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Government · Select Board

Sherborn Select Board approves Fire Department grants and support letters

Sherborn Select Board unanimously approved grants for fire safety and correspondence supporting regional water infrastructure. The board accepted $9,364.12 from the Department of Fire Services for firefighting equipment including structural nozzles, breathing apparatus masks, and an accountability

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Government · Advisory Committee

Advisory Committee holds executive session on litigation

Advisory Committee convenes in joint session with Select Board for closed litigation meeting. The Sherborn committee met on May 22 with five of eight members present; all procedural votes passed unanimously by roll call. Chair Stephen Bonder presided over the meeting, which recessed into executive

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Elder Housing Committee approves tree gift for Woodhaven

Sherborn Elder Housing Committee approves donation of Red Bud tree for Woodhaven. Only three of six committee members attended the May 21 meeting, unanimously approving resident Bonnie Chick's tree donation from Weston Nurseries, and Treasurer Theresa Burns reported expenses through May 14 of

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Groundwater committee reviews water quality threats

Sherborn groundwater committee flagged first-ever private well with excess nitrate. The Groundwater Protection Committee approved prior minutes and discussed water-quality concerns, including a homeowner's well testing just above the state maximum contaminant limit of 10 ppm nitrate, the first

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Government · Cemetery Commisson

Cemetery Commission renews Big Tree contract, sets burial fees

The Sherborn Cemetery Commission voted unanimously to renew its grounds maintenance contract with Big Tree and established new service fee structures. Members Chuckie Blaney, Gene Ham, Robert D'Eramo, and Associate Member George Fiske approved the renewal and requested the current 2025-2026

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Government · Board of Health

Board approves bedrock permits despite public well concerns

Sherborn Board of Health approved four bedrock disruption permits on Farm Road despite resident opposition. Vice Chair Steven Constantine and Co-Chair Julie Dreyfus voted in favor each time, with member Bose Kochupurakkal abstaining in the 2-1 votes, over concerns about potential impacts to private

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