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Town Warrant Articles, A Budget Inn Fire, And The Return of a Favorite Restaurant

A roundup of news this past week in Westwood.

The Westwood Finance Commission kicked things off this week with a final that are expected to go before Town Meeting on May 2.

During the meeting, the Westwood Board of Selectman explained that they have dropped a warrant article relative to , while the Planning Board explained why they would be dropping an article pertaining to .

And on the end of wireless issues in town, residents continued to at Temple Beth David during a Planning Board hearing on Tuesday night. Officials at Temple Beth David also released a in response to residents’ concerns.

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As part of an ongoing series in April, Selectmen Clerk Phil Shapiro , and what his experience on the Board has been like thus far.

By Westwood standards, the official start to the spring season came this week with the , which has been closed since September. The soft serve stand at the restaurant is expected to open by next weekend.

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Thing ended a bit chaotic this week for tenants at the Budget Inn, where a Westwood Fire Chief William Scoble said that the damage in costs to the inn “”.

On a lighter note, a U.S. Army Captain and Westwood native after serving for a year in Afghanistan.

And students at Thurston Middle School were in the thick of dress rehearsals for an upcoming production of .


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