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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board accepts apartment and senior housing filings

Upton Planning Board schedules hearings for senior housing and garden apartment projects. The board accepted a filing from Crandon Realty Trust for five garden-style apartment units at 3 Centennial Court and a filing from Turning Point Engineering for a 16-unit senior housing community at 0

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Government · Select Board

Select Board accepts Adams land donation, declines East Street option

Upton Select Board accepts 2.3-acre land gift, passes on East Street option. The Board voted unanimously to accept a donation from Peter and Penny Adams pending title search; with Chair Laura Hebb recused, members Maureen Dwinnell and Brett Simas voted to decline the town's right of first refusal

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Government · DocumentCenter

Planning Board approves Special Permit application fee revision

Upton Planning Board approves Special Permit application fee revisions. The board unanimously backed a new fee structure for Special Permit applications, which had lacked explicit definitions in town bylaws; Subdivision fees will be reviewed separately. The board also continued three development

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board approves new Special Permit fee schedule

Upton Planning Board unanimously approves revised Special Permit fee schedule on Tuesday. The board voted to adopt the revised structure for applications that lacked explicit definition in the town's bylaws, with Chair Tom Davidson presiding as Margaret Carroll moved and Bill Taylor seconded the

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Government · Council on Aging

Council on Aging requests budget increase and staffing expansion

Upton aging services requests budget boost and staffing expansion. Elder and Social Services Director Tania Paparazzo submitted budget requests to the interim town manager including funding for a new Program Coordinator position at 19 hours weekly for $22,000 and elevation of the Social Services

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Library Board approves routine matters, discusses programs

The Upton Town Library Board of Trustees unanimously approved routine monthly matters at its February meeting. The board approved prior-month minutes, monthly vouchers, and financial reports. Director Matthew Bachtold reported that digital platform circulation increased in January compared to

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