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The final set of plans and bid documents for Northborough’s future dog park have been sent to the Stanton Foundation. 

Residents let their feelings known about the citizens' petitions presented at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 23.

Article 20, sponsored by the Open Space Committee and the Conservation Department, sought $615,000 for the Ellis Walker property.

The request for a new roof at Hastings passed by a two-thirds majority at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 23.

Capital requests from the School Department, Recreation, Police and Fire were among those passed by Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 23.

WESTBOROUGH -- After more than three hours of deliberation, Annual Town Meeting has passed the operating budget for fiscal 2025. Residents discussed several items within...

Emerald Run, which includes six four-story buildings and 300 total homeownership units, would be constructed at 33-69 Green St.

Here is what to know when attending the annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 23.

A draft version of Northborough’s fiscal year 2025 budget would result in an increase of $626 to the average single-family tax bill.

The increase for fiscal 2025 – pegged at nearly $1,000 for the average single-family home – has since been pared to $835.02.

Westborough's current free cash is about $14.9 million, of which $5.5 million has been set aside for items during the last two Town Meetings.

Nomination papers were due on March 19 for the upcoming Shrewsbury election. There will be one contested race for library trustee.

A proposed industrial park on Clinton Street is estimated to generate nearly 1,500 trips of traffic every day.

The Shrewsbury budget will total $183,654,369, which is an increase of approximately $2.3 million over the fiscal year 2024 budget.

The building will be part of expansion plans for All Phase Glass, currently doing business on Collette Street.

Casella Waste Systems, Shrewsbury’s new trash hauler, will start service on July 1. Officials went before the Select Board Feb. 27.

The next step on what to do with the Westborough Golf Club building on West Main Street will be Article 18 on the Annual Town Meeting warrant.

Northborough is hoping to create two subdistricts — one near Avalon Northborough and the other in downtown — to comply with MBTA zoning.

The Select Board voted, 5-0, to purchase the building – the site of the now-former Boston Sports Clubs – to convert into a community center.

The proposed MBTA zone is located in the far southeast corner of Shrewsbury, near the intersection of Route 20 and Route 9.