Coverage archive
9th Bristol
Dartmouth's fall Town Meeting has 17 questions, from a $1 million land deal to sewer pumps. Town officials walked members through the warrant at an Oct. 7 pre-Town Meeting session. Fall Town Meeting is set for Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. at Dartmouth High School.
8th Bristol
A proposed $1.3 million line item would keep New Bedford's Fire Station 9 open, and Rep. Steven Ouellette is among the legislators pressing for it. According to The New Bedford Light, Gov. Maura Healey's new appropriations bill includes the money.
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
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.
10th Bristol
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.
9th Bristol
A proposed $1.3 million line would keep New Bedford's Fire Station 9 open through the fiscal year. Gov. Maura Healey's new appropriations bill would also add New Bedford to the Municipal Public Safety Staffing Program, which helps 10 cities with police or fire staffing shortfalls.
8th Bristol
A $1.3 million line item in Gov. Maura Healey's new appropriations bill would keep New Bedford's Fire Station 9 open through the end of the fiscal year. State Reps.
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.
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.
9th Bristol
Dartmouth's Fall Town Meeting warrant has 17 articles, including sewer aeration money, a police cruiser fee and a conservation purchase. Town Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 20.
8th Bristol
The Fall River Cultural Council spent a recent meeting walking through grant rules. The council went through its funding priorities line by line.
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
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.
10th Bristol
Fairhaven's Select Board approved a South Coast state-aid letter and cleared a revived holiday event at its Sept. 28 meeting.
9th Bristol
Starting Thursday, Oct. 1, the Russells Mills Road/Paskamansett River Bridge in Dartmouth will carry new, lower weight limits following a Massachusetts Department of Transportation inspection.
8th Bristol
A possible nor'easter is forecast to bring wind gusts up to 55 mph, coastal flooding, and beach erosion to the South Coast this weekend, with the greatest local impact expected on New Bedford's waterfront.
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
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.
10th Bristol
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.
8th Bristol
Westport, Fall River, New Bedford, Freetown, Acushnet
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett
10th Bristol
Fairhaven, Acushnet, New Bedford, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester
9th Bristol
New Bedford, Dartmouth
8th Bristol
Westport, Fall River, New Bedford, Freetown, Acushnet
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett
10th Bristol
Fairhaven, Acushnet, New Bedford, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester
9th Bristol
New Bedford, Dartmouth
8th Bristol
Westport, Fall River, New Bedford, Freetown, Acushnet
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett
10th Bristol
Fairhaven, Acushnet, New Bedford, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester
10th Bristol
Fairhaven, Acushnet, New Bedford, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett
9th Bristol
New Bedford, Dartmouth