Hubbardston brief: Thursday, September 24, 2026

Planning Board advances zoning bylaw rewrite required by new state law amid lawsuit warning

Planning Board advances zoning bylaw rewrite required by new state law amid lawsuit warning.

Select Board weighs new clerks, Winchendon accounting deal. Hubbardston's Select Board considered job descriptions for two new clerk positions and an intermunicipal accounting agreement with Winchendon, as members also weighed an updated town administrator salary range and a call for an engineering assessment of the First Meeting House.Hubbardston News
Planning Board takes up state-mandated zoning rewrite. Hubbardston's Planning Board closed a hearing on a state-mandated zoning bylaw rewrite covering variance standards and non-conforming-use rules, with the town planner warning that delay risks a lawsuit over the first variance application filed under the outdated rules.Hubbardston News
Library trustees take up policies, Historical Society ask. Hubbardston's Board of Library Trustees worked through seven draft policies at its Thursday meeting and heard a pitch from the Historical Society to eventually house its display collection in the library's under-renovation lower level.Hubbardston News

Senior Center yard sale, art show postponed. The Hubbardston Senior Center's Yard Sale and Art Show, originally set for this weekend, has been postponed until October 2 through 4, the town announced.Town of Hubbardston

Mon, Sep 28, 5:30 p.m.: Town administrator search committee meets Monday. Hubbardston's Town Administrator Search Committee meets Monday, September 28, at 5:30 p.m. at 48 Gardner Road as the town continues its search for a permanent administrator.Town of Hubbardston
Mon, Sep 28, 6:00 p.m.: Library book club discusses The Women. Hubbardston Public Library's book club meets Monday, September 28, at 6 p.m. to discuss Kristin Hannah's novel The Women.Hubbardston Public Library
Mon, Sep 28, 7:00 p.m.: Cable Advisory Committee meets Monday evening. The Cable Advisory Committee holds its next regular meeting Monday, September 28, at 7 p.m. at 48 Gardner Road.Town of Hubbardston
Thu, Oct 1, 7:00 p.m.: Library trustees meet Thursday, October 1. The Board of Library Trustees holds its next regular meeting Thursday, October 1, at 7 p.m. at 48 Gardner Road, its first since taking up a slate of new library policies.Town of Hubbardston