Newbury Select Board approves police academy candidate with reimbursement clause. Police Chief Patricia Fisher cited recruitment and retention challenges since POST reforms require civilian candidates to complete five months of academy training plus three months of field work before certification.
Newbury Select Board appoints first post-reform student police officer and approves new Plum Island beer-and-wine store license.
Newbury HR Board addresses police, library staffing vacancies. The Human Resources Board discussed two open Police Patrolman positions and a vacant Library Director role, with library interviews scheduled for mid-July. Board member Patty Fisher outlined plans to move Sergeants to field assignments
Newbury ZBA unanimously approves special permit for Plum Island home demolition and rebuild at 15 Sunset Drive.
Newbury Planning Board approves partial security release for subdivision, advances housing initiatives. The Board unanimously released $19,150 from the Cypress Hollow Subdivision account at 100 High Road, leaving $19,412 remaining. The Board also heard a presentation on 40Y Starter Home Zoning from
Open Space Committee adds water quality focus to draft open space plan. The committee, meeting June 17 via Zoom, live-edited the draft Action Plan and added Objective 3.6 to study water quality in Newbury's waterways and enhance water-based recreation. Chair Bill Hoffman, Clerk Mike Carbone,
Newbury Library Board supports baseball league beer license. The Trustees unanimously approved May meeting minutes and received facility updates from Assistant Director Katherine Szuplat: the first of three heat pump replacements is installed pending performance checks; the Children's Summer
Historical Commission hears arguments on preserving former Town Hall at 25 High Rd. About 22 residents testified at a public hearing on the Select Board's demolition application. Supporters of a 90-day preservation delay cited the building's historical significance to the Upper Green; opponents
Newbury Planning Board tables decision on single-access modification for a 44-unit development, citing unresolved questions about the applicant's best efforts to secure a secondary emergency access road.
Newbury Select Board formally accepts Plum Island beach easements after 17-year gap. The board voted 4-1, with Geoffrey Walker abstaining, to complete a 2009 commitment to the Division of Fish and Wildlife for shorebird-monitoring easements. Vice Chair Alicia Greco noted the town had placed dredged
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