Burlington's Conservation Commission voted 6-0 to give final wetlands approval to Nordblom Company's 188-unit apartment project at 129-131 Middlesex Turnpike, already backed by Town Meeting and the Planning Board, and set a $30,000 cash bond, up from the $25,000 the board charged a comparable Nordbl
The Zoning Bylaws and Review Committee met informally September 9 after an Open Meeting Law posting complication prevented official business and voting. All eight members attended, including Chair Alex Rutfield, along with Head Building Inspector Marty Allan and Town Planning Director Liz
The Burlington Public Arts Committee approved a $1,500 transfer from summer fundraisers to the town account, with Jon Sachs handling the deposit to Sam Hockenbury. The Committee confirmed a pumpkin painting party for October 24, pending venue confirmation from Wegmans, and tasked Lindsay Carlson
Burlington charter panel votes to rewrite town administrator removal process.
Burlington's Information Systems Security Advisory Committee approved prior minutes 6-0-3 and reviewed an electronic voting pilot for the January Town Meeting, with screens and displays identified as primary costs.
The Burlington School Committee approved a non-discrimination policy update adding immigration and citizenship status as protected categories while debating new Protect Act procedures.
The Burlington School Committee voted unanimously to approve the Secondary Student Handbooks and the Non-Discrimination and Harassment Policy AC. Chair Katherine Bond led the five-member committee, with all members present. The committee also approved reallocation of $8,507.48 in inactive student
Burlington Government Review Committee approved charter revisions governing the town administrator, voting 8-0 to replace Section 4-4 with language requiring at least four Select Board members to remove the administrator in accordance with their employment contract. Town Counsel Lisa Meade
Burlington Board of Health bans kratom sales after mothers describe sons' deaths. The board voted unanimously to adopt a local regulation restricting the manufacture, sale and distribution of kratom, layering a permanent town ban atop a one-year state emergency order set to expire August 28, 2027.
This week's obituary column carries one notice for a Burlington, Massachusetts resident: Stanton, Freda M., 94, who died unexpectedly on August 29, 2026, with her family by her side. Mrs. Stanton, whose maiden name was LeBlanc, was the widow of the late John Stanton, with whom she share…