Government

HALIFAX — May 12, 2026 — Halifax Conservation Commission approves solar array, lakeside home, and a 20 percent fee hike at May 12 meeting. The commission unanimously approved an RDA for a 1.5-megawatt solar array at 69 Summit Street, finding that all proposed work would remain at least 65 feet

HALIFAX — May 11, 2026 — Halifax Annual Town Meeting rewrites its override ask from $1.5 million to $999,777 after a last-minute $625,000 accounting discovery upended the budget. Town Administrator Stephen Sobo disclosed Friday, May 8, that approximately $625,000 in budget compilation discrepancies had emerged, prompting a

HALIFAX — May 11, 2026 — Woburn's Special Permits Committee advanced two petitions to the full City Council on Monday and held a senior housing expansion in committee. The committee, chaired by a fill-in in the absence of Chair Councilor Marissa Bruin, voted unanimously to send a favorable report

HALIFAX — May 11, 2026 — Halifax Finance Committee backs employee raises but pulls support for PFAS fund article over oversight concerns. The committee voted unanimously at its May 11 meeting to recommend a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment for the town's 12 to 13 non-union employees at

HALIFAX — May 7, 2026 — Halifax Planning Board approves modified storage facility permit, advances Summit Street solar project. The board voted unanimously Thursday to approve a site plan modification for a self-storage facility at 318 Plymouth Street with new conditions requiring the applicant to submit a snow removal plan, install

HALIFAX — May 6, 2026 — Halifax Board of Health postpones vote on Marilyn's Landing landfill corrective-action plan after independent review arrives just one day before the meeting. The board had been expected to consider a letter of acceptance for the soil reuse management plan at the landfill, but

HALIFAX — May 4, 2026 — Halifax Finance Committee debates free cash versus operating override ahead of annual town meeting. Meeting Monday with Chair Jim Walters and six other members present in-person or remotely, the committee reviewed a supplemental budget document showing available free cash of $1,390,489 and a

HALIFAX — April 28, 2026 — Halifax Select Board votes to let town administrator lock in natural gas prices as rates hit 15-year highs. The board voted unanimously April 28 to authorize Town Administrator Steven Solbo to execute a fixed-price natural gas supply contract when market conditions dip, citing a

HALIFAX — April 28, 2026 — Halifax Conservation Commission presses for formal engineer filings on two troubled properties while floating a 30 percent fee hike. At the April 28 meeting, Chair John Guiod and the two other members present — Secretary Edward Haworth and Member Edward Lane — told Jack Selvaggio of 1 Seventh

HALIFAX — April 21, 2026 — Halifax Finance Committee debates school budget formula, library cuts, and a $160,000 snow deficit ahead of May 16 override vote. Meeting virtually on April 21, the seven-member committee heard Town Administrator Steve detail the town's net school spending calculation — a DESE-set