Newbury

NEWBURY — June 8, 2026 — Newbury's Council on Aging voted unanimously June 8 to advance a plan offering the COA's 14-passenger accessible van for senior residents to attend town meetings and elections, while directing staff to first resolve open questions about insurance coverage and election-law

NEWBURY — June 3, 2026 — Newbury Planning Board continues Central Street subdivision hearing to July, closes out Boston Road site plan. The board, meeting remotely via Zoom on June 3 with Vice Chair Pete Pecos presiding in the absence of Chair Woody Knight, voted 4-0 to push the continued public

NEWBURY — June 2, 2026 — Newbury Finance Committee approves $134,733 reserve fund transfer to cover FY2026 snow and ice deficit. The committee voted unanimously Tuesday to transfer $134,733.15 from the town's reserve fund to the snow and ice removal account, wiping the fund down to less

NEWBURY — June 2, 2026 — Newbury Conservation Commission issues partial approval for 45-unit MBTA housing project, bans wetland crossing. The commission voted 5-0 Tuesday to approve the Byfield Heights residential development at 34 Central Street for buffer-zone construction while prohibiting a proposed secondary egress that required a stream

NEWBURY — May 26, 2026 — Newbury Select Board defers decision on disputed 17-year-old Plum Island beach easements to June 9. The board heard more than an hour of public comment from Plum Island property owners who argued they were coerced into signing 26 shoreline access easements in 2009 as

NEWBURY — May 21, 2026 — Newbury ZBA continues contested Plum Island rebuild for the second time, citing scale concerns and missing Conservation Commission review. The Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously at its May 21 meeting to continue the special-permit application of Gerard Fandetti for 15 Sunset Drive to June

NEWBURY — May 20, 2026 — Newbury Planning Board continues Central Street subdivision and receives broad housing and infrastructure update. The board voted unanimously at its May 20 remote meeting to continue the public hearing on a two-lot subdivision at 15 Central Street — applicant Michael Becker through 15 Central Street, Byfield,

NEWBURY — May 20, 2026 — Newbury Library Board launches director search after Hart announces June 4 departure. Library Director Haley Hart formally announced her resignation at the May 20 Board of Trustees meeting, ending roughly 14 years in the role. The board unanimously appointed trustees Alexander Burick and Melissa Mashburn to

NEWBURY — May 19, 2026 — Newbury Conservation Commission closes public hearing on Central Street housing wetland crossing, deferring decision to June 2. The commission voted 5-0 Tuesday to shut the record on a proposed MBTA-zoning residential development at 34 Central Street, where the applicant seeks to fill approximately 2,

NEWBURY — May 18, 2026 — Newbury's Council on Aging lost its Annual Town Meeting architect-funding article by just 10 votes, pivoting now to a combined senior center and Town Hall facility. Chair Damon Despres told the board Monday that roughly 280 of the town's 12,000