Northbridge Board of Health unanimously approves $3,000 tick removal and education kit purchase. The Blackstone Valley Partnership for Public Health, representing nine municipalities, also funded up to five staff members to attend the MAPHN conference at $399 per registration and $194 per night for
Planning Board continues Fox Hollow subdivision hearing to March 24. Developer Jim Bernardino of Turning Point Engineering presented eight waiver requests and a three to four year phased development plan for 234 Tessier Lane and Fowler Road, with Planning Director R. Gary Bechtholdt II noting
Northbridge Retirement Board unanimously approves membership for four employees while denying two others. The Board voted 4-0 to grant retirement fund membership to Jeremy Gendron, Sutapa Ghosh, Colin Plant, and Miles Shastri, and rejected applications from Alice Hubert and Tracy Van Schouwen for
Conservation Commission issues compliance certificates at 239 Douglas Road. The commission voted unanimously to issue a full Certificate of Compliance for DEP #248-679 and a partial Certificate for DEP #248-714, both addressing wetland replication work that has been completed or is nearing success
Northbridge Land/Trail Stewardship Committee plans June 7 family event at Castle Hill Farm with rain date June 14. David Pickart reported most trails inaccessible due to snow and ice, with maintenance reassessment pending spring conditions. Becky Rushford detailed Planning Board and Conservation
Whitinsville library design approved, advances to top of state construction funding queue. The Whitinsville Social Library's design for the Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program was approved by the state board and moved to the top of the funding waitlist, with implementation expected in
Whitinsville Social Library board advances renovation to top of state waitlist. The library's Massachusetts Public Library Construction Program design scored high and was accepted by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners before the deadline, with the final report due at the end of March.
Northbridge Trustees of Soldiers' Memorials unanimously approve $188.19 planter materials payment. Members Tom Farley, Jeff Manion, Chris Zanchi, and Richard Trier selected Dean Fortin and Joshua Gibson as 2026 Outstanding Service Award recipients, representing long-term and recent veterans. The
Planning Board continues Fox Hollow subdivision public hearing to February 24. The 77-acre residential development proposed by Eastland Partners and Turning Point Engineering at 234 Tessier Lane would include 62 lots and 124 units on a privately owned road. The Zoning Board of Appeals has
Board of Health grants Northbridge House of Pizza food permit under new ownership. Chair Lani Criasia and members Chris Cella, Steve Garabedian, Linda Lermond, and Erin Meagher voted unanimously to approve the permit conditioned on correction of violations found in a pre-opening inspection,