Dunstable Select Board Closes Meeting to Weigh PFAS Litigation Strategy

DUNSTABLE — December 2, 2025 — Dunstable Select Board entered executive session December 2 to strategize over a potential CERCLA lawsuit tied to PFAS contamination in the town's public water supply. Chair Leah D. Basbanes read the MGL Chapter 30A, Section 21A, clause 3 justification into the record before the board voted unanimously, 3-0 on a roll call, to close the meeting, with member Ronald Mikol among those voting in favor. The board said it expected to be in executive session no longer than 30 minutes before returning to a packed open agenda that included a tax classification public hearing, a liquor license regulation amendment, a Chapter 61A property removal at 476 Main Street, a broker-of-record insurance change to Boris Lowe Insurance, a per diem firefighter discussion with the fire chief, a compensation and classification study, and an appointment to the Morgan Babcock Memorial Scholarship Trustees — none of which was captured in the available recording.