The Select Board unanimously recommended 17 Special Town Meeting articles covering zoning amendments, water infrastructure borrowing, and changes to police hiring and alcohol licensing.
Board of Health granted cleanup extension and septic variance.
Ipswich recorded 14 property deed transfers between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but only two had a sale price recorded: $890,000 for 21 N. Ridge Rd. (Deveau to Frey) and $795,000 for 18 County St., Unit 4 (Quimby Trust to Astarita), putting the median of recorded sales at $842,500. Ten of the 14 transfers
Ipswich recorded 14 property deeds between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only one, an $890,000 sale of 21 North Ridge Road from Alan R. Deveau to Timothy Frey, had a sale price recorded, making it both the period's high and low and its de facto median. North Ridge Road and River Road each saw two recorded
Planning Board ordered independent review of $22.2M water pump station project.
Ipswich Select Board unanimously approved a conservation restriction protecting 8.5 acres of the Rosewood property at 1-5 Rosewood Drive, containing 62 rental apartments, under an agreement stemming from a 2021 settlement.
Fourteen Ipswich properties sold between July 31 and Aug. 29, according to Essex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds records. Prices ranged from $515,000 to $2,195,000, with a median of $739,000 among the 10 sales with recorded prices. The month's top sale was $2,195,000 for a property
Ipswich outlined a revised budget process for fiscal year 2028 amid significant anticipated challenges.
Ipswich tri-board meeting outlined structural changes to budget planning.
The Select Board unanimously approved Wildfire Sauna Company's use of Pavilion Beach for a mobile sauna operation on specified 2026 and 2027 dates. The approval sparked discussion about the need for a formal policy and fee structure for commercial use of town property.
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