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On Monday, June 8, the Boxborough Design Review Board (DRB) met for the first time in over four years. The meeting was convened to review the design of a proposed sign at 25A Stow Road, the antique brick building at the corner of Stow Road and Route 111 (Mass Ave). The building is owned by Debra Jeanson and is in the Town Center zoning district. Barbara Shapokas Taglier, Jeanson’s tenant and owner of the The Art Studio, submitted an application for a Special Permit to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) to install a new sign at the property.

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On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, Boxborough voters went to the polls to fill ten town positions. There were three contested races for the Select Board, Planning Board, and School Committee.

Of 4,070 total registered voters, 705 voters cast ballots. This year’s 17% voter turnout is similar to the 18% voter turnout in last year’s town election.

The Town Clerk’s Preliminary Election Results can be found at https://www.boxborough-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6553/Annual-Town-Election-Prelim-results-June-2-2026-PDF?bidId=.

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At 8 a.m. on Memorial Day, when the parade marchers began to assemble at Wetherbee Lane, the chance of rain was 90%, and surrounding towns had cancelled their parades.

But that didn’t stop the young members of the Blanchard Band and Boxborough’s Boy Scout Troop 1, Girl Scout Troop 84221, and Cub Scout Pack 26 from showing up with raincoats, umbrellas, banners, flags, and instruments protected with plastic bags, ready and willing to participate in Boxborough’s Memorial Day traditions no matter the weather.

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At its meeting on Monday, May 11, the Planning Board voted unanimously to amend Article 7 on the Annual Town Meeting (ATM) Warrant, the proposed “Plastic Bag, Polystyrene and Disposable Plastic Reduction” general bylaw, to prohibit only plastic bags. As written and printed in the warrant, the bylaw bans plastic utensils, plastic bags, and other polystyrene-based plastics.

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“Thank you to the candidates who stepped up to run for office; we appreciate your willingness to stimulate important conversations and energize voters to come to the polls. After all, democracy is not a spectator sport,” said Acton-Area League of Women Voters (LWV) co-chair Susan Bak at the Boxborough Candidate Forum on Wednesday, May 6.

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At its meeting on April 21, the Boxborough Water Resources Committee (WRC) discussed how to engage Boxborough residents with the assessment and maintenance of Boxborough’s water quality through community outreach at Annual Town Meeting and at Fifer’s Day.

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If you have driven past the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School campus on Hayward Road, you may have noticed three electric school buses plugged into chargers and wondered how the school district acquired them and how they are used.

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At its meeting on April 27, the Boxborough Select Board reviewed a series of proposals from Town Administrator (TA) Mike Johns to increase municipal fees in order to raise revenues, most of which related to the Boxborough Transfer Station. The Board declined to make any changes to Transfer Station sticker fees for FY 2027 but approved one change to the municipal inspection fee structure.

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At their meeting on April 9, the Boxborough Economic Development Committee (EDC) discussed Article 7 of the 2026 Annual Town Meeting Warrant, a “plastic bag, polystyrene and disposable plastic reduction” amendment to Boxborough’s General Bylaw.

After several members of the EDC agreed that the language in Article 7 was “too restrictive,” the EDC agreed to propose a revision to Article 7 that would limit the scope to only plastic bags.

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At its meeting on April 14, the Boxborough Finance Committee (FinCom) previewed their presentation for Annual Town Meeting (ATM), scheduled for May 19 at Blanchard Memorial School.

According to FinCom Chair Tony Newton, the presentation is meant to educate taxpayers about the issues addressed in preparing the town’s budget.

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