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Sudbury Finance Committee endorses $325,000 free-cash boost to FY27 budget guidance

SUDBURY — January 26, 2026 — Sudbury Finance Committee backs $325,000 free-cash transfer to lift FY27 guidance across all three cost centers. Assistant Town Manager and Finance Director Victor Garofalo walked the committee through the mechanics on Monday: $325,000 in free cash will subsidize a planned $500,000 transfer

Conservation Commission signals openness to amending Priscoli APR for access road

SUDBURY — January 26, 2026 — Sudbury Conservation Commission signals openness to amending Priscoli APR in exchange for plantings and barn waiver. On a 5-0 vote Jan. 26, the commission told applicant John Priscoli and Doug Dillon of Goddard Consulting it would entertain a tracked-changes amendment to the Agricultural Preservation

Wayland ZBA closes Veritas Christian Academy permit appeal hearing, sets February deliberations

WAYLAND — January 26, 2026 — Wayland ZBA closes hearing on Veritas Christian Academy appeal, will deliberate Feb. 10. The board voted 5-0 to end testimony in case ZBA 26-02, filed by abutter Adam Mascari, and 5-0 to continue to a 6:30 p.m. session. Chair Thomas White

Wayland capital committee drafts FY28-31 plan, awaits department answers

WAYLAND — January 26, 2026 — Wayland CIPC drafts FY28-31 capital plan, defers big calls until department heads testify. The Capital Improvement Planning Committee, chaired by Kelly Lappin, spent more than two hours Monday assigning funding sources to high-priority items and tagging "maybes" across four fiscal years, with

Wayland auditor delivers clean FY25 opinion with no formal management letter

WAYLAND — January 26, 2026 — Wayland's outside auditor delivers a clean FY25 opinion but flags stale permit-bond deposits. CliftonLarsonAllen principal Alina Korsak told the Audit Committee on Jan. 26 that the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report received an unmodified opinion with no significant deficiencies, calling the town's

Lexington Historical Commission continues 4 Trotting Horse Drive hearing over inconsistent drawings

LEXINGTON — January 21, 2026 — Lexington Historical Commission continues a Peacock Farm addition hearing and clashes with town administration over a stalled preservation award. The commission voted to continue the public hearing on a proposed garage addition and butterfly roofline at 4 Trotting Horse Drive, directing contractor Chris Chansey of Gold

Weston Unified Plan Committee sets May deadline, debates housing section language

WESTON — January 21, 2026 — Weston's Unified Plan Committee agreed to a late-May deadline for completing draft goals and set up a community survey, while debating contested language in draft housing and land use sections of the town's first comprehensive plan in roughly 60 years. Town

Weston Planning Board re-elects Glynn chair, advances Josiah Smith Tavern decision

WESTON — January 21, 2026 — Weston Planning Board unanimously re-elected Leslie Glynn as chair and pushed three pending applications toward resolution at its January 21 meeting. The most contentious item was a continued scenic-road hearing for a proposed 12,332-square-foot home at 56 Ridgeway Road, where member

Sudbury CPC adds $10,000 to FY27 admin budget for rail trail consultant

SUDBURY — January 21, 2026 — Sudbury CPC adds $10,000 to FY27 administrative budget to fund rail trail consultant. The Community Preservation Committee on Wednesday approved a $148,050 FY27 administrative budget — $10,000 above the original draft — to cover roughly 12 hours a week of consulting by Marcia, the part-

Wayland climate panel pursues Green SchoolWorks grant, lines up summer building upgrades

WAYLAND — January 21, 2026 — Wayland climate panel races February grant deadline for middle school heat pump. The Energy and Climate Committee on Jan. 21 mapped a multi-grant strategy: a Green SchoolWorks application centered on a roughly $300,000 heat pump water heater at the middle school, and a Climate