TOWNSEND -- April 28, 2026, Townsend Board of Health heard a pitch to loosen medical marijuana zoning rules and approved three septic permits at its April 28 meeting. Citizen petitioner Colby Streeter walked Chairman Dr.
TOWNSEND -- April 22, 2026, Townsend Conservation Commission doubles fees for Historical Society after unpermitted tree removal at Harvard Church. The commission voted unanimously at its April 22 meeting to charge twice the standard amended
TOWNSEND -- April 16, 2026, Townsend Finance Committee approves $28.8 million fiscal 2027 budget unanimously. The committee voted at its April 16 meeting to accept the omnibus spending plan presented by interim Town Administrator
TOWNSEND -- April 14, 2026, Townsend Finance Committee unanimously approves hiring freeze exception for a part-time transit coordinator. The five-member committee, chaired by Carol Knox, voted to allow hiring of a five-hour-
TOWNSEND -- April 13, 2026, Townsend Board of Health votes to hire new recycling attendant and eyes mandatory hauler recycling rules. The board voted unanimously at its April 13 meeting to recommend Jeffrey Moon, 20,
TOWNSEND -- April 9, 2026, Townsend Finance Committee scrutinizes a $9,050 band concert budget and presses coordinator to pursue outside fundraising. At the April 9 meeting, longtime band coordinator Betty May told the four-
TOWNSEND -- April 8, 2026, Townsend Conservation Commission unanimously backs new Trails Alliance and snowmobile partnership in wide-ranging April 8 meeting. The commission voted four times unanimously to partner with the Townsend Trails Alliance,
TOWNSEND -- April 7, 2026, Townsend Finance Committee unanimously backed a Board of Health hiring exception and raised alarms over a $50,000 jump in the legal services budget. Meeting on April 7, the committee
TOWNSEND -- April 6, 2026, Townsend Planning Board votes 3-1 to keep peer review requirement for Three Wheeler Road earth removal permit modification. The board denied a request by the applicant's representative
TOWNSEND -- March 30, 2026, Townsend Finance Committee unanimously approved a hiring freeze exemption Monday to allow the town to advertise for a permanent town administrator, while also clearing a second exemption for up to