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Welcome
Welcome to Mendon Commons, a volunteer-run, independent news site serving the town of Mendon. Local news gives us a shared understanding of the issues that affect our town and its people. It equips us to make thoughtful decisions and inspires us to get involved, even…
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Town officials want Mendon to read all about it
The town has launched a quarterly newsletter to keep residents in the loop about what’s happening in town hall and beyond. The inaugural edition of the quarterly Town of Mendon Newsletter was released Thursday. It features local updates, staff and board profiles and department highlights.
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School Committee grapples with budget shortfall
Mendon-Upton schools are facing a $4.3 million budget gap next fiscal year, raising the likelihood that there will be a Proposition 2 ½ override request on the May town election ballot. Rising health insurance and special education costs along with contracted salary increases are responsible…
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Police chief hires 4 new officers, plans level-service budget for fiscal year 2027
During a Feb. 25 Select Board meeting, Police Chief David Kurczy presented the department’s preliminary fiscal 2027 budget of $2,175, 692, which he described as a level-service budget from the previous year. The proposed budget funds four new officers appointed over the past six months.…
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Mendon receives over a quarter of a million in grants
The town has won three state grants totaling $344,715, with the awards aimed at enhancing recreation, building climate resilience and improving energy efficiency. Mendon Conservation Agent and Energy Coordinator Isabella Genova applied for the three grants. New trails off North Avenue and Rte. 16 The…
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Calm after the storm
The roads in Mendon are clear and plow drivers are catching up on their rest after working 30 hours straight through a major winter storm Sunday through Monday night. Unofficially, 18.5 inches of snow fell in Mendon during the Feb. 22-23 Nor’easter.
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Buckle up – Rte. 16 project soon to be underway
The long-anticipated improvements to Rte. 16 are set to start next month, but that’s just the beginning. The project, 10 years in the making, is expected to take another three years to complete. The state Department of Transportation identified the 1.9-mile stretch between Taft Avenue…
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Board of Health accepting scholarship applications
The Board of Health and E.L. Harvey and sons have partnered to offer a $1,000 scholarship to graduating high school seniors.
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Candidates begin pulling papers for May town election
Nine potential candidates have taken out nomination papers so far for 13 open seats that will appear on the annual town election ballot in May, according to Town Clerk Ellen Agro. Signed papers are due back to her by March 31.
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Fourth graders dabble in the Fourth Estate with help from Nipmuc Regional writing fellows
As a team of fourth-grade newspaper reporters learn more about their craft, they’re drawing upon the knowledge of their older counterparts from the newly launched Nipmuc Writing Center. The two groups met at Clough Elementary School earlier this month with a dozen Nipmuc writing fellows…
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Cold weather augered well for these ice fishers
The frozen expanse of Lake Nipmuc was dotted with pop-up shelters, ice fishing tip-ups and fishermen bundled up against the cold last weekend, competing in the 4th Annual Mendon Brothers of the Brush Ice Fishing Derby. A total of 29 adults and four children entered…
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Town Hall Updates
Town census forms were mailed to every household last month. If yours is still under a pile of mail, be sure to dig it out and return it to the town clerk. Otherwise, every registered voter in your household will be placed on the inactive…
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