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Pepperell Planning Board approves Mill Street two-family dwelling special permit unanimously

PEPPERELL — February 17, 2026 — Pepperell Planning Board unanimously approves special permit converting a long-vacant Mill Street property into a two-unit duplex. The board voted 5-0 on PBSP-25-4 for 16 Mill Street, allowing the existing single-family structure to be razed and replaced with a two-

Conservation Commission Approves Nashville Road Garage, Continues Other Hearings

PEPPERELL — February 17, 2026 — Pepperell Conservation Commission clears one garage project and postpones all other hearings to March 17. The commission approved a negative determination for applicant John Morin's proposed three-car garage with a 900-square-foot accessory dwelling unit at 72 Nashville Road, finding the project

Wayland landfill panel backs soccer field, DPW yard, drops housing plan

WAYLAND — February 17, 2026 — Wayland committee drops housing, backs fields and a DPW yard for Route 20 landfill. The Route 20 South Landfill Visioning Committee on Feb. 17 endorsed a conceptual plan from Ed Shoucair of The Collaborative to redevelop 17 capped acres with a 300-by-150-foot grass

Wayland HRDEI Committee approves two summer co-sponsorships with town museum

WAYLAND — February 17, 2026 — Wayland HRDEI Committee unanimously co-sponsors two summer programs with town museum. Chair Karen Blumenfeld moved both votes early at the Feb. 17 remote meeting, citing a thin vacation-week quorum and pending museum grant work. The committee backed a June 30 community reading of Frederick

Design Review Advisory Board approves January minutes, adjourns in five minutes

WAYLAND — February 17, 2026 — Wayland's Design Review Advisory Board wrapped its February meeting in roughly five minutes. Meeting remotely on Feb. 17 with all three members present, the board took no public comment and had only one item of business: approval of the notes from its Jan. 27

Wayland Select Board votes 4-0 to enter executive personnel session

WAYLAND — February 13, 2026 — Wayland Select Board spends most of brief Friday meeting in executive session on a personnel matter. Chair Carol B. Martin convened the remote-only meeting at 9 a.m. with members Anne Brensley, Thomas J. Fay and William D. Whitney; Vice-Chair Douglas A. Levine was

Lexington Zoning Board Unanimously Approves Relocation of 1722 Historic House

LEXINGTON — February 12, 2026 — Lexington's Zoning Board of Appeals voted 5-0 to allow relocation of the circa-1722 Joseph Bridge-Eli Burdew House, described as the sixth-oldest standing home in Lexington, to a new rear lot at 451 Merritt Road. Board Chair Ralph D. Clifford led

Weston Finance Committee backs housing articles, defers $5 million fire station design vote

WESTON — February 12, 2026 — Weston Finance Committee unanimously backs $1 million Brook School senior housing expansion, defers fire station design vote. The nine-member panel, chaired by Bharath Venkataraman, voted unanimously at its February 12 Zoom meeting to support a $1 million Community Preservation Committee-funded request to convert unused

Wayland Energy Committee urges Select Board to pull solar bylaw from spring warrant

WAYLAND — February 12, 2026 — Wayland Energy and Climate Committee votes 4-0 to ask the Select Board to pull a ground-mounted solar bylaw from the 2026 town meeting warrant. Vice Chair Neil Gordon's motion, backed by Chair Ellen Tohn and members Tom Sciacca and Steve Garone, says

Billerica LORAX Committee advances draft tree preservation bylaw for town meeting

BILLERICA — February 11, 2026 — Billerica's LORAX Committee is drafting the town's first tree preservation bylaw, targeting development projects rather than routine private removals. Working from an early draft circulated during the February 11 meeting, members agreed the bylaw would require applicants removing healthy trees during new