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The Board reached neither approval nor denial on the proposed engineering, testing, and research business at 11 Summer Street: both motions failed because they lacked the required four affirmative votes. Town Counsel will be consulted about the procedural outcome and written decision.
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The proposed business, expected to operate in the existing building with about five to seven employees, remains unresolved. Board members and abutters raised questions about parking, traffic, noise, floodplain impacts, and compatibility with the residential neighborhood. The Board also continued hearings for the 46 Depot Street comprehensive permit and the request to keep five personal-use dogs at 70 Prospect Street, both to August 6, 2026.
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