Dudley brief: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Dudley voters head to the polls Sept. 29 to decide a school bond and public safety override
Dudley voters head to the polls Sept. 29 to decide a school bond and public safety override.
From Dudley News
- Water board scrambles to cover departing clerk's duties. Dudley's water board is scrambling to cover a longtime office employee's abrupt departure, authorizing new chairman Justin to negotiate stopgap coverage while a years-old DEP compliance issue and a contractor payment dispute both hang over the department.Dudley News
- Rec commission weighs charging for food at Spooktacular. With little outside funding, Dudley's Recreation Commission debated charging for pizza at October's Spooktacular, a break from its tradition of free food at events, and finalized a new October poetry slam with the library.Dudley News
- Library trustees elect new chair, weigh new policies. Dudley library trustees elected Kate Horn chair and worked through an agenda that included a stricter event cancellation policy and a possible new early-literacy gift program for young children, while urging residents to study the Sept. 29 override questions.Dudley News
- Planning board tables Main Street car lot plan. Dudley's Planning Board weighed a pitch to convert a vacant mill property into self storage while keeping its cannabis tenant, citing the building's 'Class H' fire hazard rating as a hurdle, then tabled a stalled Main Street classic car lot plan.Dudley News
- Selectmen preview Sept. 29 bond and override votes. Dudley selectmen and finance officials previewed the Sept. 29 special election questions, an $11.2 million school building bond debt exclusion and a public safety and highway override trimmed from a failed $1.9 million ask, and estimated the tax impact of each.Dudley News
- Conservation panel takes up septic repair, closeouts. Dudley's Conservation Commission took up a septic repair plan for 21 Sunrise Shores after an engineer said the existing system would not meet Title 5, alongside a round of water department permit closeouts and tree-work requests across town.Dudley News
- Master plan panel reviews decade of housing data. Dudley's Master Plan Steering Committee heard new figures on how much rents and home values have climbed over the past decade, along with draft recommendations on zoning tools and an affordable housing trust to address the shortfall.Dudley News
Coming up
- Sat, Sep 26: Shepherd Hill football hosts Doherty Memorial Sept. 26. Shepherd Hill Regional, which serves Dudley students, plays host to Doherty Memorial of Worcester in a nonconference football game Sept. 26, according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps
- Tue, Sep 29, 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.: Special election on school bond, override set Sept. 29. Dudley voters head to the polls Sept. 29 from noon to 8 p.m. at the Dudley Municipal Complex, 71 West Main St., to decide the school building debt exclusion and public safety override questions.Town of Dudley