Joshua Hyde Public Library added two new online databases, giving cardholders more free digital research resources as of September 19. The announcement came alongside a busy week of programming: Fall Baby Time on September 21, Fall Toddler Time and two book discussions, "The Astral Libr…
Design Review Committee unanimously approved sign designs for four commercial locations Monday in a routine meeting. Chris Wilson, Elaine Cook, and Alex Perron voted; Chair John Durkee was absent. Walmart at 100 Charlton Road sought 131 square feet of replacement signage; Village Pizza at 487 Main
This week's obituary column carries one Sturbridge, Massachusetts notice: Smiley, Anne L., who died Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at age 89. Born in Concord, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late George F. and Ila (Taylor) Whitley and the wife of the late Kenneth Smiley. Her …
Sturbridge recorded 14 property transfers between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but only one deed had a sale price recorded: $73,000, for a property sold by John G. Jolin to Citizens Bank NA on Aug. 20. That single data point sets the period's reported price range and median at $73,000. The other 13
Sturbridge panel continues review of 26-unit Main Street apartment plan over stormwater and buffer concerns.
Sturbridge rushes a solar and battery-storage zoning bylaw toward a Nov. 16 Special Town Meeting before an Oct. 1 state deadline.
This week's Sturbridge obituary notices include one resident: Gaumond, Patricia A., 71, of Shepard Rd. She died Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the Rose Monahan Hospice Home in Worcester, after a long illness. She is survived by her brother, Richard F. Gaumond of Sturbridge, and her close friend…
Worcester County recorded seven property transfers in Sturbridge between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only one deed had a sale price recorded: $288,000, for a parcel sold by Cheryl A. Rennie to Operative Bank. The other six, at Walker Pond Road (two deeds), Valley Road, Fiske Hill Road, Charlton Road…
Sturbridge schools close fiscal 2026 with a $200,000-plus surplus returned to the town. A district financial official told the School Committee the district finished the year "in very good shape," turning back more than $200,000, including $160,000 originally appropriated for a new bus.
Sturbridge's Conservation Commission reappointed its chair and vice chair and approved five wetlands permits Thursday.