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Government

Charlton earns GFOA financial reporting award

The Town of Charlton announced Oct. 21 that it received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for Fiscal Year 2025 from the Government Finance Officers Association.

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Senior center funding advances toward Oct. 19 vote

Select Board advances $500,000 senior center funding ahead of Oct 19 town meeting vote on cameras. From our own coverage: Select Board eyes senior center funding, camera debate; Health board reviews Flint Road landfill, PFAS cleanup pace.

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Bay Path JV football meets Wachusett Regional

Bay Path RVT's junior varsity football team played Wachusett Regional in a nonconference matchup Monday. Also in today's brief (1 items): Bay Path RVT faces Wachusett Regional in JV football.

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of October 5, 2026 through October 11, 2026

Charlton's obituary column this week carries three notices: Read, Florence, who died October 7 at age 103; Stone, Mary Cullinan, 87, who died October 3; and Trombly, Clifton G. Jr., 89, who died October 5. Read's notice, posted through Paradis Funeral Home Inc. of Oxford, recorded her a…

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Charlton Sees 12 Property Transfers in Late September, Most Prices Still Pending

Charlton recorded 12 property transfers between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, but only one carries a posted sale price so far: $156,810, for a property sold by Christopher and Jordana Lichtenhan to Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC and DART Collateral Manager LLC. The other 11 transfers, including two same-day

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Board finds Amazon site in violation

Charlton Planning Board finds Amazon's Sturbridge Road facility violated its 2021 traffic permit. From our own coverage: Planning Board finds Amazon site in traffic violation; Conservation board weighs waiver on Worcester Road gas station. Also in today's brief (4 items): Bay Path RVT v…

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Government · Planning Board

Charlton Planning Board recommends data center zoning ban

Planning Board recommended data center zoning restrictions and approved a reduced frontage special permit. The board voted unanimously on three zoning amendments prohibiting data centers in all districts and directing the Planning Board to study the use and report to Town Meeting by 2028.

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