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Billerica LORAX Committee Lowers Tree Protection Threshold, Eyes Fall Town Meeting

BILLERICA — April 16, 2026 — Billerica's LORAX Committee narrowed its draft tree protection bylaw and mapped a path toward Fall Town Meeting at its April 16 session. The committee agreed to lower the protected-tree diameter threshold from 24 inches to 18 inches at breast height, reasoning that trees

Billerica Housing Authority Approves Voucher Payment, Flags $15,000 Reserve Floor

BILLERICA — April 16, 2026 — Billerica Housing Authority approves $97,270 Section 8 payment, leaving reserves at just $15,000. The board, re-electing Chair James O'Donnell at its April 16 reorganization, voted unanimously to cover a monthly HUD disbursement shortfall of $3,313.24 from reserves, bringing the

Billerica Charter Review Adds Historic District Commission to Conflict-of-Interest Rules

BILLERICA — April 15, 2026 — Billerica Charter Review votes to bar simultaneous service on Historic District Commission and other adjudicating boards. The committee voted unanimously at its April 15 meeting to insert the Historic District Commission into the charter's cross-membership restriction, which already bars simultaneous service on the

Billerica 250th Committee Approves $3,600 for Liberty Tree, Books, and Veterans Cookout

BILLERICA — April 14, 2026 — Billerica's 250th Anniversary Committee approved $3,600 in spending at its April 14 meeting, anchored by a Liberty Tree planting and a commemorative ad book print run. Committee member Chris Sennett detailed the Liberty Tree project: a 45-foot white elm to be planted

Billerica Select Board Clears Path for Middle School State Funding Bid

BILLERICA — April 9, 2026 — Billerica Select Board unanimously authorizes two middle school state funding applications and ratifies a new clerical union contract. The board voted Thursday to allow Superintendent Carrie Cleary to submit statements of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority for the Locke Middle School at 110 Allen

Billerica CPC Advances FY27 Warrant Article With Disputed $36,000 Housing Services Line

BILLERICA — April 9, 2026 — Billerica's Community Preservation Committee voted 6-1 to advance a fiscal year 2027 warrant article including $36,000 for a regional housing services partnership with the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments. The lone dissenting vote came from member Michelle, who read aloud written guidance

Billerica Charter Panel Votes 6-5 to Simplify Referendum Ballot Threshold

BILLERICA — April 8, 2026 — Billerica's Charter Review Committee voted 6-5 Wednesday to change how citizen referendum questions are decided at the ballot box, shifting from a supermajority standard matching town meeting thresholds to a simple majority of voters turning out. The change to Section 2-13 of

Billerica Finance Committee tables sewer and water articles over open-ended warrant language

BILLERICA — April 7, 2026 — Billerica Finance Committee tables most spring warrant articles over disputed open-ended budget language. The committee spent the bulk of its April 7 session debating a phrase — "or any other sum of money" — added to multiple enterprise-fund warrant articles by Town Counsel after

Billerica Board of Health April 6 Recording Contains No Recoverable Meeting Content

BILLERICA — April 6, 2026 — Billerica Board of Health April 6 meeting leaves no recoverable public record from community access TV. The recording submitted from Billerica's community access TV consists entirely of repeated audio artifacts, with no identifiable speakers, no agenda items, no votes, and no deliberation captured on

Billerica Finance Committee Approves Budgets, Warns Debt Rise Is Unsustainable

BILLERICA — April 2, 2026 — Billerica's Finance Committee approved five department budgets Thursday while warning that debt service costs are headed toward $18.9 million in fiscal 2027. The committee voted 6-2 to recommend the town manager's budget at $1,021,727 — an 8.35 percent

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