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Conservation Commission recommends rodenticide and plastic bag bans

Boxborough Conservation Commission recommends rodenticide and plastic bag bans. The five-member commission, meeting March 18 with Rich Grady absent, voted unanimously to recommend draft bylaw articles banning rodenticides and single-use plastic bags for town meeting, authorizing Chair Elizabeth

Finance Committee approves FY27 budget, backs warrant articles

Finance Committee recommends 30-plus warrant articles spanning millions in capital spending. The committee voted nearly unanimously to back public safety investments including $400,000 for fire breathing apparatus, $320,000 for fire radios, and emergency management AED units for 25 locations

Planning Board withdraws gateway zoning amendment, advances design review and specialty food shop articles

Planning Board defers contentious zoning revision for Massachusetts Avenue corridor. Acting Chair Rich Guzzardi led a nearly four-hour public hearing on five proposed amendments, ultimately withdrawing the gateway business district overhaul for Article 4.1.3 after owners of industrial businesses

Fire Station Building Committee approves OPM amendments, advances Phase 2 designer selection.

Fire Station Building Committee approves Vertex amendments and launches new Phase 2 designer selection process. The Committee voted unanimously for Amendment 1 of $11,122 and Amendment 2 not to exceed $5,000 in project management support following Town Counsel review of the August 2022 selection

Cemetery Commission approves tree removal, plans spring vegetation work

Boxborough Cemetery Commission votes to remove tree near Hill Road, outlines spring maintenance. Chair Owen Neville and Clerk Jim Moss unanimously approved removal of a tree leaning toward a residence at 462 Hill Road and unanimously approved the prior month's minutes. The commission identified