More than 70 residents, including many former and current members of town boards, joined a Planning Board hearing by Zoom Monday evening to weigh in on a proposed overlay district for a vacant 16-acre parcel on Ayer Road that sits across the road from Dunkin’ Donuts.

At its regular biweekly meeting Tuesday night, March 21, Select Board members voted unanimously, 5-0, to approve the 2023 Annual Town Meeting warrant compiled on their behalf by Town Administrator Tim Bragan and Assistant Town Administrator Marie Sobalvarro, as well as the fiscal 2024 budget recommended by the Finance Committee two weeks ago.

At least two town boards will have new faces after Town Election May 9. However, most incumbents whose terms are expiring intend to run again. And so far, none of the races is contested.

At their Wednesday evening meeting last week, Finance Committee members voted unanimously, 4-0, to allocate money to the schools that they had previously recommended be held as surplus.