Tewksbury Morning Brief, Oct. 23: Select Board splits on surveillance oversight

From Tewksbury News

• Planning board splits over East Street apartment conversion The Tewksbury Planning Board weighed converting a vacant commercial unit at 30 East Street into an affordable one-bedroom apartment, with member Patel raising fresh parking concerns dating to the project's 2022 approval. A separate unit-conversion request was withdrawn.Tewksbury News
• Select board takes up Craveyard license, bar hours Tewksbury's Select Board considered a common victualer license for new restaurant Craveyard LLC and a request from Brothers Sports Bar and Grill to open earlier on Sundays, while a failed town meeting cell tower article left a carrier searching for a new site.Tewksbury News
• Library hires assistant director, reviews card policies Tewksbury's Board of Library Trustees reported hiring Rebecca Rowlands as assistant director, effective September 14, after the Children's Specialist position opened following a resignation. Director Diane Giarrusso cited 1,221 summer reading registrations and 22,060 building visits during the season.Tewksbury News
• Select board splits over surveillance technology articles Tewksbury's Select Board took up a 22-article Special Town Meeting warrant for October 6, divided over two surveillance technology articles championed by Board Member Mackey after Town Attorney Kevin Feeley raised Charter conflicts.Tewksbury News
• Assessors sign tax abatement list, enter session Tewksbury's Board of Assessors signed the Motor Vehicle Excise tax abatement list for August 2026 and the Supplemental Real Estate Tax Warrant, then entered executive session to discuss fiscal 2027 tax exemptions, a pending Appellate Tax Board case and a personal property audit.Tewksbury News
• Select board advances FY27 wage scale article Tewksbury's Select Board took up Warrant Article 3 to fund town employee wage scales for fiscal 2027, after Town Manager John Curran said the Moderator had raised transparency concerns before the warrant was posted. The board revised the article's placeholder wage-scale language.Tewksbury News

Happening Sat, Oct 24

• Tewksbury hosts electronics recycling event Tewksbury holds an electronics recycling event on Oct. 24, according to the Tewksbury Patch community calendar.Tewksbury Patch

Coming up

• Sun, Oct 25, 6 p.m.: Ladies Bible study meets Sunday at Baptist church First Baptist Church of Tewksbury hosts a Ladies Bible Study on the Book of Esther on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. in the Church Hall, with dinner provided.First Baptist Church of Tewksbury
• Mon, Oct 26: Tewksbury Memorial JV football hosts North Andover Tewksbury Memorial's junior varsity football team plays North Andover on Monday, Oct. 26, according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps

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