Dartmouth's Fall Town Meeting warrant puts a conservation funding request, union contract funding and a sewer plant upgrade before voters. Town Meeting is scheduled for October 20 at 7 p.m.
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.
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.
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.
At its Sept. 28 meeting, the Fairhaven Select Board approved a letter asking for more state money for local budgets. It is written so other South Coast municipalities can sign on.
A possible nor'easter is expected to bring wind gusts up to 55 mph, coastal flooding and beach erosion to the SouthCoast beginning Friday night into Sunday, according to the New Bedford Light. New Bedford's CoveWalk, HarborWalk and Fort Taber close starting Thursday at 8 p.m.
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.