One Southbridge obituary was published this week: Lippe, Dennis P., 74, who died July 21, 2026. Arrangements are being handled by Daniel T. Morrill Funeral Home in Southbridge.
Worcester County Registry of Deeds recorded 12 Southbridge property transfers between June 26 and July 25, but only one carried a sale price by this writing: $397,500 for a home at 61 Goddard St., sold by Phillip Torres. Two entries were nominal-consideration transfers and are not counted as sales.
Southbridge Conservation Commission weighs partial bond release, wades into a years-old wetlands dispute.
Nine properties changed hands in Southbridge between June 19 and July 18, per Worcester County Registry of Deeds records, but only one sale disclosed a price: $320,000, for a property sold by the Karola Mary Daigle Irrevocable Trust to Legacy Investment Ventures LLC. That trust also sol…
Southbridge Board of Health begins formal process toward kratom regulation and unanimously extends a sewer-complaint deadline for two Hill Avenue property owners.
Southbridge School Committee re-elects Brittany Davison as chair and returns three members to office. Town Clerk Maddie Bonitas swore in Carla De La Cruz Davila, Frank Kavinsky, and Stephanie Rivers to three-year terms expiring June 30, 2029 at the July 15 reorganization and regular meeting.
Southbridge's Joint Planning and Development Subcommittee unanimously recommended acceptance of a $25,000 Massachusetts Preservation Project Fund grant to investigate the Town Hall tower and produce construction documents at its July 15 meeting.
Southbridge's Joint Education and Human Services Subcommittee forwarded three board appointments to the full Town Council after a brief session on July 15.
Southbridge's General Government Subcommittee unanimously recommended extending town accountant Christine Russell's appointment through June 2029 and approved a short-term consultant contract with Muni to cover treasury-collector services through January 31, 2027.
Southbridge's Protection of Persons and Property Subcommittee unanimously backed a federal generator grant and opened the door to joining a regional emergency communications district at its July 14 joint session.