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Library seeks part-time clerk at $13.76/hour
Berlin Public Library seeks part-time clerk for up to 18 hours a week. Also in today's brief (1 items): Berlin library hiring part-time clerk.
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Government · Town Meeting
Berlin Votes $227,000 From Reserves, Not Taxes
Berlin special town meeting voters shifted a $227,000 mid-year budget fix from property taxes to the town's General Stabilization Fund after competing floor amendments.
Sports
Berlin High School Marks Senior Nights Across Fall Sports
Berlin High School's fall sports season is winding through its senior night schedule, with cross country, girls soccer and field hockey athletes honored this week and boys varsity soccer's senior night set for Oct. 30, per the student liaison's report at the Oct. 13 Berlin-Boylston Regional School…
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of October 12, 2026 through October 18, 2026
Two Berlin, Massachusetts obituary notices were published this week: Coute, Paul Cabral, 79, who died Tuesday, October 13, 2026, and Pagliuca, Edward Jude, who died Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
Government · Select Board
Select Board previews $227,000 warrant request
The Berlin Select Board previewed nine Special Town Meeting warrant articles, including a $227,000 supplemental budget tied to staffing failures discovered after the former town administrator left.
Government · Cultural Council
Cultural Council sets Nov. 19 date to award grants
The Berlin Cultural Council previewed 22 grant applications for its 2027 funding cycle and set its next meeting for November 19, when it will decide the awards.
Government · Zoning Board
ZBA continues disability campus hearing to Nov. 18
Berlin's Zoning Board of Appeals continued a hearing on a 29-acre vocational campus for adults with disabilities to November 18 after neighbors pressed on traffic and wells.
Schools · School Committee
Committee OKs School Improvement Plans After MCAS Dip
The Berlin-Boylston Regional School Committee approved school improvement plans and the superintendent's annual goals, both unanimously, after a lengthy review of MCAS data showing elementary scores falling behind the state.
Government · Agricultural Commission
Agricultural Commission approves $225 irrigation repair
Berlin's Agricultural Commission approved $225 for community garden irrigation repairs and several smaller reimbursements.
Government · Planning Board
Board Approves New Boylston Road Building Lot
The Berlin Planning Board approved a lot-line split on Boylston Road and kept debating a contractor's parked work truck. Engineer Ryan Proctor of Dillis & Roy won unanimous, 3-0 approval for a plan creating a new conforming lot at 97 Boylston Road for owners Carl and Mary Matthew.