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Planning Board backs Design Review Bylaw amendment before Town Meeting

Planning Board unanimously backs Design Review Committee Bylaw amendment for Town Meeting. The revision converts the Design Review Committee from a permanent five-member body with three-year terms to an ad-hoc committee of three to five members appointed per project, aimed at making the volunteer

Select Board approves $2.75M operational override for FY27 budget.

Ashland Select Board unanimously accepts $2.75 million operational override for FY27 budget. The override, to be voted at May 6 Town Meeting with a May 19 ballot, addresses cost pressures in health benefits and the Keefe Tech assessment while funding schools, police, and fire services. Town Manager

Zoning Board continues hearing on 55 West Union affordable housing project.

Zoning Board of Appeals continues hearing on 55 West Union Street affordable housing project. Chair John Trefethen and the Board postponed the 40B Comprehensive Permit decision on the 116-unit development to May 12, 2026 to allow the applicant to conduct soil borings testing feasibility of a

Finance Committee backs Town Forest acquisition with price conditions

Finance Committee unanimously recommends school fields transfer, Town Forest land purchase. Town Manager Michael Herbert's proposal to return school field management to the Ashland schools using the Stabilization Fund as a bridge loan won committee approval (Article 2), as did Article 4 covering

Ashland Committee approves $845,000 for Lincoln Road land acquisition

Ashland Committee unanimously approves $845,000 to purchase property for town forest. The Community Preservation Committee voted 8-0-0 to acquire the 41 Lincoln Road property at $845,000, overriding a second appraisal of $700,000. Member Aaron Ladd presented three options for the acquisition; the