Government · Select Board
Sturbridge board accepts town planner's retirement, hires officer
Sturbridge accepts town planner's retirement as consultants warn of steep water and sewer rate hikes.
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Government · Finance Committee
Sturbridge water and sewer systems need $36.5 million in improvements
Finance Committee heard Tighe & Bond's comprehensive water and sewer infrastructure assessment at joint Select Board meeting. The consulting firm identified $36.5 million in required projects: $23 million for the Sewer Department and $13.5 million for the Water Department, with projected rate
Government · Affordable Housing Trust
Sturbridge Affordable Housing Trust approves repair and buydown programs
The Sturbridge Affordable Housing Trust voted to approve two housing assistance programs. Approved unanimously were the Emergency Home Repair and Modification Program, funded by Crescent Gate windfall proceeds, and award letters for the Buy-Down Assistance Program after a lottery drawing selected
Government · Conservation
Sturbridge Conservation continues lakefront beach hearing to March
Sturbridge Conservation Commission continues contested lakefront "sandbox" beach hearing to March 5.
Government · Planning Board
Sturbridge Planning Board taps regional agency to rewrite solar rules
Sturbridge Planning Board accepts free state-funded help to rewrite solar and battery storage zoning ahead of an October 1 deadline.
Schools · School Committee
Sturbridge School Committee sends $14.5 million budget to March hearing
Sturbridge School Committee unanimously advances a $14,500,650 fiscal 2027 budget, a 3.4 percent hike, to a March 5 public hearing.
Government · Community Preservation Committee
Community Preservation Committee approves $2.2 million trail-bridge project
Sturbridge Community Preservation Committee unanimously approved $2,245,000 in appropriations to fund a trail and bridge project downtown. Chair Penny Dumas explained the committee would appropriate $1,545,000 from the Community Preservation Fund Undesignated balance and $700,000 from the Open
Government · Select Board
Select Board approves dispatcher hire, trail design bid
Sturbridge Select Board hires new dispatcher, opens town meeting warrant with battery storage moratorium pending.
Government · Planning Board
Sturbridge Planning Board sends battery storage moratorium to town meeting
Sturbridge Planning Board votes to send a battery storage moratorium to town meeting. The board voted unanimously by roll call Monday to close a public hearing on proposed Article 21 and forward it to the town administrator for the annual town meeting warrant, after Town Planner Jean M.
Government · Conservation
Sturbridge Conservation Commission grants five-year Wells Park trail permit
Sturbridge Conservation Commission grants a five-year permit for Wells State Park trail repairs and stalls a lakeside sand beach.