This week
This week in town
Meetings coming up, and what the town has posted for recent ones — as seen on 2026-10-16.
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The budget boards
Assistant Town Manager's resignation, food pantry license agreement, and the Special Town Meeting warrant
Join on Zoom ↗Facebook Live ↗Meeting ID 909 174 0347· by phone (888) 475-4499· Facebook Live on the Public Access page, per the agendalast time (Oct 6): 10 votes, 1 transfer →
Threads on this agenda
- Brooks House: what becomes of it → — on the agenda as “Presentation of Brooks House Report by Stephen Wallace, Director of Planning and Economic Development”
- The stormwater fee → — on the agenda as “Joint Meeting with Stormwater Task Force Regarding Special Town Meeting Article”
- The track and turf field → — on the agenda as “School Department Representative(s) regarding article for Middle/High School Track and Field”
7 items that matter, and 3 more
- staffing• Acknowledgement of the Resignation of Jessica “Jak” Miller, Assistant Town Manager — The board is to acknowledge the resignation of a senior town official, which bears on who staffs the Town Manager's office.
- contract• Update on Food Pantry Relocation and License Agreement — The board is to hear an update on moving the food pantry and on the license agreement for its new space, a service residents use.
- vote• Special Town Meeting, November 17, 2026 — The board is to finalize the warrant, consider Select Board sponsored articles, and review the postcard for the November 17 Special Town Meeting.
- presentation• Presentation of Special Town Meeting Articles: — Covers the Brooks House report from the Director of Planning and Economic Development, a joint session with the Stormwater Task Force on an article, and School Department representatives on a Middle/High School track and field article.
- facilities• Discussion on Lunenburg Municipal Buildings — The board is to discuss the town's municipal buildings; the agenda gives no further detail.
- other• Status of Polling Location for November 3, 2026 Election — Residents voting in the November 3 election may need to know where the polling place will be.
- staffing• Acknowledgement of the Resignation of Autumn Buck, Heavy Equipment Operator — The board is to acknowledge the resignation of a town heavy equipment operator.
- vote• Approval of Election Warrant — The board is to approve the warrant for the upcoming election.
- hearing• All Liquor, On-premises Liquor License Application for Kiku, Inc. d/b/a Kiku Asian Cuisine Located at 50 Massachusetts Avenue — A public hearing on an all-alcohol on-premises liquor license application for a restaurant at 50 Massachusetts Avenue.
- hearing• Change of Manager Application for Existing Liquor License for Global Montello Group Corporation d/b/a — A public hearing on a change of manager for the existing liquor license at Honey Farms, 134 Leominster-Shirley Road.
Quoted from the agenda; an agenda lists what may be discussed, not what will be decided.
- Finance Committeenothing posted in the next 14 dayslast time (Oct 8): 0 votes, 2 transfers →
- School Committeenothing posted in the next 14 dayslast time (Oct 7): 11 votes, 1 transfer →
Upcoming meetings
Other boards, next 28 days
Recent activity
Last 14 days
- Wed, Oct 14 · 3/7 of the recordBoard of Assessors
- Tue, Sep 29 · 0 votes · 6/7 of the recordSewer Commission
- Thu, Aug 27 · 2 votes · 6/7 of the recordTrust Fund Commission
- Thu, Nov 13 · 0 votes · 6/7 of the recordTrust Fund Commission
- Wed, Oct 14 · 2 votes · 5/7 of the recordZoning Board of Appeals
- Tue, Oct 13 · 1 vote · 5/7 of the recordSewer Commission
- Wed, Sep 23 · 5 votes · 7/7 of the recordBoard of Assessors
- Wed, Sep 9 · 7 votes · 7/7 of the recordBoard of Assessors
Sewer Commission discussed raising the late-payment interest rate and demand fee to match nearby towns; no vote was taken. our minutes
Commission votes to seek a joint meeting with the School Committee over trust funds held under the town's EIN our minutes
Trust Fund chair disputes school committee's control over scholarship funds, citing state trust law our minutes
ZBA voted to grant a variance letting a modular food pantry building be placed at 30 School Street. our minutes
Sewer Commission approved moving money into the connection fees line to pay Leominster's per-connection charges. our minutes
Assessors tabled a plan to expand veterans' property-tax exemptions until the chair weighs in our minutes
Board withholds releasing a tax lien on a Chapter Land property until the owner pays years of back taxes owed. our minutes
Council on Aging sent a member's seven bylaw-change proposals to a four-member subcommittee and backed an architect study and emergency shower. our minutes
Finance Committee skeptical of funding the special ed reserve with free cash before a use policy exists; Collins review scope sent back. our minutes
Conservation Commission approved the Lake Shirley boat ramp rebuild with wetland buffer waivers. our minutes
Committee voted to hire Rich Matthew as director of finance and operations, pending contract; requested $300,000 free cash for special ed reserve. our minutes
Commission approved several septic and other compliance certificates and two NOIs, and continued most hearings to October 21. our minutes
