The Southbridge Protection of Persons and Property Subcommittee confirmed two new fire lieutenants and backed an alternate animal control inspector.
Southbridge Planning Board motion to endorse a four-parcel merger fails for lack of a second.
One Southbridge obituary was published this week: Plouffe, Elzear "Putsin," 84, who died August 26, 2026. Arrangements are being handled by Sansoucy Funeral Home of Southbridge. No further biographical details were available in the source notice.
Southbridge recorded five property deeds between July 31 and Aug. 29, but only two listed a recorded sale price: $150,000 and $265,109, putting the midpoint of known prices at $207,554. The period's top recorded sale was 9 South St., sold by Henry and Adela Baez for $265,109 to Guaranteed Rate
Southbridge's Town Council By-law Review Committee referred a new tax title payment bylaw to town counsel and pushed through a string of Chapter 6 licensing fixes.
Southbridge council approved a $41,719.78 change order for Crystal Street paving after a 6-2 vote. Councilors Kelly and Klein opposed the measure, with Kelly calling it "another example of a contractor who agrees to provide a service for a fixed price" and then seeking more money.
Southbridge's obituary notices this week list two residents: Dean, Joseph R. II, and Caiani, Mafalda B. Joseph R. Dean, II, 81, of Grandview Rd., died Thursday, August 20 at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester after a long illness. Mafalda B. Caiani, 90, of Fairlawn Ave., died Sa…
Southbridge recorded 11 property transfers between July 24 and Aug. 22, though only five listed a sale price. Recorded prices ranged from $14,541 for 64 High St. to $581,250 for 121 Charlton St., the period's top sale, with a median of $305,405. No street had more than one recorded sale. Six
Southbridge's Conservation Commission continued its enforcement hearing on erosion violations at 107 and 111 Hartfield Drive to September 3 after neighbors reported fresh excavation near a wetland swale.
Southbridge Planning Board worked through a draft 365-day data center moratorium and pushed a Worcester Street zoning dispute to September.