Old Home Day Committee approves new member as summer event takes shape. Kathleen Dermady was voted in unanimously as a new committee member at the August 18 meeting. The committee reported vendor booth spaces at 102 sold, with financial reserves of $13,876.48 following expenses of $27,747.89 and
Charlton Zoning Board of Appeals grants two setback variances under newly relaxed state standards. Chair Frank Lombardi and Building Commissioner Kurt Meskis walked the board through recent amendments to Massachusetts Chapter 40A before hearing two cases.
Charlton's Senior/Community Center Feasibility Committee concluded the Dresser Hill Road site was the best option.
Charlton Activities Council planned significant changes to its October 24 Trunk or Treat event at an August 16 meeting. Members including Barbara Benoit, Ray Mancini, and Richard Watts reviewed feedback from the successful 2026 Blueberry Festival and detailed plans for the community event.
Ten property deeds were recorded in Charlton between July 17 and July 20, but none listed a sale price, so no price range or median can be reported for the period. The most notable transfer involved 98 Masonic Home Rd, which appeared twice in the records as Richard L. and Katherine A. Kaczynski
Charlton Planning Board approves Italian restaurant and storage consolidation project. The Board voted unanimously to waive site plan review for Great Grace LLC's conversion of a 2,312-square-foot office building at 61 North Main Street into a restaurant with 34 seats and take-out service,
Charlton Planning Board waives site plan review for a new restaurant while pushing back on housing plan wording.
Charlton Select Board foregoes conservation rights on three parcels totaling 83.61 acres. The board voted unanimously to decline its Chapter 61 rights of first refusal across three properties, most significantly 77.8 acres on A Young Road where developer Pete Messier plans modest residential
Charlton Old Home Day Committee advances event planning with 90 vendors secured. Chair Kathleen Walker reported the committee approved the August 4 minutes unanimously and confirmed key logistics, including four bouncy houses operating from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and a parade led by marshal Danny Dono.
Charlton Select Board steps aside on 77-acre Old Texas Road parcel, favoring a family trust over an Oxford developer's buffer bid. The board voted unanimously not to exercise its Chapter 61 right of first refusal on land owned by the Helen V.