BCAT News

The Town of Burlington will be turning 225 years old on February 28 of 2024, known as a quasquibicentennial. Select Board Chair Nick Priest read a formal proclamation in honor […]

Burlington is celebrating Women’s History Month by highlighting women-owned businesses. The Town of Burlington Office of Economic Development is promoting women’s contributions to [...]

Massachusetts State Senator Cindy Friedman comes on to talk with State Rep. Ken Gordon about the New Legislative Session.

The Town of Burlington’s Department of Public Works has received a $500,000 Complete Streets Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division. The grant will fund the [...]

Burlington Public Library, Woburn Public Library, and St. Mark Community Education have partnered to offer a free Citizenship Information Night and a free 10-week Citizenship Preparation course. [...]

The Burlington Parks & Recreation’s Therapeutic Recreation Specialist Emma Jones has been named one of the National Recreation & Parks Association’s “30 Under [...]

In response to inquiries involving public health, science, wellness, safety, as well as Burlington’s new biotechnology, the Board of Health is developing a Public Health and Scientific [...]

The Town of Burlington is advancing a rezoning initiative to create fresh updated land use policies for the area’s largest commercial district along Mall Road and parts of Middlesex Turnpike. [...]

The Burlington Sculpture Park Committee recently disclosed the sculpture “Follow Your Heart” has been damaged. The damage was first discovered by a concerned citizen late on Thursday night, Feb. [...]

Long time Assistant Engineer for the Town of Burlington Brian White, has recently taken over as Director of Burlington’s Department of Public Works Director.

The Town of Burlington recently applied for and received a Gap Energy Grant specifically targeted toward improving energy efficiencies at Water Treatment facilities. The Gap Energy Grants are [...]

Town Meeting unanimously approved a $25,000 warrant article to contract an outside review of the town and school cyber security practices for one year. Ways & Means Chair John Iler […]

An article was presented to the Town Meeting to approve a land donation. Town Administrator Paul Sagarino explained a resident offered to donate the parcel of land and the town […]

Town Meeting voted to postpone an article for a new electronic sign on the Town Common at the corner of Bedford Street and Cambridge Street. The assembly heard a proposal […]

At the recent Town Meeting the body was asked to authorize the Select Board to enter into a waste collection/disposal contract agreement for up to five years. The current contract […]

Burlington’s Mill Pond Reservoir is undergoing a $15 million project to install PFAS filters as a result of new regulations in acceptable PFAS levels by MassDEP. Once the filters are [...]

The Burlington Board of Health voted to establish the town’s first Community Public Health & Scientific Faculty (CPHSF).   Board Chair Dr. Ed Weiner, Director of Public Health Susan Lumenello [...]

The Select Board discussed the future of the town’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. The DEI Committee was created as an Ad Hoc Committee to report back to the Select […]