Littleton COA board elects new vice chair and secretary

Council on Aging · Meeting of July 13, 2026

Littleton Council on Aging reelects Anita Harding as chair, adds two new officers. The board unanimously elected Susan Melander vice chair and Jeanne Sill secretary at its July 13 meeting, then heard that the senior center logged a record 609 check-ins in June. Gov.

Maura Healey's fiscal 2027 budget keeps the state's elder-services formula grant level at $16 per elder, worth roughly $39,000 to $40,000 annually and preserving $3 fitness classes, prompting one member to call it "fantastic news for COAs." Staff reported federal cuts have cut the town's farmer's market coupon funding in half, from $50 to $25 per household this year. The director also briefed the board on a proposed 86-unit affordable senior housing project at 410 Great Road from Hebrew Senior Life, still three to four years from completion.

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Source: the Council on Aging meeting of July 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.