2nd Plymouth
2nd Plymouth: Middleborough Planning Board hears data center ban, other zoning changes
Middleborough's Planning Board took up a proposed data center ban and other zoning changes, and at least one hearing stays open.
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1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate): Scituate schools hold back 20% of expenses as FY28 forecast shrinks to under 1%
Scituate's schools are bracing for a much tighter fiscal 2028. The School Committee heard that the forecast increase is about $400,000, under 1%, compared with increases of about 4% in recent years.
1st Plymouth
1st Plymouth: Select Board backs 392-unit friendly 40B on Carver Road with $2.5M mitigation
Select Board signs on to a 392-unit apartment project off Carver Road. The Plymouth Select Board voted 4-1 on Sept. 29 to approve a memorandum of agreement and a letter of support for a "friendly" Chapter 40B project at 120 Carver Road, South Shore News reported.
18th Worcester
18th Worcester: Webster appeals board continues a ski club zoning appeal hearing to Nov. 4
Webster's Zoning Board of Appeals put a ski club's zoning appeal off until November. At its Oct. 6 meeting, the board took up an appeal of a zoning determination involving a ski club at 235 Thompson Road.
13th Middlesex
13th Middlesex: Lincoln library HVAC: geothermal or boiler goes to Oct. 24 Special Town Meeting
Lincoln residents will choose between a geothermal and a conventional library heating system at the Oct. 24 Special Town Meeting, and officials say neither would raise taxes immediately.
12th Plymouth
12th Plymouth: Plymouth Select Board backs 392-unit Carver Road 40B apartment plan
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.
12th Middlesex
12th Middlesex: Newton pension obligation bond stays on hold as city unveils five-year forecast
Newton is still preparing for a pension obligation bond, but its finance team told the City Council on Monday, October 5, that the bond is not viable in today's market.
12th Bristol
12th Bristol: Taunton School Committee hears $30,000 unused school water grant was returned
Taunton schools return a $30,000 water-improvement grant, and the new finance director reports on clean-up work. At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Taunton School Committee received a report from the district's director of finance.
11th Plymouth
11th Plymouth: Brockton council committee tables $1.6M rubbish barrel borrowing order
A $1.6 million order to buy rubbish barrels was tabled at the City Council's Finance Committee on October 5. The order would have appropriated $1,600,000 for the barrels.
10th Plymouth
10th Plymouth: Brockton Finance Committee tables $1.6M rubbish barrel borrowing request
A $1.6 million order to buy rubbish barrels was tabled at the October 5 Finance Committee meeting. The order would have appropriated $1,600,000 for the barrels and authorized the city treasurer, with the mayor's approval, to borrow under Chapter 44 and issue bonds and notes.
7th Plymouth
7th Plymouth: East Bridgewater Town Meeting takes up data center ban, moratorium substitute
East Bridgewater's Oct. 7 special town meeting took up a data center ban, and a temporary moratorium was offered in its place.
9th Plymouth
9th Plymouth: East Bridgewater planning board advances town-wide ban on commercial data centers
Brockton, West Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Easton; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
8th Plymouth
8th Plymouth: Norris files new OCPF report showing GOP town committee donation and loan-backed cash position
Bridgewater, Raynham
8th Congressional
8th Congressional: Hingham puts two school roof debt exclusions on the Nov. 3 ballot, adds $1.1M to high school project
Easton, Quincy, Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Norwood, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth, Brockton, Abington, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater, Whitman; collection is town-level and may include reporting from outside the district's represented precincts
7th Plymouth
7th Plymouth: Whitman Select Board splits 3-2 on rewriting decades-old school regional agreement
Abington, Whitman, East Bridgewater
6th Plymouth
6th Plymouth: Marshfield override dispute escalates as selectman demands town clerk's resignation
Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Marshfield, Pembroke
5th Plymouth
5th Plymouth: State's 40A zoning overhaul forces Norwell to rewrite bylaws as variance standard loosens
Hanover, Rockland, Norwell, Hanson
5th Norfolk
5th Norfolk: Hit-and-run injures Holbrook teen near bus stop; police seek black SUV
Braintree, Holbrook
5th Bristol
5th Bristol: Taunton Council approves weekly warrants; Somerset flags fraudulent ZBA fee email
Dighton, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton
4th Plymouth
4th Plymouth: State's Chapter 40A zoning overhaul forces Norwell to rewrite bylaws, lowers variance bar
Scituate, Marshfield, Norwell
3rd Plymouth
3rd Plymouth: Hingham and Cohasset both send building-cost decisions to voters this fall
Hull, Hingham, Cohasset
3rd Norfolk
3rd Norfolk: Weymouth Council weighs steeper water-violation fines as ordinance heads to committee
Quincy, Weymouth, Holbrook
3rd Bristol
3rd Bristol: Taunton finance panel approves multimillion-dollar warrants; Easton schools set budget votes
Taunton, Easton
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
2nd Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate): Whitman Select Board splits on regional school agreement overhaul with Hanson
Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Hanson, Whitman, Avon, Randolph
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate)
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Senate): Fairhaven Select Board weighs regional wastewater fix, holds off on tourism panel
New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate)
1st Plymouth & Norfolk (Senate): Hingham puts two school roof debt exclusions on Nov. 3 ballot, adds $1.1M to HS project
Duxbury, Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Norwell, Scituate, Weymouth, Cohasset
1st Norfolk
1st Norfolk: Randolph enters Phase 3 water restrictions as Quincy licensing board handles routine hearings
Quincy, Randolph