Topsfield Sustainability Advisory Committee clears annual report and composting rebate using grant funds. Chair Zillie Bhuju confirmed the town finance team and outside legal counsel approved a $45 rebate for residents enrolling in six-month Black Earth curbside composting; the committee
Select Board unanimously approves reduced FY2027 budget override and town meeting warrant articles. Chair Rafael McDonald and Vice-Chair Michelle Mercier-Link guided approval of a $317,084 override, down from $375,000, expected to raise average household property taxes by approximately $138
Topsfield Finance Committee votes on 2026 town meeting warrant articles. The seven-member committee unanimously recommended the General Operating Budget and police capital requests for Articles 17 and 18, replacing tasers no longer supported by the manufacturer and updating the Chief's Command
Topsfield Board of Health unanimously hires returning contractor for summer camp inspections. The board voted 4-0 to engage Julia Lobel RN for the 2026 camp inspections, estimating the work at no more than 14 hours using existing Professional Services funds. Health Director Jon Bouley reported 28
Topsfield Select Board unanimously approves all-alcohol license for The Evermore at Peirce Farm. Chair Rafael McDonald, Vice Chair Michelle Mercier-Link, and members Boyd Jackson, Marshall Hook, and Robert Kmetz voted 5-0 to issue the license to Michael Gallant of Topsfield Functions LLC for 116
Finance Committee votes Masconomet FY27 assessment to warrant. The committee, reviewing the Masconomet School Committee's March 11 approval, recommended the district's $44,951,409 operating and capital budget for the warrant, apportioning $36,907,691 total to the three member towns. Topsfield's
Topsfield Select Board unanimously approves $375,000 FY2027 override. Chair Rafael McDonald moved approval of the override, citing health insurance, pensions, and a $145,000 snow and ice budget overrun as primary drivers. The board also voted 5-0 to approve the FY2027 budget as amended, addressing
Conservation Commission defers two linked notices of intent. Engineer Jay Polakiewicz of Hancock Associates presented the Topsfield Garages LLC proposal for a restaurant and structures at 10 School Avenue and 35R Main Street to the panel, which voted unanimously to continue the hearings (NOI
Select Board approves liquor license consolidation and water work amendment. The board unanimously backed a motion by Member Hook to consolidate three Farmer Series Pouring licenses under a single 19H Farmer's Pouring License for Alfalfa Farm Cellars at 267 Rowley Bridge Road, fulfilling Alcohol
Finance Committee approves prior meeting minutes and debates Masconomet's FY27 budget strategy. Superintendent Mike Harvey presented Scenario 2 cuts totaling $1.1 million in staffing reductions, bringing the district's operating assessment increase to 4.2 percent under a revised
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