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Dave Watkins

Ayer Pocket Forest Workday Draws Volunteers on First Full Week of Summer

Ayer's Pocket Forest drew community volunteers Monday in the first meaningful warm-weather green-space event of the summer. The town homepage listed the June 23 workday as its sole fresh item of the cycle, with no press releases or outside news coverage adding to the day's file. Residen…

Ashland Students Head Into Summer as Last Day of School Arrives Tuesday

Ashland's school year ends Tuesday as the last day arrives. June 24 is the final day of the 2025-2026 school year for Ashland Public Schools students, the lone concrete development from a quiet Monday news cycle in town. The week ahead brings a dense run of municipal business, including…

Three Ashby Boards Meet Tuesday as Fiscal Year Nears Its End

Three Ashby boards convene Tuesday in a packed single-evening schedule of public meetings. The Board of Assessors meets in person at 5 p.m., the Library Trustees gather at the Ashby Free Public Library at 6:30 p.m., and the Planning Board holds a virtual session at 7 p.m. on June 24. Re…

Arlington Schools Hit Final Day Thursday With 11:30 a.m. Early Release

Arlington Public Schools closes out the 2025–26 year Thursday, June 25, with an 11:30 a.m. early release marking the 185th school day. On the community side, an Arlington resident earned one of more than 100 inaugural Commonwealth Pride Awards for contributions to the LGBTQ+ community, …

Acton Schedules July 4 Fireworks Replacement With Laser Show at NARA Park July 2

Acton moves its Independence Day celebration to July 2 at NARA Park, starting at 4 p.m. The town-announced free event includes food vendors, inflatables, live music at 8 p.m., and a laser light show for all ages. Separately, Acton Patch reported that the Discovery Museum's leader has jo…

Route 30 Forum Set for June 30 as Opposition to Corridor Plan Persists

Weston enters the week with no new town-hall announcements but three community storylines demanding attention. The Weston Observer newsletter, forwarded June 22, flagged ongoing concerns over the Route 30 widening plan — with a public forum set for June 30 — alongside troubling adolesce…

Lincoln Library Board Seeks New Trustee to Fill Open Seat

Lincoln Public Library is recruiting a new board trustee, the day's clearest civic development in a slow news cycle. The Board of Trustees announced an opening for a member with a particular interest in library governance, according to a post on lincolnpl.org; patrons are also reminded …

Sudbury Confirms Free Shuttle Extension, July 4 Parade Route, and Seven-Town Climate Push

Sudbury enters the July 4th holiday stretch with three pieces of civic news in hand: the town confirmed the Independence Day parade steps off Saturday at 1 p.m. under the theme "We the People" 01776, the MWRTA Catch Connect on-demand shuttle will remain free for riders through June 30, …

Town Sets July 30 Public Meeting on 195 Main Street Environmental Testing

Wayland schedules a July 30 public environmental meeting and opens a Fire Department volunteer search on a busy town hall Tuesday. The town posted notice of a Public Involvement Plan meeting for 195 Main Street — the former DPW garage — setting the first formal public checkpoint in the …

Natick ZBA Approves Six Demolition-Rebuild Projects, Rejects Sheffield Road House

NATICK — June 22, 2026 — Natick's Zoning Board of Appeals approved six demolition-and-rebuild or addition applications at its June 22 meeting while rejecting one and continuing another. The board voted 5-0 to approve projects at 22 Laconia Road, 52 Bacon Street, and 3 Walcott Street, and