Peabody Council Rejects Security Director Cut, Approves $23M Water Budget
Peabody Finance Committee approves city budgets and transfers while rejecting a bid to eliminate the Facility Security Division.
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Peabody Planning Board Recommends ADU Ordinance, Seeks Parking Rule Revision
Peabody Planning Board recommends ADU zoning ordinance 8-0, flags parking rule as potentially unlawful.
Peabody Council Approves FY27 Budget Sections, Cuts Own Raises and Several Line Items
Peabody City Council approves FY27 budget sections totaling $217 million, trims pay raises across the board.
Peabody City Council Unanimously Authorizes $1.2 Million Bond for School Roofs
PEABODY -- June 11, 2026, Peabody's City Council unanimously authorized $1.2 million in borrowing for school roof replacements and approved four fund transfers totaling more than $758,000 at its June 11 session. The bond order, introduced jointly by Councilor Gamache and Councilor Peach and carried 10-0,
Peabody Conservation Commission Denies Both Lowell Street Projects 5-1
PEABODY -- June 10, 2026, Peabody Conservation Commission voted 5-1 twice to deny proposed developments on Lowell Street, turning away a group residential facility for Northeast Arc and a duplex proposal by Cosmo and Zoe Evangelides in a meeting that ran past 11 p.m. Commissioner Bruce Comac cast the