Townbrief Templeton

Capital Committee Removes Four Draft Project Requests

Templeton's Capital Improvements Committee learned a $63,944 emergency fire door repair at Templeton Elementary School was already underway after the state's Division of Capital Asset Management granted a bidding waiver.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 27 · 10 min read

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Government · Select Board

Select Board keeps single tax rate for 2027

Templeton's Select Board kept a single tax rate for fiscal 2027 and signed off on a cafe ownership change.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 26

Government · Select Board

Select Board Approves Terenzini Interim Contract

Templeton's Select Board voted unanimously to hire Carter Terenzini as interim town administrator through June 30, 2027.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 22

Government · Town Meeting

Templeton Town Meeting Approves $1.2M Transfer

Templeton's special town meeting approved a $1.2 million transfer from its stabilization fund to avoid police, fire and DPW layoffs. Jeffrey Bennett moved the appropriation, calling it "not the smartest move" but necessary to "clear up the deficit" after override questions failed twice.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 21

Government · Planning Board

Planning Board votes 3-1 against moratorium extension

Templeton Planning Board voted 3-1 against extending the town's data center moratorium by 120 days. Vice Chair Charles Carroll opened the public hearing on the Fall Special Town Meeting warrant article, which proposed adding to the 360-day moratorium Town Meeting approved May 13, 2026.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 20

Government · Conservation

Panel Issues Two Permits, Delays Subdivision Vote

The Templeton Conservation Commission approved a driveway project and a cleanup plan, while holding a six-lot subdivision for state review.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 19

Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of October 12, 2026 through October 18, 2026

Two Templeton obituaries were published this week: Bernard, Robert A., 83, who died October 14, 2026, at the Gardner Rehabilitation and Nursing Center after being born and raised in Gardner.

Townbrief news summary · Oct 18