Coverage archive
9th Bristol
Dartmouth's fall Town Meeting has 17 questions, from a $1 million land deal to sewer pumps. Town officials walked members through the warrant at an Oct. 7 pre-Town Meeting session. Fall Town Meeting is set for Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. at Dartmouth High School.
8th Bristol
A proposed $1.3 million line item would keep New Bedford's Fire Station 9 open, and Rep. Steven Ouellette is among the legislators pressing for it. According to The New Bedford Light, Gov. Maura Healey's new appropriations bill includes the money.
7th Plymouth
East Bridgewater's Special Town Meeting adopted a two-year pause on new data centers and funded a police and fire facilities study. South Shore News reported that voters on Oct. 7 approved a 24-month data center moratorium.
6th Norfolk
A Canton conservation request would set aside $100,000 in Community Preservation money for future land purchases. At its Oct. 6 meeting, the Canton Select Board heard a Conservation Commission member ask it to endorse an FY28 application to the Community Preservation Committee.
5th Bristol
Taunton schools return an unused $30,000 water grant as a new finance director reports on cleanup. At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Taunton School Committee heard a director of finance update after nearly three months on the job.
4th Plymouth
Scituate's schools have frozen spending and are bracing for a much smaller FY28 increase. The School Committee heard that the schools are on track for roughly $400,000 more in fiscal 2028, under 1%. Recent years brought increases near $2 million, South Shore News reported.
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
East Bridgewater voters adopted a two-year pause on new data centers. At the Oct. 7 Special Town Meeting, voters approved a 24-month moratorium after the Planning Board swapped out a permanent ban printed in the warrant.
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
Dartmouth's Fall Town Meeting warrant puts a conservation funding request, union contract funding and a sewer plant upgrade before voters. Town Meeting is scheduled for October 20 at 7 p.m.
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Scituate's schools have frozen spending and are projecting a much smaller budget increase for fiscal 2028. The School Committee heard on Monday, Sept. 28, that the schools are on track for about $400,000 more in FY28, less than 1%.
1st Norfolk
Quincy's Flock camera debate drew 24 public speakers, and the council has not acted. The City Council's Oversight Committee met Oct. 6 for a forum on the city's Flock Safety cameras.
12th Plymouth
Plymouth's Select Board voted 4-1 to back a 392-unit "friendly 40B" on Carver Road. According to South Shore News, the board approved a memorandum of agreement and a letter of support for the project at 120 Carver Road on Tuesday, Sept. 29.
12th Middlesex
Newton's pension bond waits on the market and the State House. Mayor Marc Laredo and Chief Financial Officer Maureen Lemieux told the City Council on Oct. 5 that Newton is still preparing for a possible pension obligation bond but cannot issue one now.
10th Bristol
Rochester's Select Board has paused its Flock license-plate cameras while the town investigates the system and its contract. After residents packed the Senior Center meeting room on Monday, Oct. 5, the board voted unanimously to suspend use for 30 days, according to The Wanderer.
9th Bristol
A proposed $1.3 million line would keep New Bedford's Fire Station 9 open through the fiscal year. Gov. Maura Healey's new appropriations bill would also add New Bedford to the Municipal Public Safety Staffing Program, which helps 10 cities with police or fire staffing shortfalls.
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.
8th Bristol
A $1.3 million line item in Gov. Maura Healey's new appropriations bill would keep New Bedford's Fire Station 9 open through the end of the fiscal year. State Reps.
6th Plymouth
Hanson's Special Town Meeting approved limited recreational marijuana delivery and shelved a $250,000 water-exploration request. At the Oct. 5 session, South Shore News reports, voters approved Article 32 on a counted vote of 53-33.
6th Norfolk
Canton's Select Board endorsed a $100,000 open-space request, according to a machine transcript. At its Oct. 6 meeting, a speaker appearing for Conservation Commission member Christine Smith (name as spelled in the transcript) asked the board to endorse the commission's FY28…
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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke