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Select Board rejects working group on long-range capital planning.

Ipswich's Tri-Board rejects strategic planning working group, opts for separate lists. The Select Board, Finance Committee, and School Committee voted unanimously on January 7 to decline forming a collaborative Strategic Long-Range Working Group, instead directing each body to develop separate

Conservation Commission issues Avalon Bay development order

The Ipswich Conservation Commission unanimously approves Avalon Bay's 214-unit residential development at 36 Essex Road. The commission, led by Acting Chair Jennifer Hughes and Conservation Agent Mary Lester, issued an Order of Conditions for the project, which includes three apartment buildings,

Select Board approves Merz reappointment, opens 2026 warrant, pauses on-call fire program.

Select Board unanimously approves five major motions on opening warrant and clamming fees. Chair Charles Surpitski and board members voted to open the 2026 Annual Town Meeting warrant through February 6, schedule the Special Town Meeting for October 20 and 21, and reappoint Kevin Merz as Treasurer

Assessors sign abatements and commitments for December excise taxes.

Ipswich Board of Assessors approved and signed December 2025 excise abatements in a brief Monday evening session. Chairperson Mary-Lou Ireland, M.A.A., and members David Feldman and Sean McFadden processed motor vehicle excise abatements of $755.58 for 2023, $496.89 for 2024, and $2,749.22 for