Planning Board stalls High Street rezoning

From Westwood News

• Select Board takes up revised fire station budget. Westwood Select Board took up a revised scope and budget for the long-planned Fire Station 1 project at the former Deerfield School site, with two more votes still needed before the plan can move forward.Westwood News
• Select Board weighs pausing license-plate cameras. The same meeting also became a forum on the town's five Flock license-plate reader cameras, after residents said they only learned about the surveillance program from an August Boston Globe story and pressed the board on vendor trust and data retention.Westwood News
• Planning Board cools on High Street rezoning. Westwood's Planning Board heard from more than a dozen Oriel Road and Draper Avenue residents worried that Phil Aramo's proposed mixed-use redevelopment at 1464-1472 High Street could push new traffic onto streets with no sidewalks near school walking routes.Westwood News

Westwood on Wed, Oct 7

• Westwood holds on for 16-14 win after blackout. Westwood's football team rallied to a 16-14 win in a game interrupted by a power outage, according to a Patch newsletter recap that did not detail how play resumed.Westwood Patch

Coming up

• Wed, Oct 7, 7:00 p.m.: Select Board, finance panel meet tonight. Westwood's Select Board and Finance and Warrant Commission both hold regular meetings at 7 p.m. tonight at Town Hall, as the board continues work tied to the Fire Station 1 ballot question and budget season.Town of Westwood
• Thu, Oct 8, 6:30 p.m.: School Committee meets Thursday evening. Westwood's School Committee holds its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the panel's next scheduled public session after recent budget and capital-fund briefings.Town of Westwood
• Fri, Oct 9, 8:00 a.m.: Select Board adds Friday morning session. Westwood's Select Board has added a second meeting this week, an 8 a.m. session Friday, according to the town's online calendar.Town of Westwood
• Mon, Oct 12, All day: Library closes Monday for Columbus Day. The Westwood Public Library will be closed all day Monday, October 12, for Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day, affecting both the Main Library and the Islington Branch.Westwood Public Library
• Tue, Oct 13, 7:00 p.m.: Planning Board reconvenes after rezoning debate. Westwood's Planning Board holds its next regular meeting at 7 p.m. on October 13, after tabling sponsorship of the High Street rezoning pending more neighborhood input.Town of Westwood
• Tue, Oct 13, 9:45 a.m.: Fire station advisory panel meets Oct. 13. The Fire Station 1 Advisory and Community Engagement Committee meets at 9:45 a.m. on October 13, as the project heads toward an October 26 special town meeting vote.Town of Westwood
• Tue, Oct 13, 7:00 p.m.: Commission on Disability meets Oct. 13. Westwood's Commission on Disability holds its regular meeting at 7 p.m. on October 13 at Town Hall.Town of Westwood
• Wed, Oct 14, 7:00 p.m.: Conservation Commission meets Oct. 14. Westwood's Conservation Commission holds its regular meeting at 7 p.m. on October 14 at Town Hall.Town of Westwood

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