Sherborn Approves $2 Million Capital Borrowing Plan, Advisory Member Resigns Over Select Board

SHERBORN -- March 11, 2026, Sherborn advisory and capital panels approve roughly $2 million in exempt borrowing for FY27, as one member resigns over Select Board remarks. At a joint session March 11, the Advisory Committee and Capital Budget Committee finalized capital recommendations including $672,551 for Sherborn's share of the Dover-Sherborn Regional high school roof, down from an initial estimate above $900,000, plus $506,000 for the Pine Hill School water tank, $450,000 for roadway management (split $275,000 from borrowing and $175,000 from free cash), and $400,000 for the town hall roof and exterior project. A $175,000 recycling center electrical and equipment upgrade was also recommended for exempt borrowing, adding a potential fifth ballot question to the Select Board's election warrant. At the meeting's close, Advisory Committee member Anne Young read a prepared resignation statement, saying the Select Board Chair had "kneecapped advisory on two significant fronts" by publicly directing budget makers to "push back against advisory", language Young called explicitly adversarial and incompatible with the committee's statutory oversight authority.