Boxborough Morning Brief, Oct. 26: Home sells for $1.6M, triple nearest sale

From Boxborough News

• School officials disclose roof repair cost doubles Acton and Boxborough officials told a joint TriBoard meeting October 13 that the high school roof HVAC estimate had jumped sharply from earlier projections, prompting discussion of a debt exclusion or phasing the repair across both towns' budgets.Boxborough News
• Planning Board shortens data center moratorium to one year The Boxborough Planning Board revised its proposed data center moratorium's timeline after legal counsel warned the longer deadline posed legal risk to the whole bylaw, while members debated a disputed provision on electrical-load-only language ahead of the fall Town Meeting warrant article.Boxborough News
• Sustainability panel seeks state energy code fellow The Boxborough Sustainability Committee moved to apply for a state-funded fellow to continue stretch energy code work and disclosed a $240,000 Green Communities grant application covering heat pump and weatherization upgrades at three town buildings, as members debated the transfer station's finances.Boxborough News
• Planning Board ranks town center zoning as top goal The Boxborough Planning Board began ranking its zoning priorities against the town's master plan and a 2020 audit, with members divided over whether new housing helps or hurts the tax base and whether a Hill Road rezoning opportunity was missed.Boxborough News
• Conservation panel approves two PFAS waterline fixes The Boxborough Conservation Commission took up waterline connections letting two condo complexes abandon PFAS-contaminated wells for Littleton town water, after engineers warned there was no room on-site for PFAS treatment, and weighed a Davidson Road septic plan amid an undisclosed tree-removal issue.Boxborough News
• Fire panel drops geothermal heating option The Boxborough Fire Station Building Committee weighed the fate of a ground-source geothermal heating system for its new fire station after the cost gap with a conventional system grew far beyond the figure presented at Town Meeting.Boxborough News
• Fire panel votes to drop geothermal heat study The Boxborough Fire Station Building Committee considered abandoning further study of a ground-source geothermal system for the new fire station, with the design team reporting the cost gap with a conventional heat pump had nearly doubled once well-drilling costs were included.Boxborough News
• Select Board approves $35 abatement fee increase The Boxborough Select Board took up a proposal from Town Assessor Lynda Cajka to replace the variable fee structure for abatement abutters lists with a flat fee, as the board also moved on several appointments including the Council on Aging and Finance Committee representation.Boxborough News
• Conservation Commission closes notice of intent hearing at Davidson Road The Boxborough Conservation Commission wrapped up review of a Notice of Intent for development at 244 Davidson Road after revised plans addressed Board of Health input on septic design and grading, with Rich Grady to draft the order of conditions.Boxborough News
• Home sells for $1.6 million, triple nearest deed A Boxborough home recently sold for $1.6 million, nearly three times the price of the next-highest deed on file in the town's real estate records.Boxborough News

Happening Mon, Oct 26

• 7:00 p.m.: Select Board meets tonight The Boxborough Select Board meets Monday, October 26, at 7 p.m., according to the town calendar.Boxborough Town Calendar

Coming up

• Tue, Oct 27, 5:30 p.m.: Personnel Board meets Tuesday evening The Boxborough Personnel Board meets Tuesday, October 27, at 5:30 p.m., per the town calendar.Boxborough Town Calendar
• Tue, Oct 27, 7:00 p.m.: Housing Board meets Tuesday evening The Boxborough Housing Board meets Tuesday, October 27, at 7 p.m., per the town calendar.Boxborough Town Calendar
• Tue, Oct 27, 7:00 p.m.: Recreation Commission meets Tuesday evening The Boxborough Recreation Commission meets Tuesday, October 27, at 7 p.m., per the town calendar.Boxborough Town Calendar
• Tue, Oct 27, 7:30 p.m.: Acton Boxborough Cultural Council meets Tuesday The Acton Boxborough Cultural Council meets Tuesday, October 27, at 7:30 p.m., per the town calendar.Boxborough Town Calendar
• Wed, Oct 28, 8:00 p.m.: Economic Development Committee meets Wednesday, hybrid Boxborough's Economic Development Committee holds a hybrid meeting Wednesday, October 28, at 8 p.m., per the town calendar.Boxborough Town Calendar

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