Bellingham brief: Sunday, September 20, 2026

Select Board prioritizes Lakeshore Drive project as fire station study cites $15.2 million need.

From Bellingham News

• Select Board backs Lakeshore Drive as capital priority. The Select Board voted to prioritize the long-stalled Lakeshore Drive road, drainage and water main project and heard a facilities study proposing a $15.2 million north fire station, citing 12-minute backup response times. It also awarded a $233,150.30 sidewalk contract on Blackstone Street.Bellingham News
• Planning Board recommends zoning changes for town meeting. The Planning Board voted to recommend 10 sections of Chapter 240 zoning bylaw amendments to the November town meeting, including a fix restoring personal kennels as an accessory use. It also approved a major modification to Toll Brothers' Red Mill subdivision permit.Bellingham News
• Conservation board approves six Toll Brothers lots. The Conservation Commission approved orders of conditions for six lots in a Toll Brothers subdivision off Mechanic and Middle streets, while continuing a Wrentham Road culvert replacement hearing over a discrepancy with FEMA flood data. The DPW hopes to build the crossing next spring.Bellingham News
• Board of Health appoints member for food inspections. The Board of Health appointed member Elena Almeida as a special municipal employee to conduct food inspections at $50 an hour, covering while Health Agent Dylan Labonte is on leave until Sept. 24. Some restaurants had gone uninspected for two years.Bellingham News
• Deed filings show single home sale in late August. Bellingham's real estate deed filings show one home sale recorded in late August, according to town records.Bellingham News

Today in Bellingham

• Bellingham field hockey closes out game with Grafton. Bellingham High School's girls varsity field hockey team played Grafton in a game that wrapped up Sept. 19, according to the NFHS Network broadcast.NFHS Network

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