Southbridge Conservation Commission Takes No Votes, Weighs Legal Advice on Enforcement Orders
Southbridge Conservation Commission meets but takes no votes, discussing only legal guidance on enforcement orders.
Dave Watkins
Southbridge Approves $112,913 Community Center Hood Overhaul, Replacing Prior Contract
SOUTHBRIDGE — May 13, 2026 — Southbridge DPW subcommittee approves $112,913 community center hood overhaul and endorses flat utility budgets. The Joint DPW Subcommittee and Town Council voted unanimously Wednesday on all items at their May 13 meeting, replacing a prior $55,000 kitchen hood contract with Singer Kittredge with a
Southbridge School Committee Completes Section B Policy Review, Schedules June Session
Southbridge School Committee finishes Section B of its policy manual overhaul, dropping a legally questionable "supreme authority" clause and flagging the absence of required school councils.
Southbridge School Committee Votes 7-0 to Advance State Receivership Exit Plan
Southbridge School Committee unanimously approves Phase Three plan to exit state receivership.
Southbridge School Committee Votes 7-0 to Advance State Receivership Exit Plan
SOUTHBRIDGE — May 12, 2026 — Southbridge School Committee unanimously approves Phase Three plan to exit state receivership. The committee voted 7-0 Tuesday on a roll-call vote to approve the Phase Three transition plan and forward it to the state commissioner of education for approval, a step members described as
Southbridge Town Council Awards $705,300 Paving Contract, Enters Executive Session on Overdue Minutes
SOUTHBRIDGE — May 11, 2026 — Southbridge Town Council awards $705,300 road contract, confronts open meeting law backlog at Monday session. The nine-member council unanimously approved a paving and sidewalk repair contract with M. El Palo and Sons Paving for the North Street neighborhood, funded by Community Development Block Grant
Southbridge Subcommittee Forwards $6.27 Million in FY 2027 Public Safety Budgets
Southbridge's public safety subcommittee advanced $6.27 million in FY 2027 budgets and approved eleven mid-year transfers Thursday.
Southbridge Conservation Commission May 7 Meeting Produces No Reportable Record
SOUTHBRIDGE — May 7, 2026 — Southbridge Conservation Commission's May 7 meeting cannot be reported from available audio. The transcript produced by automatic speech recognition from Southbridge's community access TV recording is almost entirely unintelligible, containing no recoverable speaker names, vote tallies, dollar amounts, motion language, or coherent
Southbridge "Other Committee" Meeting Transcript Yields No Reportable Municipal Business
A May 7, 2026 Southbridge committee recording produced no reportable municipal content. The submission, labeled only "Other Committee," yielded a transcript of three short, incoherent passages that name no speakers, no agenda items, no dollar amounts, and no votes.
Southbridge Subcommittee Approves $705,300 Paving Bid and $325,000 Sewer Transfer
SOUTHBRIDGE — May 6, 2026 — Southbridge's Joint Planning and Development Subcommittee unanimously approved more than $1.15 million in infrastructure actions Wednesday, anchored by a $705,300 paving contract and a $325,000 sewer fund transfer. The subcommittee accepted a bid from M.L. Partlow & Sons Paving to