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Select Board approves $375,000 FY2027 budget override for Topsfield.

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 continues hearings on major redevelopment project.

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 contract amendment.

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 minutes; deliberates Masconomet budget cuts and capital funding strategy.

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

Finance Committee approves prior meeting minutes, charts course on Masco roof and HVAC project.

The Topsfield Finance Committee unanimously approved February meeting minutes and received a comprehensive update on a regional capital project. Che Elwell briefed members on a $70 million Roof and HVAC Project for Masco District, with the Massachusetts School Building Authority funding 40 percent