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Carlisle Audit Committee Approves Three FY2024 Audit Letters, Sets May Hearing

Carlisle's Financial Audit Advisory Committee unanimously approved three fiscal year 2024 audit response letters Tuesday and scheduled a May 12 meeting to receive the completed regional school district audit.

Planning Board backs zoning alignment with state nonconforming-use standard.

Carlisle Planning Board unanimously recommends zoning bylaw amendment aligning nonconforming-use standards with state law. Town Counsel Ethan Dively explained that the current Carlisle bylaw's rigid 50 percent floor-area cap predates the 1975 recodification of Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40A

Woburn Council Committee Advances Pulte Homes Zoning Amendment to Full Council

CARLISLE -- April 13, 2026, Woburn council committee votes 4-0 to send Pulte Homes 504-unit zoning amendment to full council. The Committee on Ordinances, Charter and Rules advanced a proposed amendment to the Woburn T-BOD overlay district that would allow a Del Webb 55-plus home-ownership community

Municipal Facilities Committee approves $7,500 for Town Hall water system repair.

Municipal Facilities Committee approves Town Hall pressure tank and water system repair funding. The committee voted unanimously to authorize $7,500 for the replacement and facility closure, with Facilities Director Stephen Connearney noting a smaller 32-gallon unit would free mechanical room

Commission backs comprehensive conservation land planning structure

Conservation Commission backs comprehensive land-management planning structure. The commission voted unanimously to support a multi-stakeholder process developed by Land Use and Sustainability Coordinator Sarah Wasserman — involving stakeholder summits, public input, and formal management plans for