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Select Board advances $2 million debt exclusion for Wayland High wastewater fix

WAYLAND — February 23, 2026 — Wayland Select Board advances $2 million debt exclusion for high school wastewater fix. The board on Feb. 23 took up a state-mandated replacement of the failed Wayland High School treatment facility after the Finance Committee, chaired by Phil Giudice, voted 7-0-0 to recommend

Finance Committee backs $2 million excluded-debt fix for high school wastewater plant

WAYLAND — February 23, 2026 — Wayland Finance Committee unanimously advances $2M wastewater excluded debt and three town meeting articles. Chair Phil Giudice presented the Select Board on Feb. 23 with a recommendation to fund the high school wastewater treatment plant repair through $2 million of excluded debt, separate from a contested

Wayland Board of Health approves FY27 budget, South Street septic timing waiver

WAYLAND — February 23, 2026 — Wayland Board of Health approves a flat $1.44M FY27 budget and a South Street septic timing waiver. The board voted 4-0 on Feb. 23 to back $175,525 in non-salary spending and $1,264,609 in salaries, both built to the town manager&

Belmont Select Board unanimously appoints Salem deputy chief as next police chief

BELMONT — February 20, 2026 — Belmont Select Board unanimously appoints Salem, New Hampshire deputy chief Shane Smith as next police chief. The board voted 3-0 Friday evening after interviewing three finalists produced by a seven-member screening committee that reviewed 19 applications and used an assessment center process to narrow

Belmont Select Board unanimously appoints Salem deputy chief as new police chief

BELMONT — February 20, 2026 — Belmont Select Board unanimously appoints Salem, New Hampshire deputy police chief as town's next top cop. The board voted 3-0 Friday to appoint Shane C. Smith, a 45-year-old 25-year Salem PD veteran currently serving as deputy chief, pending a background

Billerica ZBA Unanimously Rejects Solar Carport Permit at 333 Boston Road

BILLERICA — February 18, 2026 — Billerica ZBA voted 0-5 to deny a solar carport special permit at 333 Boston Road, keeping two proposed structures out of an adjacent residential zone. The petition, brought by Michael Pattinson on behalf of property owner Paul Looney and energy developer FB Benniker Realty Investors

Conservation Commission Approves Bellevue Pond Dam Repair Order With Conditions

MEDFORD — February 18, 2026 — Medford Conservation Commission clears Bellevue Pond dam repair and closes out Eversource transmission line filing. The commission voted unanimously at its February 18 meeting to issue an order of conditions for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation's Bellevue Pond Dam Rehabilitation Project, DEP

Permanent Building Committee approves September minutes in 15-minute session

SUDBURY — February 18, 2026 — Sudbury's Permanent Building Committee approved its September minutes in a 15-minute virtual meeting deliberately framed as a record-short session. All seven members — Co-Chairs Jennifer Pincus and Craig Blake, plus Elaine Jones, Kathleen Bell, John Mann, James Kelly and Michael Cameron — voted

Finance Committee backs $2 million high school wastewater fix as excluded debt

WAYLAND — February 18, 2026 — Wayland Finance Committee unanimously backs $2 million high school wastewater repair as excluded debt. The 7-0 vote sends the article to the Select Board on Monday and clears it for the 2026 Annual Town Meeting warrant, but the committee declined to act on a companion

Wayland Cultural Council approves pool mural and Muslim student dinner funding

WAYLAND — February 18, 2026 — Wayland Cultural Council backs pool mural and student-led community dinner. Meeting remotely Feb. 18 under Chair Pallavi Nagesha, the council voted unanimously to fund a mural at the vandalized town pool wall and a Ramadan community dinner proposed by associate member Mustafa Kheir on behalf