Coverage archive
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.
1st Norfolk
Quincy's Flock camera hearing drew two dozen critics, but the council took no action.
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.
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.
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.
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.
9th Plymouth
Brockton, West Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Easton; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
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
8th Bristol
Westport, Fall River, New Bedford, Freetown, Acushnet
7th Plymouth
Abington, Whitman, East Bridgewater
6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke
5th Plymouth
Hanover, Rockland, Norwell, Hanson
5th Norfolk
Braintree, Holbrook
5th Bristol
Dighton, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton
4th Plymouth
Scituate, Marshfield, Norwell
3rd Plymouth
Hull, Hingham, Cohasset
3rd Norfolk
Quincy, Weymouth, Holbrook
3rd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
Taunton, Berkley, Dighton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Carver, Marion, Middleborough, Wareham
3rd Bristol
Taunton, Easton
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph
2nd Plymouth
Middleborough, Wareham, Carver; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset