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Vol. 49 | No. 19 | May 12, 2023
FedEx site expansion to go before ZBA
FedEx Freight is located at 300 Bartlett Street.
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By Laura Hayes Managing Editor NORTHBOROUGH – The trucking terminal at 300 Bartlett Street currently occupied by FedEx Freight is seeking to expand. The project will go before the Zoning Board of Appeals on May 23. However, before it went before the ZBA, the project went before the Planning Board on May 2 for a technical review. Specifically, the owner NBI Northborough LLC is seeking a special permit to extend a non-conforming use and a special permit with site plan approval to expand an existing trucking terminal. “The purpose of this project is to expand that existing facility,” said project engineer
Buses continue to roll in Westborough Drivers still without contract By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor WESTBOROUGH – The school buses were rolling as usual on Monday and Tuesday. Whether they will continue to roll will depend on whether a contract settlement can be reached between Teamsters Local 170 and NRT Bus. The two sides negotiated all weekend, with a settlement reached for drivers covering Framingham Public Schools. A contract has yet to be reached for Westborough, but the local decided to hold off on a strike. There was some confusion over news reports late Sunday afternoon that suggested a deal had been reached for all three school districts. “It’s been an uncertain 24 hours as multiple differing messages have Picket | 28
School buses sit at Solomon Pond Mall. As of Tuesday, contracts have yet to be reached for Marlborough and Westborough bus drivers.
A look at the Shrewsbury Town Meeting warrant By Evan Walsh Reporter SHREWSBURY – On the night of May 15, Shrewsbury Town Meeting members will gather at Oak Middle School to review and vote on 54 warrant articles.
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Citizen petition Article 34, a citizens’ petition, asks Town Meeting members to rescind the land disposition authority granted to the Select Board during the 2020 Town Meeting regarding 1-7 Maple Avenue, the former site of Maj. Howard W. Beal School. Town Meeting | 6
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