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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's public safety subcommittee advanced $6.27 million in FY 2027 budgets and approved eleven mid-year transfers Thursday.

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

SOUTHBRIDGE — April 27, 2026 — Southbridge Town Council honors fatal-fire heroes, fills four firefighter vacancies, and approves $132,000 in emergency budget transfers. Fire Chief Paul Darminden presented Heroic Action Awards to Lieutenant Christopher Wilson and Firefighter Thomas Edwards for entering a burning structure with zero visibility to rescue a

SOUTHBRIDGE — April 22, 2026 — Southbridge subcommittee unanimously backs $40.3 million school budget that closes a nearly $2 million structural gap. The joint Education and Human Services Subcommittee voted 4-0 Wednesday to forward the fiscal year 2027 Southbridge School Department budget of $40,304,792 to the full Town

Southbridge's Protections of Persons and Property Subcommittee approved four new firefighter/EMT appointments and a $3.26 million Fire Department budget at its April 21 joint meeting with Town Council.

Southbridge's General Government Subcommittee forwarded fourteen departmental budgets totaling more than $21 million for fiscal year 2027 at its April 16 meeting, recommending all items to the full Town Council with one flagged for re-examination. The three-member panel — Councillor Daniel, Ms.

Southbridge council clears Senior Center kitchen contract and $875,000 grant application in unanimous votes.

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 — 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