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Last 14 days

• Hubbardston records 10 property transfers, tops out at $425,000. Hubbardston logged 10 property transfers in September, led by a sale that closed at $425,000.Hubbardston News
• Land use, health board clerk job posted. Hubbardston has opened hiring for the shared Land Use and Board of Health clerk position, the role left vacant after the departing clerk's exit prompted warnings that a townwide hiring freeze would slow health board work.Town of Hubbardston
• Voter information booklets arrive in town. The town announced that voter information booklets have arrived, giving residents access to the materials ahead of upcoming town business.Town of Hubbardston
• Town Meeting to take up state-mandated zoning update. The town posted notice that a Town Meeting session will consider the zoning bylaw update required by the new state law, the next step after the Planning Board sent its rewrite to the Select Board. No session date was included in the notice.Town of Hubbardston
• Community Preservation Committee posts annual hearing notice. Hubbardston's Community Preservation Committee posted its required notice for an annual public hearing, where residents can weigh in on how the town's Community Preservation Act funds should be spent.Town of Hubbardston
• Hubbardston records 12 property transfers this month. Hubbardston's real estate roundup counted a dozen property transfers this month, though the registry has yet to record final sale prices for most of them.Hubbardston News
• Planning Board OKs zoning fix for new state law. Hubbardston's Planning Board weighed a state-mandated rewrite of the town's zoning variance and non-conformity rules, with Town Planner Alec Wade warning that leaving the bylaw as is risks a lawsuit over the first variance request that comes through.Hubbardston News
• Select Board votes to pursue 1600s dugout canoe. Hubbardston's Select Board voted to ask the Worcester History Museum to put the town next in line for a 1600s dugout canoe pulled from Comet Pond, while also swearing in a new police sergeant and closing the fall Town Meeting warrant.Hubbardston News

Coming up

• Wed, Oct 7, 6:00 p.m.: Select board returns Wednesday for second meeting. Hubbardston's Select Board meets again Wednesday, October 7, at 6 p.m. at 48 Gardner Road, its second session of the week.Town of Hubbardston
• Wed, Oct 7, 6:00 p.m.: Select Board holds second meeting of the week. Hubbardston's Select Board returns to Town Hall, 48 Gardner Road, at 6 p.m. Wednesday for its second meeting this week.Town of Hubbardston
• Wed, Oct 7, 6:00 p.m.: Select Board returns for second October session. The Select Board meets again at 48 Gardner Road, its second session of the week, to continue town business.Town of Hubbardston
• Wed, Oct 7, 6:30 p.m.: Planning board meets Wednesday evening. Hubbardston's Planning Board meets Wednesday, October 7, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.Town of Hubbardston

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