Here are the posted open, public Southborough committee and board meetings for this week* along with my selected highlights from the agendas.
As always, be aware that changes to the meeting schedule (and agendas) are known to happen throughout the week. (Scroll down for details on any meetings that popped up after last Monday’s post.) For an updated list of meetings, visit the Town website.
These days, most (but not all) meetings, can be participated in, watched live, and replayed from home.)**
Monday, September 29, 2025
- Joint Meeting of Southborough School Committee’s Operational Budget & Capital Subcommittees, 12:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: text
- Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 pm @ Town House Hearing Room and zoom (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on Richards Rd & Killam Farm Lane Stonewall & Tree Removal, Proposed bylaw changes for Accessory Dwelling Units zoning, and Highway Major Retail Use for Industrial Park Zone, and 2 East Main St multi-family building; Discuss Minor Site Plan for 118 Turnpike Rd Ste 101; Subdivision Rules and Regs update; 55+ Housing Bylaw Update; Industrial Park District Expanded Uses; 355 Turnpike Rd status
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
- Board of Assessors Meeting, 4:15 pm @ DPW Meeting Room (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Excise tax abatements & commitments; Sign reports; Update on FY26 recertification
- Regional School Committee Collective Bargaining Subcommittee Meeting, 5:00 pm @ Algonquin Regional High School Library (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Minutes
- PreK-8 School Building Committee Meeting, 6:00 pm @ Public Safety Training Room and zoom (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Matrix Update
- Advisory Committee Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Discuss Special Town Meeting (STM) Warrant Article 1 (Zoning Article for Major Highway Use in Industrial Park Zone); Vote positions on Special Town Meeting Articles
- Select Board Meeting, 7:00 pm @ Advisory Committee Meeting (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Participate in Advisory Committee meeting
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
- Historical Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda) Agenda Highlights: Vote on Demolition Delay Bylaw application to cottage/pool house at 2 Chestnut Hill Road; Update on Rural Cemetery Water Tower; Boston and Worcester railway sign progress
Thursday, October 2, 2025
- Conservation Commission Meeting, 7:00 pm @ zoom only (agenda and packet) Agenda Highlights: Public Hearings on 21 Coslin Dr (building demolition), 21 Southville Rd (deck and sunroom) 13 Foley Dr (inground pool), MBTA Commuter Rail (resource area boundaries); Discussion with Stewardship Committee on Breakneck Hill Conservation Land; Farm Dump restoration
Looking Back:
Below are meetings from last week that were posted after I ran last week’s list:
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
- Community Preservation Committee Meeting, 6:30 pm (agenda, video should be posted here) Agenda Highlights: Approval of minutes
Thursday, September 25, 2025
- Trails Committee Meeting, 7:30 pm (agenda, video) Agenda Highlights: Peninsula Trail project updates; Trail maintenance; Bench location and scheduling
*I don’t list meetings that are only closed Executive Sessions unless the agenda indicates the possibility of some action in an open public session at the opening or closing of the meeting.
**Details on watching meetings remotely:
- Town Committee/Board Meetings:
- If in-person meetings don’t also advertise a zoom option, assume that it won’t be broadcast or captured on video.
- To remotely participate in meetings that allow zoom, click here.
- To live stream (or view later) remote or hybrid meetings (even those covered by Southborough Access Media) over the internet, use the Town’s YouTube Channel for Remote Meetings. (The meetings covered by SAM can also be streamed on their website here, and eventually on SAM’s YouTube Channel.)
- Cable Access — Southborough Access Media broadcasts the regular evening meetings for the Select Board, Planning Board, and Zoning Board of Appeals that take place in the Town House Hearing Room. (Those meetings will still allow zoom participation.) View SAM’s live and replayed broadcasts via their Government cable access channel (Verizon-37 and Charter-194).
- School Committee Meetings:
- Subcommittee meetings and some special meetings are only available to attend/view live (in person or by “webinar”) with no later rebroadcast.
- Regular Southborough School Committee meetings are generally broadcast live by Southborough Access Media here and on Verizon-37 and Charter-192. (Video replays are also usually made available through their YouTube channel within a couple of days.)
- Regular Regional School Committee meetings (or Combined meetings based at Algonquin) are live broadcast by Northborough Cable Access here and on Southborough’s Education Channel (Verizon-29 and Charter-194). The meetings are also eventually rebroadcast and available through NCAT’s VideoOnDemand player and YouTube channel (though that can take several days).
