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Billerica Select Board caps new sports bar hours at 11 p.m., approves license

BILLERICA — June 1, 2026 — Billerica Select Board approves new sports bar license at long-troubled Nutting Lake site, capping hours at 11 p.m. The board voted 5-0 at its June 1 meeting to grant Playoff Sports Bar LLC at 512 Middlesex Turnpike an all-alcohol restaurant, common victualer&

Bedford Planning Board approves Riddlebrook Acres phasing, backs Girl Scout pool permit

BEDFORD — June 1, 2026 — Bedford Planning Board approves phasing plan for 54-unit Riddlebrook Acres senior housing development. The board unanimously approved a three-phase construction amendment for the Dumas family trust project at 227 Wallace Road and County Road, with Brent Cole of Granite Engineering presenting a plan that

Sudbury ZBA approves Elsbeth Road home, Maynard Road addition; defers Sherman Bridge

SUDBURY — June 1, 2026 — Sudbury ZBA approves two homes and continues Sherman's Bridge to July. The Zoning Board of Appeals on June 1 voted 5-0 to grant a special permit for a 4,072-square-foot single-family rebuild at 11 Elsbeth Road by developer Ben Maiden&

Sudbury Conservation Commission rules out arsenic preservative for Sherman's Bridge project

SUDBURY — June 1, 2026 — Sudbury Conservation Commission unanimously rejects CCA preservative for Sherman's Bridge rehabilitation. The 5-0 vote on June 1 bars chromated copper arsenate from the wood treatment options for the joint Sudbury-Wayland glulam deck replacement project, MassDEP file 301-1467, mirroring a unanimous Wayland

Wayland Select Board funds Route 20 zoning, approves Dudley Chateau outdoor seating

WAYLAND — June 1, 2026 — Wayland Select Board seats Reynolds, funds Route 20 zoning rewrite and approves Dudley Chateau patio. The board unanimously authorized up to $20,000 from previously accepted guarantee deposit gifts for outside legal counsel to draft Route 20 corridor zoning, after Planning Board Chair Sarah Lewis said

Wayland Assessors Approve Tax Commitments, Set Joint Session to Fill Board Vacancy

WAYLAND — June 1, 2026 — Wayland Board of Assessors clears four tax commitments and sets June 15 joint session to fill a vacant seat. Meeting remotely on June 1, the three-member quorum — Steven Klitgord, Douglass McNeilly, and Zachariah L. Ventress — unanimously approved a third motor vehicle and trailer excise commitment

Groton Planning Board Continues Auto Dealer Hearing, Orders Drainage Site Walk

GROTON — May 28, 2026 — Groton Planning Board orders site walk and engineering review before key approvals at May 28 meeting. Acting Chair Paul Hathaway presided as the board unanimously continued the Beverly Auto Sales parking expansion hearing at 14 Town Line Road to June 11 and scheduled a site walk

Weston Select Board Sets November Special Town Meeting, Fills Committee Vacancy

WESTON — May 28, 2026 — Weston Select Board appoints Catherine Diver to Traffic and Sidewalk Committee and sets November 23 special town meeting. Town Manager Leon Gohman, in a May 28 Select Board Rewind episode, recapped the May 26 meeting, noting the board also voted to add a second member to

Townsend Conservation Commission continues wetland hearing, advances Harbor Pond restoration

TOWNSEND — May 27, 2026 — Townsend Conservation Commission continues disputed wetland permit amid abutter complaints and hears invasive-species removal plan for Harbor Pond corridor. The commission voted 4-0 at its May 27 meeting to continue Notice of Intent DEP No. 308-0730 for the Zero Brookline Road property to

Tewksbury Conservation Commission Continues Hillman Energy Battery Storage Hearing to June

TEWKSBURY — May 27, 2026 — Tewksbury Conservation Commission unanimously continued a high-stakes public hearing on a proposed 125-megawatt lithium-ion battery energy storage facility near the Great Swamp to June 10, citing the absence of an independent peer review. East Point Energy, represented by Tyler Wren, and consultants Greg