PEPPERELL -- January 28, 2026, Pepperell Select Board projects roughly $1 million fiscal 2027 deficit and signals imminent override decision. Town Administrator Andrew Creen told the board Wednesday that four fixed-cost items, retirement up 6.131 percent, health insurance potentially rising as much as 14.4 percent, North Middlesex Regional

PEPPERELL -- January 26, 2026, Pepperell Select Board votes 2-0 to oppose reopening Ashby Elementary School ahead of regional school budget meetings. The emergency session, called by Select Board Chair Mark on Monday afternoon, came one day before the North Middlesex Regional School District Finance Committee and School Committee were