Coverage archive
8th Congressional
Weymouth's Town Council opened a public hearing on steeper penalties for breaking mandatory water restrictions. The measure is 26106, an amendment to ordinance section 8-301 on water supply.
5th Norfolk
Braintree's license plate readers drew detailed questions at the Town Council on Oct. 6. The questions covered how the readers are paid for, how misuse is defined and whether they help solve cases.
8th Congressional
Whitman's Select Board takes up a hiring freeze ahead of a January tax vote on the South Shore Tech building. According to South Shore News, the board voted on a freeze through Jan. 31. Under it, any vacancy would need board action before being filled.
5th Norfolk
Holbrook's warrant for the November 18 Special Town Meeting has closed, but what's on it is not yet public in the collected sources. The Select Board opened the warrant on September 9. It stayed open until Wednesday, October 7, at 4:30 p.m.
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.
5th Norfolk
This week's collected sources did not establish a completed local decision or a verified change in an ongoing story. Most of what came in is forward-looking: meeting notices and calendar entries, listed below under Coming Up.
8th Congressional
Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues is scheduled to face charges Friday after a clerk magistrate found probable cause in August to charge him with assault and battery, a misdemeanor, following a complaint from a Brockton High School student who alleges he touched her…
5th Norfolk
Holbrook's Select Board opened the warrant for a Special Town Meeting on September 9, 2026, setting a November 18 meeting date at Holbrook High School.
8th Congressional
Easton, Quincy, Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Norwood, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth, Brockton, Abington, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater, Whitman; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
5th Norfolk
Braintree, Holbrook
8th Congressional
Easton, Quincy, Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Norwood, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth, Brockton, Abington, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater, Whitman; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
5th Norfolk
Braintree, Holbrook
8th Congressional
Easton, Quincy, Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Norwood, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth, Brockton, Abington, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater, Whitman; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
5th Norfolk
Braintree, Holbrook
5th Norfolk
Braintree, Holbrook
8th Congressional
Easton, Quincy, Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Norwood, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth, Brockton, Abington, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater, Whitman; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts