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Cost estimates increase for Hudson wastewater treatment plant upgrades
Council nears vote on Alta development By Stuart Foster Reporter
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Hudson’s Ground Effect Brewing closes By Stuart Foster, Reporter HUDSON – Ground Effect Brewing Co. in Hudson closed last week after three and a half years of business on Main Street. Announcing the news on Tuesday, owners circled last Thursday as their last day of operations. The company then marked that finale
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with live music, hosting a performance by Greg Schuler and food options from Joey D’s Wingz ‘n Thingz. In a Facebook post, Ground Effect cited “unforeseen circumstances” driving the decision to sell the brewery. “We’ve made some great beers and had some fun times in those few years, Brewery | 11
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HUDSON – Cost estimates for the second phase of Hudson’s wastewater treatment plant upgrade are significantly higher than previously anticipated, Department of Public Works Director Eric Ryder told the town’s Select Board last month. Speaking on June 6, Ryder said that these cost estimates had increased by roughly $6.6 million because of supply chain issues. Ryder said that the DPW’s intent is to rebid the project at the end of October. It then hopes to have a new figure on this year’s October Town Meeting
MARLBOROUGH – A developer’s application for a special permit to build a 10,074-square-foot mixed-use project near downtown Marlborough will appear on the agenda for the next City Council meeting, marking a step toward an eventual vote by the council. At their meeting on Monday of last week, the City Council voted 8-1 to send the application to the city’s legal department, which will put the application in the proper format as a formality before the council’s next meeting on July 25. The lone vote against this step came from Councilor Mark Oram, who said that he has not seen a peer-reviewed traffic impact assessment that he and other councilors requested at a June 8 Urban Affairs Committee meeting.
By Stuart Foster Reporter
City Councilor Don Landers (right) looks on during a presentation of plans at a balloon test for the proposed Alta Marlborough development earlier this year.
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