The Town of Concord posted an update Oct. 19 saying soil testing found uranium levels exceeding cleanup standards near the Powder Mill Woods trail at the Starmet/Nuclear Metals Inc. Superfund site, and the trail will close during planned tree removal and soil excavation.
The Town of Concord announced that cemetery staff will remove flags from veterans' and public safety personnel's graves and all temporary grave decorations by Oct. 23 ahead of a Nov. 11 flag retirement ceremony and fall cleanup; decorations will be held at the Cemetery Office for one week.
The Concord-Carlisle Regional School District announced that the high school's Speech & Debate Team has earned the National Speech & Debate Association's 2026 100 Club Award, recognizing at least 139 strength points earned through competition, leadership and service in the 2025-26 school year.
Concord-Carlisle High School's debate team earns national recognition with NSDA's 2026 100 Club Award.
Concord's Select Board voted to set a February 2, 2027 special election to fill the seat left vacant by Mary Hartman's resignation. Chair Wendy Rovelli led the four-member board, which also includes Paul Boehm, after an initial motion for a February 9 date failed for lack of a second.
Town finds uranium levels above standards near Main Street trail, prompting closures.
This week's Concord, MA obituary column includes one notice: Dawley, Sarah (Pratt), 61, who died October 8, 2026, at her home in Concord after a battle with bile duct cancer. The obituary was posted this week via Acton Funeral Home and carried on Legacy.com.
Concord's top September home sale reached $2.4 million, new deed records show. From our own coverage: School Committee reviews CCHS advanced-course equity data; Top September home sale reaches $2.4 million.
Concord recorded 18 property transfers between Sept. 18 and Oct. 17. Of those, nine carried a listed sale price, ranging from $725,000 to $2,401,700, with a median of $1,485,000; the other nine, each a transfer from an individual to a trust bearing the same family name, have no price yet on record.
Concord-Carlisle High School reports growing enrollment of Black and low-income students in advanced courses. From our own coverage: CCHS details equity gains in advanced courses.