Board set Lunenburg Middle High gym as Nov 3 polling place and put several articles on the Nov 17 warrant. our minutes
Commission voted unanimously to support the food pantry's variance for modular units, and to seek a joint meeting on the Brooks House. our minutes
Committee agreed it is too early for a November warrant article and kept shaping a square-footage-and-cost RFP package. our minutes
Parks Commission reviewed the beach season and field fees; fee and Wallace Court lighting decisions were put off to the next meeting. our minutes
Assessors voted to put two veterans-exemption articles, clauses 22I and 22J, on the November 17 town meeting warrant. our minutes
Committee agreed to draft a scope of work for a town-hall architect, using an estimated 63–8,400 sq ft need; next meeting Oct 5. our minutes
The committee voted to restore a second-grade teacher and literacy funding over an audit or a second BCBA. our minutes
The school committee voted to submit its own warrant article demanding the full extra state aid for the September 3rd special town meeting. our minutes
Commission tabled extending Town Beach hours after fee revenue fell short of what the May increase was expected to bring in our minutes
Select Board approved FY26 budget amendments; deferred action after a newly surfaced Fitchburg water billing shortfall our minutes
Select Board voted 3-2 to pull the APDC/Historical Commission merger article from the special town meeting warrant our minutes
Select Board delays votes on the APDC-historical commission merger and a new noise ordinance amid pushback our minutes
Select Board voted most fall Special Town Meeting warrant articles, including a new special-education reserve fund our minutes
Select Board approved a charity bike ride's route through town, then entered executive session for litigation. our minutes
Select Board terminated Flat Hill Road contractor for cause; school's ~$582K FY25 surplus remains unverified our minutes
Select Board finalized the town meeting warrant, including a roughly $49M budget and a citizen override question. our minutes
Board put most town meeting warrant articles on the warrant; override and school supplement deferred to next night. our minutes
- Library Board of Trustees — Lunenburg Public Library Board of Trustees Strategic Plan SubcommitteeFri, Sep 182/7 of the record
The town is racing to fund a citizens petition restoring cut sports and transportation before the August 27 hearing. our minutes
Select Board interviewed three town manager finalists; no vote or selection was made at this meeting. our minutes
School Committee unanimously approved a new director of finance and operations title and hired a temporary director. our minutes
Select Board advanced the Food Pantry's temporary move to 30 School Street, waiving fees and OK'ing a license. our minutes
Planning Board approved flood-plain and multi-dwelling special permits for three properties; two hearings continued for lack of quorum. our minutes
Select Board again declined to call a special election on the FY26 school override town meeting had approved. our minutes
Select Board reviewed a $13.7M Marshall Park rebuild going to the May 3 town meeting as a debt-exclusion vote. our minutes
Select Board voted not to put the schools' override question on the town election ballot, ending it. our minutes
296 meetings in the last 365 days have an agenda and no minutes yet. Our minutes from the recordings cover some of them.
Notices from the town
- 2026-10-15Flat Hill Road Bridge Construction to Begin as Kodiak Prepares to MobilizeTown of Lunenburg — News Flash
New documents
Added to the archive
- Thu, Oct 8 · district budgetSchool Committee Revised Agenda
- Thu, Oct 8 · district budgetRichard Mathieu Resume-Finance Director Candidate
- Thu, Oct 8 · district budgetFacilities Report
- Thu, Oct 8 · district budgetWhere Our Students Stand: MCAS & DIBELS Presentation
- Thu, Oct 8 · district budgetFall Athletic Participation Numbers
- 2026-10-08School Committee Revised Agendadistrict budget · publisher’s copy
- 2026-10-08Richard Mathieu Resume-Finance Director Candidatedistrict budget · publisher’s copy
- 2026-10-08Facilities Reportdistrict budget · publisher’s copy
- 2026-10-08Where Our Students Stand: MCAS & DIBELS Presentationdistrict budget · publisher’s copy
- 2026-10-08Fall Athletic Participation Numbersdistrict budget · publisher’s copy
2 feeds watched. Not yet watchable, because they publish only on Facebook or by email: Lunenburg Public Schools, Lunenburg Parks & Recreation, Lunenburg Youth Soccer, Lunenburg Little League, Lunenburg Boosters.
What this page is, and is not
An announcement, not a measurement: what our watchers could see on the town’s website and YouTube channel on 2026-10-16. The day our crawler first saw a document. The town publishes no posting timestamp, so a gap between a meeting and its minutes appearing is an UPPER BOUND on how long the town took, never a measurement of it. Documents adopted when the watch was seeded have no first_seen and are excluded from every lag figure. The date of the last live crawl, not today. This feed goes visibly out of date rather than silently.
Last crawl 2026-09-08: 51 boards listed, 6 new agendas and 0 new minutes seen.
Every other report
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