Coverage archive
9th Plymouth
East Bridgewater's Special Town Meeting on Oct. 7 approved a 24-month moratorium on new data centers. It also funded a $250,000 police and fire facilities feasibility study by a 112-40 count, according to South Shore News.
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 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.
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.
3rd Plymouth
Hingham voters will be asked to fund three school building projects, and it takes two votes. The projects are roof work at Plymouth River and South School, and roof and HVAC work at Hingham High School. According to South Shore News's report on the Sept.
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 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.
13th Middlesex
Lincoln's library heating decision heads to a Special Town Meeting with the numbers still disputed. Lincoln voters are scheduled to choose between two ways of replacing the library's aging gas boiler and related HVAC equipment at a Special Town Meeting on Oct. 24.
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.
11th Plymouth
A request to borrow $1,600,000 for rubbish barrels was tabled at the Brockton City Council Finance Committee meeting of Oct. 5, 2026.
10th Plymouth
A $1.6 million rubbish barrel purchase was tabled, and the city says it is rethinking its approach. At its October 5 meeting, the Brockton City Council's Finance Committee took up an order to appropriate $1,600,000 for purchasing rubbish barrels.
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 Plymouth
East Bridgewater's Oct. 7 special town meeting took up a data center ban, and amendments to turn it into a temporary moratorium. The recording shows that the printed Article 2 was not the only text before voters. The collected sources did not establish how the article ended.
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 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 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…
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.
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 Plymouth
Hingham's school roof projects need two votes, and storm leaks arrived first. Superintendent Katie Roberts told the School Committee that weekend storm leaks at South School and Hingham High School needed facilities-crew cleanup.
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 Norfolk
Quincy's Flock camera hearing drew two dozen critics, but the council took no action.
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 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.
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 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.
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.