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6th Plymouth
Hanson's Special Town Meeting on Oct. 5 approved limited recreational marijuana delivery and indefinitely postponed a $250,000 water exploration request. South Shore News reported a counted vote of 53-33 on Article 32 and 72-6 on Article 7.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
6th Plymouth
Marshfield's School Committee chair says the district has lost 75 staff positions since last year. At a September 15 meeting, Chair Sean Costello addressed the town's failed override vote.
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
East Bridgewater's Planning Board opened a hearing on a town-wide data center ban that it sponsored, then voted unanimously to set the article aside. According to South Shore News, the board asked the Select Board for a 12-month moratorium on data center siting.
12th Plymouth
Plymouth's planning board has put a one-year data center moratorium on the table. WATD reported on October 1 that the board is proposing the pause. At its September 23 meeting, the board opened a public hearing on the planning-board-sponsored article.
6th Plymouth
Marshfield Public Schools have lost 75 staff positions from last year to this year, School Committee Chair Sean Costello said at a September 15 meeting, as the district works with a fiscal 2027 budget of $57.8 million — down from $60.4 million the prior year.
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues is scheduled to face an assault and battery charge Friday after a clerk magistrate found probable cause in August, stemming from a complaint by a Brockton High School student who alleged he touched her inappropriately during a May parade.
12th Plymouth
Plymouth Public Schools opened the school year with a roughly half-million-dollar hole in its budget, caused by unanticipated out-of-district special education placements and federal grants that came in below last year's levels, according to the South Shore News report.
6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph
12th Plymouth
Kingston, Plympton, Plymouth, Middleboro, Halifax, Pembroke
6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph
12th Plymouth
Kingston, Plympton, Plymouth, Middleboro, Halifax, Pembroke
6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph
12th Plymouth
Kingston, Plympton, Plymouth, Middleboro, Halifax, Pembroke
12th Plymouth
Kingston, Plympton, Plymouth, Middleboro, Halifax, Pembroke
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph
6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph