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Last 14 days

• Select Board weighs senior center building committee. Charlton's Select Board took up the fate of the Senior Community Center Feasibility Committee after October's special Town Meeting funded the next design phase of the senior center and police station expansion. The agenda also covered electricity aggregation, winter sand and Sunday alcohol hours.Charlton News
• Water and Sewer Commission takes up Veolia contract. Charlton's Water and Sewer Commission took up extending its contract with Veolia, as a company representative acknowledged recent concerns and promised continuity of day-to-day plant operations.Charlton News
• Post-election tabulation session set for Nov. 10. Charlton's town clerk will open a post-election tabulation session to public observation Nov. 10 at 9 a.m. at the Town Clerk's Office, 37 Main Street.Charlton News
• Weekly obituary notices for Charlton. Charlton's weekly obituary notices list Melody J. Pack, 67, who died Oct. 28 after a long illness and is survived by her husband of 43 years, Roger P. Pack. The notice was posted by Daniel T. Morrill Funeral Home of Southbridge.Charlton News
• Town seeks input on hazard mitigation plan. The Town of Charlton is updating its Hazard Mitigation Plan and is asking residents to complete a survey to help assess and reduce community risk from natural hazards.Town of Charlton
• Town clerk posts notice of office closures. The Town Clerk's office posted a notice announcing upcoming closures, according to a town alert; no specific dates were included in the posting.Town of Charlton
• Planning Board forwards data center ban to Town Meeting. Charlton's Planning Board took up three zoning amendments on data centers and a special permit question, while also keeping open two major site-plan hearings for an Amazon depot and a 695-space vehicle storage lot.Charlton News
• Planning Board weighs data center zoning ban. Charlton's Planning Board considered zoning amendments that would prohibit data centers in every district and direct further study of the use, while also weighing a reduced frontage permit and continuing hearings on Amazon's Sturbridge Road delivery proposal and a 695-space vehicle storage facility.Charlton News

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