Government · Select Board
Select Board awards $328,676 contract for wastewater plant repairs
Sturbridge Select Board awards $328,676 wastewater repair contract, adopts new rates.
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Government · Town Meeting
Sturbridge approves $46.1M budget with utility rate hikes
Sturbridge town meeting approved $46.1 million budget with utility rate hikes. The 200-person assembly voted 159 to 16 for the fiscal 2027 budget, increasing water rates by 7.7 percent to $9.39 per 100 cubic feet and sewer rates by 10.6 percent to $17.78 per 100 cubic feet metered or $268 per
Government · Town Meeting
Sturbridge Town Meeting approves budget, trail bridge funding
Sturbridge Town Meeting approves $2.245 million trail bridge and a moratorium on large battery storage.
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee approves $400K in warrant transfers unanimously
The Finance Committee unanimously recommended three warrant articles totaling approximately $400,000 for the upcoming town meeting, including a $294,556 transfer from Free Cash to cover the snow and ice removal deficit and a $105,000 transfer from the Sewer Reserve Fund Balance for wastewater
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee approves four warrant articles for town meeting
Sturbridge Finance Committee unanimously backs four warrant articles ahead of Monday's town meeting.
Government · Select Board
Select Board backs $321,783 in town meeting funding ahead of vote
Sturbridge Select Board backs $321,783 in special town meeting funding. Members voted unanimously to support two special town meeting articles: $216,783.57 for a snow and ice removal deficit and $105,000 for wastewater treatment plant clarifier repairs, ahead of Monday's town meeting.
Government · Sturbridge Lake Advisory Committee
Lake Committee shifts annual water testing to Conservation Commission
Sturbridge Lakes Committee transferred water testing to Conservation Commission. The committee unanimously approved March minutes before determining that the Conservation Commission should conduct annual lake water testing, effective after member Chris Mazeika completes one final test in summer
Government · Board of Health
Board approves animal inspector, orders brewery corrective plan
Sturbridge Board of Health approved animal inspector, ordered brewery to fix odor problem. The board unanimously approved Michelle Connors as the required annual Animal Inspector at 6:44 p.m., with Chair Linda Cocalis motioning and Dr. Louis Fazen seconding. Director Kenneth Lacey reported multiple
Government · Conservation
Sturbridge Conservation Panel Launches Lead Mine Forest Plan Update
Sturbridge conservation commission launches update to 826-acre Lead Mine forest plan against a tight June 30 deadline.
Government · Finance Committee
Finance Committee defers three warrant articles pending cost estimates
Sturbridge Finance Committee deferred three warrant articles until April 23 pending cost estimates. Finance Committee Chair Kevin Smith led the April 9 meeting with eight members present. The committee approved April 2 minutes by a vote of 7-0-1, with Chris DeRose abstaining. Members expressed