Two planning boards are working on data center zoning, and Middleborough's remains open. At its October 6 meeting, the Middleborough Planning Board opened three separate public hearings on amendments to the town's Chapter 275 zoning bylaws.
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.
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.
Wareham's Zoning Board of Appeals appears to have closed a public hearing on a Chapter 40B comprehensive permit. The collected record does not show a final decision.
Middleborough's new interim town manager, Robert Nunes, used his first Select Board meeting on Sept. 21 to ask that the Special Town Meeting originally set for Oct. 19 be pushed back — he floated Nov.
The Rochester Select Board met briefly on September 21 and approved the Board of Assessors' recommendation to set the FY2027 property tax rate at $10.62 per thousand dollars of assessed value — just three cents above the current rate.