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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.
5th Plymouth
Hanson voters approve limited recreational marijuana delivery and shelve a $250,000 water request. At the Oct. 5 Special Town Meeting, voters approved Article 32, allowing limited recreational marijuana delivery, on a counted vote of 53-33.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
5th Plymouth
Norwell's schools ended fiscal 2026 with the special education reserve about $750,000 short of state guidance. The School Committee heard the year-end report on September 21, which put spending at $33,433,131.
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.
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.
5th Plymouth
Hanover's Fire Chief Jason Cavallaro told the Select Board he wants the town to shelve a long-pursued North Hanover fire substation and instead put roughly $5 million toward expanding and renovating the nearly 40-year-old Fire Department headquarters.
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.
6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke
5th Plymouth
Hanover, Rockland, Norwell, Hanson
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph
6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke
5th Plymouth
Hanover, Rockland, Norwell, Hanson
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph
6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke
5th Plymouth
Hanover, Rockland, Norwell, Hanson
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph
6th Plymouth
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke
5th Plymouth
Hanover, Rockland, Norwell, Hanson
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph