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Select Board accepts Veteran Services Officer resignation, approves district transition

Hubbardston Select Board approves Veteran Services consolidation. The board accepted Veteran Services Officer Lauren Wright's resignation effective January 1, 2026, as the town transitions to the Veteran Services District. In separate unanimous votes, the board approved submission of a District

Committee advances trail projects, takes on hay contract work

Hubbardston Open Space Committee moves conservation projects forward, assigns hay contract work. The committee, meeting at Town Hall, reviewed account balances totaling $22,523 and advanced several trail projects, with Bob Hatch and Stephanie Frend procuring cedar for new Mount Jefferson trail

Hubbardston Library Trustees approve Story Walk CPC grant

Hubbardston Library Trustees approve Story Walk CPC grant application. The four-member board voted unanimously, with Krista Fischelis Goguen, Clerk, leading revisions for a January 15 deadline. Trustees also approved liability waiver forms from the Gardner Animal Shelter for library programming.

Planning Board confirms Attorney General approval of four bylaws

All four Hubbardston bylaws from town meeting have received Attorney General approval, completing a zoning modernization cycle. Chair Kristofer Munroe and Town Planner Alec Wade reported the Battery Energy Storage Systems bylaw allows energy storage in all districts except the town center, with

Commission approves driveway project; addresses unpermitted cutting

Conservation Commission approves driveway, tackles unpermitted cutting issue. Chair Bryan LaRochelle led the board through approval of standard conditions for a 12-foot driveway conversion at 135 Old Westminster Road for applicant David Baldarelli, with the proposed house outside the 100-foot