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Community Preservation Committee approves Wetland Replication Design payment

Stow Community Preservation Committee authorizes $28,435 for Wetland Replication Design. The committee voted 6-0-1, with Finance Committee member Tom Farnsworth abstaining, to pay Fuss & O'Neill for work on the design. The committee also unanimously approved submission of Version 2 of the Town

Select Board approves deficit spending for snow and ice account after major winter storm.

Stow Select Board authorizes deficit spending for snow and ice as 36.25 inches fall since December. Chair Megan Birch-McMichael and members voted unanimously to exceed the FY 2026 snow and ice budget, with Town Administrator Denise M. Dembkoski reporting the Department of Public Works had consumed

Capital Planning reviews fire truck request, Council on Aging vehicle needs

Capital Planning Committee reviewed FY27 capital requests from Fire & Rescue and Council on Aging. Chief Barry Evers presented a $1,051,640 Engine 12 fire truck request for a 2004 vehicle that is being retired; the new apparatus will serve as the front-line truck and has a three-year delivery

Open Space Committee sets priorities on farm housing and land issues

Open Space Committee approves prior minutes, sets farm housing as top priority. The seven-member panel voted unanimously to advance three action items for 2026: creation of agricultural worker housing through potential Community Land Trust models and zoning changes; resolution of an unfiled

Planning Board continues two major applications, defers annual reports.

Planning Board continues major applications, defers annual reports. The Board heard a presentation on a three-story mixed-use building at 0 Samuel Prescott Drive featuring approximately 1,500 square feet of office/retail space and two two-bedroom apartments, continued to February 24th after