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Shrewsbury's Lake Quinsigamond Commission approved more than $20,000 in lake treatments and cleared two fall rowing events at its July 29 meeting.

Shrewsbury's Municipal Facilities Optimization Committee reset the town's long-stalled DPW facility project and authorized $151,517 in consultant contracts at its July 9 meeting.

Shrewsbury's Form of Government Study Committee voted unanimously to extend its public outreach survey through August 3 after drawing just 44 responses in its first two weeks.

SHREWSBURY — June 24, 2026 — Lake Quinsigamond Commission holds formal public hearing on wake boat use, takes no regulatory action. Chair Bill Nelson convened the hearing June 24, drawing more than a dozen speakers split between property owners citing accelerating shoreline erosion and dock damage from large wakes, and boaters and

Shrewsbury Municipal Light Plant approves a new power-supply charge and delays its planned headquarters building for at least six months.

Shrewsbury's Community Preservation Committee voted 6-0 to reject a request to use Community Preservation Act funds for sidewalk paving along Arrowwood Drive adjacent to the newly completed Arrowwood Park playground.

SHREWSBURY — June 9, 2026 — Shrewsbury Housing Authority approves $236,400 capital improvement plan as nine units sit vacant across its properties. The board, meeting June 9 at Shrewsbury Towers, unanimously approved the fiscal year 2026 capital allocation before the June 30 submission deadline, with planned spending at Shrewsbury Towers on

Shrewsbury's Form of Government Study Committee heard from Andover Town Manager Andrew Flanagan, who described how his town twice studied changing its government and both times chose to keep open town meeting.

SHREWSBURY — June 1, 2026 — Shrewsbury's Community Preservation Committee deferred action on a $14,900 sidewalk repair at the Arrowwood playground pending a ruling from the Community Preservation Coalition on whether CPA funds may be used for the work. Ryan Pottebrin, the town's new Parks and Cemetery

Shrewsbury's Lake Quinsigamond Commission deferred dock permit decisions for Newton Pond residents in Boylston after the commission chair disclosed that Town Counsel Stephen Mattis had identified two legal limits on the commission's authority.