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4th Norfolk
Weymouth's official calendar entry for a Planning Board meeting carries two dates. The listing is dated October 13 at 6:00 PM in the Mary McElroy Room, 182 Green St., North Weymouth. Its title says "rescheduled to 10/20."
4th Plymouth
Scituate's schools have frozen this year's budget and are holding back 20% of expense lines. The forecast for fiscal 2028 is an increase of about $400,000, less than 1%.
3rd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
Two planning boards were handling data center zoning bylaws this week.
3rd Norfolk
Quincy's Flock cameras got a four-and-a-half-hour hearing. Councillors took no action.
2nd Plymouth
Middleborough's Planning Board took up a proposed data center ban and other zoning changes, and at least one hearing stays open.
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Hanson voters allow marijuana delivery and set aside a $250,000 water search. At Monday's Special Town Meeting, voters approved limited recreational marijuana delivery on a counted vote of 53-33, according to South Shore News. Article 32 was the last item of the night.
3rd Bristol
Taunton schools return an expired $30,000 water-improvement grant as a new finance director audits old balances. At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Taunton School Committee heard that a $30,000 grant for school water improvements was returned unused.
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
Gov. Maura Healey's new appropriations bill includes a $1.3 million line item that would keep New Bedford's Fire Station 9 open through June 30, the end of the current fiscal year.
2nd Norfolk
Quincy hears four and a half hours on Flock license-plate cameras, then takes no action. The City Council's Oversight Committee met Oct. 6 for a forum on the city's Flock Safety cameras.
1st Norfolk
Quincy's Flock camera hearing drew two dozen critics, but the council took no action.
1st Plymouth
Select Board signs on to a 392-unit apartment project off Carver Road. The Plymouth Select Board voted 4-1 on Sept. 29 to approve a memorandum of agreement and a letter of support for a "friendly" Chapter 40B project at 120 Carver Road, South Shore News reported.
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Scituate's schools are bracing for a much tighter fiscal 2028. The School Committee heard that the forecast increase is about $400,000, under 1%, compared with increases of about 4% in recent years.
13th Middlesex
Lincoln residents will choose between a geothermal and a conventional library heating system at the Oct. 24 Special Town Meeting, and officials say neither would raise taxes immediately.
18th Worcester
Webster's Zoning Board of Appeals put a ski club's zoning appeal off until November. At its Oct. 6 meeting, the board took up an appeal of a zoning determination involving a ski club at 235 Thompson Road.
12th Bristol
Taunton schools return a $30,000 water-improvement grant, and the new finance director reports on clean-up work. At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Taunton School Committee received a report from the district's director of finance.
12th Middlesex
Newton is still preparing for a pension obligation bond, but its finance team told the City Council on Monday, October 5, that the bond is not viable in today's market.
12th Plymouth
Plymouth's Select Board has backed a 392-unit "friendly" 40B apartment project off Carver Road. The South Shore News reports the board voted 4-1 on Sept. 29 to approve a memorandum of agreement and a letter of support for the project at 120 Carver Road.
10th Plymouth
A $1.6 million order to buy rubbish barrels was tabled at the October 5 Finance Committee meeting. The order would have appropriated $1,600,000 for the barrels and authorized the city treasurer, with the mayor's approval, to borrow under Chapter 44 and issue bonds and notes.
11th Plymouth
A $1.6 million order to buy rubbish barrels was tabled at the City Council's Finance Committee on October 5. The order would have appropriated $1,600,000 for the barrels.
10th Bristol
Rochester turns off its Flock cameras for a month, joining other South Coast towns reconsidering them. After residents spoke against the license-plate readers at its Monday, Oct. 5 meeting, the Select Board halted their use.
7th Plymouth
East Bridgewater's Oct. 7 special town meeting took up a data center ban, and a temporary moratorium was offered in its place.
Rollup
Hingham's school roofs go to Town Meeting with Select Board backing. The Select Board unanimously recommended favorable action on three school building articles headed to the October 29 Special Town Meeting.
Rollup
Hingham's roof bill heads to Town Meeting with the Select Board's backing. The Select Board unanimously recommended favorable action on three school building articles for the October 29 Special Town Meeting.
9th Plymouth
East Bridgewater's Planning Board voted unanimously on Sept. 21 to set aside its own town-wide data center ban. It asked the Select Board for a 12-month moratorium on data center siting, and asked town meeting to pass over the zoning article, according to South Shore News.
9th Bristol
Dartmouth's Fall Town Meeting warrant has 17 articles, including sewer aeration money, a police cruiser fee and a conservation purchase. Town Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 20.
8th Congressional
Hingham's school roofs head to Special Town Meeting with a town-share estimate of about $16.17 million for the two elementary projects.
8th Plymouth
This was a thin week for verifiable local news. The collected sources did not establish a completed decision, vote, or permit in Bridgewater or Raynham that would justify a lead. The news collection returned items, but none were ranked as candidates for this brief.
7th Plymouth
East Bridgewater's Planning Board set aside its own town-wide data center ban and asked for a pause instead. According to South Shore News, the board opened a public hearing on Monday, September 21, on the zoning amendment it sponsored, then voted unanimously to set the article…
8th Bristol
The Fall River Cultural Council spent a recent meeting walking through grant rules. The council went through its funding priorities line by line.
6th Norfolk
Avon points voters to Nov. 3 State Election information. The Town of Avon posted a notice on Oct. 1 directing residents to information on the State Election and their voting options. The collected excerpt does not detail those options, so check the town's page for specifics.
6th Plymouth
Marshfield's School Committee chair says the district has lost 75 staff positions since last year. At a September 15 meeting, Chair Sean Costello addressed the town's failed override vote.