Board honors two with Public Health Award at July meeting. The Ashland Board of Health presented its 9th Annual Mary Mortensen Public Health Award to Amy Turncliff and Kirsten Quern, recognizing their community contributions. Health Director Rajit Gupta briefed the Board on multiple initiatives:
Library Board unanimously approves permanent art collection policy at June 30 meeting. Director Meena Jain and her team reported exceptional youth services engagement: the children's department offered 29 programs with over 1,500 attendees, and over 100 teens registered for summer reading.
Ashland Conservation Commission approves three residential projects and five emergency removals. The commission unanimously cleared three Requests for Determinations of Applicability for projects at 5 Grover Road (patio), 0/175 Oak Street (soil testing), and 62 Fountain Street (accessory dwelling
The Ashland Planning Board approved a Scenic Road Special Permit letting the Ashland Historical Society move a ten-foot stone wall section on Water Street to create a driveway at 2 Myrtle Street.
Ashland Sustainability Committee names emissions data a top priority. The five-member committee, chaired by Todd Ching and including members Ashwin Ratanchandani, Cara Camerato-Hulme, Amanda Flies, and Reshum Aurora, approved prior minutes unanimously and focused on establishing baseline
Ashland Planning Board approves scenic road permit for Myrtle Street wall relocation.
Ashland Affordable Housing Trust advances Olive Street property development with $12,000 vote. Trustees unanimously approved up to $12,000 for engineering and appraisal work to prepare the 0 Olive Street property for a residential request for proposals, with an ANR lot division required by Town
The Ashland Zoning Board of Appeals approved a special permit for a Roberts Road porch and pushed a 116-unit affordable housing hearing to July 14.
Ashland Zoning Board approves Roberts Road special permit.
The Ashland Conservation Commission continued its hearing on a 40B project at 10-60 Main Street to July 20 after debating contamination testing at the former mill site.
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