Southbridge Schools Announce 19-Position Cut to Close $1.8 Million Budget Gap
Southbridge schools face an $1.8 million structural budget gap heading into fiscal year 2027, with at least 19 positions already cut.
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Southbridge Council Approves $55,320 Senior Center Kitchen Contract, $875,000 Grant Application
Southbridge council clears Senior Center kitchen contract and $875,000 grant application in unanimous votes.
Subcommittee approves six FY2027 budgets, corrects Bay Path assessment by $19,000
Southbridge's Education and Human Services Subcommittee voted unanimously to forward six FY2027 department budgets to the Town Council at its April 9 meeting, headlined by a last-minute correction to the Bay Path Regional Technical School assessment.
Southbridge DPW Subcommittee Advances $278,800 Emergency Boiler Repair and Two Budgets
SOUTHBRIDGE — April 9, 2026 — Southbridge DPW subcommittee approves emergency boiler contract and forwards $2.76 million in budgets to Town Council. The Joint DPW Subcommittee and Town Council, meeting April 9 with four members present and Councilor Adam excused, voted 4-0 on every item, including a $278,800 transfer
Southbridge Planning Panel Approves $875,000 CDBG Application and Eight Other Actions
Southbridge's Planning and Development Subcommittee approved eight grant and budget actions at its April 8 meeting, headlined by a $875,000 CDBG Mini Entitlement application covering code enforcement, a transfer station feasibility study, and rail trail bridge design.
Southbridge Conservation Commission Flags Unpermitted Wetlands Fill, Plans State Site Visit
SOUTHBRIDGE — April 2, 2026 — Southbridge Conservation Commission flags unpermitted fill near river, eyes state inspection in April. The commission convened April 2 to address a property where soil or fill material was deposited between a river and a wetland without the required prior filing of a Request for Determination of
Southbridge Planning Board April 1 Meeting Produces No Reportable Record
SOUTHBRIDGE — April 1, 2026 — Southbridge Planning Board's April 1 meeting cannot be reported from available audio. The community access TV recording of the meeting produced only unintelligible ASR noise and fragmented crosstalk with no recoverable names, agenda items, votes, dollar amounts, or policy discussion. No supplementary agenda, packet,
Southbridge Bylaw Panel Flags 14 Outdated Provisions, Refers Enforcement Titles to Town Manager
Southbridge Bylaw Review Committee identifies more than a dozen errors in first three bylaw chapters, last updated in 2012.
Southbridge Council Extends Town Manager's Contract, Ratifies Dispatcher Pay Deal
SOUTHBRIDGE — March 30, 2026 — Southbridge Town Council ratifies town manager's contract and dispatcher union deal at contentious March 30 meeting. The council voted 7-1 to extend Town Manager John Jovan's employment agreement for three years at a 2 percent annual raise — below the 2.5
Southbridge Liquor Board Approves Trinity Catholic One-Day License, Sets Marquis Hearing
Southbridge Liquor Board approves one-day license for Trinity Catholic Academy and schedules a violation hearing.