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Finance Committee approves $31.7 million FY27 budget

Upton Finance Committee approves $31.7 million line-item budget for fiscal year 2027. Chair Paul Flaherty led unanimous approval of the general budget of $29,163,658, while Police and Town Clerk line items of $2,388,075 and $133,842 passed with majority support as Finance Committee Co-Chair Stephen

DPW Building Committee advances project toward April public vote

Upton DPW Building Committee advances $17 million project toward April Town Meeting vote. Meeting with Acting Chair Dan Lazarz presiding over four of the eight committee members, the committee approved prior November minutes and received a progress update from Vertex Companies on the $17 million

Conservation Commission approves stormwater bylaw changes

Conservation Commission unanimously approves changes to Upton stormwater bylaw and regulations governing permitting thresholds. Approved updates included Chapter 242 of the bylaw and Section 5 of Chapter 325 regulations, which Conservation Administrator Mary Overholt said had made permitting

Upton Capital Budget Committee approves four warrant articles for May town meeting

Upton Capital Budget Committee approves four capital projects for May Town Meeting. The committee, chaired by Dan Lazarz with members Katherine Robertson, Justin Pollard, Lyn Haggerty, and newest member Sophia Studley present, unanimously approved $600,000 for road construction, $289,000 for fire

Select Board opens warrant for May town meeting, approves debt exclusion

Upton Select Board unanimously opens warrant, places debt exclusion and override on ballot. Chair Laura Hebb and members Maureen Dwinnell and Brett Simas voted unanimously on March 31 to open the May 7 Annual Town Meeting Warrant and to place a Highway Department building debt-exclusion question