Pepperell's Recreation Commission used its Oct. 20 meeting to tackle youth sports field and facility pressures. Officials discussed drainage fixes planned for Glow Field, possible lighting at Nissitisset, and better use of the underused Bartleson field.
Nineteen Pepperell properties were recorded by the South Middlesex Registry of Deeds between Sept. 25 and Oct. 24, with 14 carrying sale prices ranging from $335,000 to $1.1 million and a median of $587,500.
Select Board recommends 12 of 13 warrant articles for Nov. 7 special town meeting. From our own coverage: Board of Health takes up Celestial Way septic case; DPW board reviews warrant articles, cemetery rules update.
Pepperell's Recreation Commission pushed five youth sports leagues to hash out a short-term field-sharing deal Tuesday, warning it would impose terms if the groups could not compromise.
Pepperell's Planning Board voted to keep a contested zoning table of uses tabled, pushing a Main Street tattoo parlor request toward a separate special town meeting instead of the November warrant.
This week's Pepperell obituary roundup includes one notice: Vance, Thelma Minerva (Burton), age 96, who died Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
Nineteen property transfers were recorded for Pepperell between Sept. 18 and Oct. 17, with 15 carrying a sale price so far, ranging from $210,000 to $1,100,000 and a median of $570,000. The month's top sale was 57 Shattuck St. at $1,100,000, followed closely by 102 Mt. Lebanon St. at $1,069,000.
The Pepperell Board of Public Works voted 5-0 to recommend three Special Town Meeting warrant articles covering highway equipment, cemetery mowers and a cemetery bylaw update.
Pepperell's Economic Development Advisory Committee weighed a regional tourism partnership but deferred any commitment to the Select Board.
Pepperell's Community Preservation Committee voted 5-0 to spend leftover Walton Cemetery restoration funds on more broken headstones.