Mendon Town Meeting voted to convert the town clerk from an elected to an appointed position, sending the change to a spring ballot question. Town Clerk Ellen Agro made the motion, arguing the role now requires "skills, credentials, and performance rather than campaign popularity."
Two Mendon-resident obituaries were published this week. O'Riordan, John G., formerly of Mendon and most recently of Walpole, died October 17, 2026; his notice was posted by George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home of Needham, with an additional notice via the Boston Globe.
The Mendon Conservation Commission discussed a future bylaw letting the building inspector withhold permits pending wetlands review, amid an ongoing search for a conservation agent.
Mendon's Select Board sent $80,616 in surplus new-growth revenue to the stabilization fund ahead of a Special Town Meeting.
Nipmuc Regional High School history teacher Darcy Daniels has co-authored a book, "Portrait of a Citizen," offering educators strategies for teaching action civics in grades 6-12. The book was published by Routledge and written with fellow educator Denise Furlong.
Mendon Planning Board unanimously approved a special permit for an auto repair shop at 149 Uxbridge Road, waiving site plan review.
This week's obituary notices column includes one Mendon, Massachusetts resident obituary: Fino, Matthew J., age 75, who died Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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