Board of Health approved the FY26 annual report and compensation for fair inspection services while discussing a significant gap in public health nursing funding.
Conservation Commission adopted Version 4 of a revised general wetland bylaw section.
Topsfield Board of Health approved fair preparation assistance with elevated West Nile Virus risk in focus.
Topsfield Conservation Commission approved four tree removal projects involving 37 trees, along with utility pole and fireworks authorization for the Topsfield Fairgrounds and enforcement action for unauthorized wetland work.
Topsfield Conservation Commission approves permits for pool, church parking, and home expansion. The commission unanimously approved three Orders of Conditions at its August 12 meeting for environmental projects affecting wetlands buffer zones. Approvals included an in-ground pool and patio at 2
Topsfield Board of Health transfers landfill oversight to comply with state monitoring requirements. Chair Sheryl Knutsen explained that authority for post-closure landfill monitoring is now moving from the Public Works Department to the Board, as mandated by state regulation 310 CMR 19.0, which
Topsfield Conservation Commission appoints new chair and approves permits. Andrew Mulholland was unanimously appointed chair, replacing Dodds Shamroth, while the board unanimously issued Certificates of Compliance for 11 Meetinghouse Lane and 26 Parsonage Lane and approved determinations of
Select Board accepts $46,420 commonwealth grant for trail maintenance shed and approves signage modifications. The board unanimously approved a reimbursable grant contract from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for $46,420, offsetting the $45,000 warrant article approved at Town Meeting. The board
Board of Health upholds $1,000 tobacco fine against Topsfield Shell. Chair Sheryl Knutsen presided over a June 17 hearing into the violation, in which the retailer sold a tobacco product to a minor without verifying age during a June 5 compliance check by Healthy Communities Tobacco Control.
Topsfield Finance Committee and Select Board advance amended $28.5 million FY27 budget for special town meeting. Finance Committee Chair Che Elwell won unanimous approval for clarifying language to Article Second, with the committee voting 7-0 to recommend the adjusted motion ahead of the June 17
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