3. Concord's Fall DropOff/SwapOff event runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, October 3, at 133/135 Keyes Road, with residents asked to pre-register for a drop-off time and pre-pay online.Town of Concord
• Tue, Oct 6, 5:30 p.m.: MCI Concord zoning info session set for Oct. 6. The town will hold a zoning information session on MCI Concord Tuesday, October 6, at 5:30 p.m. in the Town House Hearing Room to explain how zoning will shape future development at the site.Town of Concord
• Wed, Oct 7, 6:00 p.m.: Library exhibition on Conantum neighborhood opens Oct. 7. The Concord Free Public Library opens its exhibition 'A Special Place to Live: Conantum at 75' October 7 at 6 p.m., with architect Henry Moss speaking on the neighborhood's origins and design. Registration is requested.Concord Free Public Library
• Thu, Oct 8: Concord Festival of Authors opens three-week run Oct. 8. The Friends of the Concord Free Public Library kick off the Concord Festival of Authors October 8, packing 20 literary events into three weeks through October 29.Concord Free Public Library

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