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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.