Coverage archive
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.
18th Worcester
Douglas selectmen worked through water-tank funding, trust-fund investing and a land survey on Oct. 6. The meeting ran past two hours, and the board said it is exempt from a rule requiring a motion to extend. The topics bear on town finances and water and sewer infrastructure.
18th Suffolk
The Boston City Council passed $268,887 in funding for the school police patrolmen's contract. Under Docket 1829, the council reduced the FY27 Reserve for Collective Bargaining by $268,887 to pay for increases in the agreement between the Boston School Committee and the Boston…
17th Suffolk
The Boston City Council moved $268,887 out of its collective-bargaining reserve to cover school police raises. The money covers FY27 increases in the contract between the Boston School Committee and the Boston School Police Patrolmen's Association.
15th Suffolk
The city says free Link shuttles are coming to Roxbury and Mattapan, but the routes aren't drawn yet. The Boston Globe reports that the Wu administration will launch five free shuttle routes by early next year.
14th Suffolk
The City Council moved $268,887 to pay for Boston school police raises. Docket 1829 reduces the FY27 Reserve for Collective Bargaining by $268,887. The money funds increases in the agreement between the Boston School Committee and the Boston School Police Patrolmen's Association.
13th Suffolk
The Boston City Council moved $268,887 to cover raises for BPS school police. The order reduces the FY27 Reserve for Collective Bargaining to fund increases in the agreement between the Boston School Committee and the Boston School Police Patrolmen's Association (Docket 1829).
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 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.
12th Bristol
Taunton's schools are handing back grant money that expired before the work was done. The Taunton School Committee meeting recording with retrieved captions carries a report that a $30,000 unused grant for school water improvements had to be returned.
10th Suffolk
The Boston City Council passed $268,887 to cover Boston Public Schools school-police raises. Docket 1829 moves the money out of the city's collective-bargaining reserve to fund FY27 increases in the contract between the Boston School Committee and the Boston School Police…
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.
2nd Suffolk (Senate)
The City Council moved $268,887 to pay for BPS school police raises. On Oct. 7, the Boston City Council passed Docket 1829.
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 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…
5th Plymouth
Hanson's Special Town Meeting on Oct. 5 approved limited recreational marijuana delivery and shelved a $250,000 water exploration request. South Shore News reports that Article 32 passed on a counted vote of 53-33.
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.
5th Bristol
Taunton Public Schools is returning a $30,000 grant for school water improvements that went unused, according to the Oct. 7 School Committee meeting. The meeting included a finance update. The caption text says the district "had to" return the money.
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.
3rd Norfolk
Quincy's Flock cameras got a four-and-a-half-hour hearing. Councillors took no action.
3rd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
Two planning boards were handling data center zoning bylaws this week.
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 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 Plymouth
Middleborough's Planning Board took up a proposed data center ban and other zoning changes, and at least one hearing stays open.
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.