Select Board endorses coordinated drought-response strategy as Stow enters critical water shortage. Board of Health Chair Mary McDowell reported Level 3 critical water status—the most severe in the state—with Stow relying entirely on private wells from a shared aquifer. A USGS monitoring well
Stow Select Board schedules liquor license hearing and confronts record-low groundwater.
Stow Select Board unanimously approves 18 summer reappointments across four motions. Chair John "JT" Toole and members Hector Constantzos, Ingeborg Hegemann, Brian Patuto, and Dan Petersen voted unanimously by roll call on one-, two-, three-, and five-year terms effective July 1, after confirming
STOW -- June 9, 2026, Stow Select Board reappoints more than two dozen volunteers and hears a paving bid nearly half the town's estimate. The board voted 5-0 on four separate slates
Stow Select Board re-elects Toole as Chair, Hegemann as Clerk in reorganization. The Board unanimously approved committee assignments including Brian Patuto to Capital Planning, Hector Constantzos to Green Advisory and MBTA committees, Ingeborg Hegemann to MAGIC, and Dan Petersen to the Stow
STOW -- May 26, 2026, Stow Select Board reorganizes under new chair, allows cannabis home delivery, and moves to modernize legal notices. The board elected JT Toole as chair and Ingeborg Hegemann as clerk at
Select Board approves two housing projects and authorizes park celebration permits. The Board unanimously approved a 20-unit development on Bruen Road under Chapter 40B comprehensive permit rules, with five units permanently affordable; separately, it approved a six-unit all-affordable
STOW -- May 12, 2026, Stow Select Board votes 3-2 to transmit a certified democracy declaration, passed 90-14 at the May 9 town meeting, to state officials ahead of a requested July 4
Stow Select Board approves five police policies and one-day liquor license. The board unanimously approved updated police policies addressing juvenile handling, missing persons including new Silver Alert protocol for seniors, Lake Boon patrol officer authority, incident reporting, and a new
STOW -- April 28, 2026, Stow Select Board approves new police AI policy and hears warning about clinician funding cuts. Police Chief Barry Evers told the board Tuesday that the Massachusetts House budget cut the
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