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Acushnet Select Board appoints temporary inspector, flags health agent vacancy

ACUSHNET -- March 25, 2026, Acushnet Select Board unanimously fills two service gaps while flagging a deepening health agent shortage. The two-member board, Chairman Mark Warner and member David Hinckley, approved a one-day liquor license for the Rebel Brew Run event tied to the St. Francis Xavier road race,

Acushnet Conservation Commission Flags Unidentified Pond Near Proposed Storage Site

ACUSHNET -- March 25, 2026, Acushnet Conservation Commission continues Middle Road storage hearing over unidentified pond. The commission voted unanimously March 25 to continue the Cristiano Meet in the Middle, LLC application at Zero Middle Road to April 22, 2026, after members discovered during a site visit a pond or possible

Dighton Select Board Approves FY27 Budgets Under Both Debt-Exclusion Scenarios

DIGHTON -- March 25, 2026, Dighton Select Board approves FY27 department budgets under two scenarios and tables library account for further cuts. Chair Mark Pacheco and member Peter Karen, with Nicole Mello absent, worked through dozens of line-item votes at the March 25 regular meeting, producing both a no-debt-

Westport Finance Committee Recommends $60.1 Million FY27 Budget for Town Meeting

WESTPORT -- March 24, 2026, Westport Finance Committee approves $60.1 million FY27 budget and deadlocks 4-4 on a new collective bargaining stabilization fund. The eight-member panel worked through all 34 articles on the May 5 annual town meeting warrant Tuesday, voting unanimously to recommend a $60,105,067

Dartmouth Conservation Commission Approves Wetlands Permits for Two Properties, Continues Three Hearings

DARTMOUTH -- March 24, 2026, Dartmouth Conservation Commission approved wetlands permits for two properties and continued three others at its March 24 meeting. The board voted 5-0 to issue a standard order of conditions for a proposed 15-unit, age-restricted residential development at 813 State Road, which would replace

Norton Finance Committee backs brownfields tax abatement and sewer tie-in overhaul

Norton Finance Committee unanimously backs brownfields abatement bylaw and approves sewer tie-in removal 7-1. At the March 23 meeting, the committee voted 8-0 to recommend adopting G.L.

Norton Conservation Commission Continues Wheaton Estates Hearing, Clears High School Project

Norton Conservation Commission continues Wheaton Estates subdivision hearing amid stormwater and flooding concerns.

Dartmouth Offers Schools 4.5 Percent Budget Increase, Falls Short of 6.85 Percent Request

DARTMOUTH -- March 23, 2026, Dartmouth's Select Board and School Committee met jointly March 23 and ended without resolving a gap between the school department's 6.85 percent FY27 budget increase request and the 4.5 percent the town says it can offer. Town Administrator Cody Haddad

Dartmouth Planning Board tables Housing Production Plan vote, eyes April 6 endorsement

DARTMOUTH -- March 23, 2026, Dartmouth Planning Board defers Housing Production Plan vote and advances Article 24 site plan flexibility proposal. The five-member board, meeting virtually on March 23, voted unanimously on six motions but tabled its endorsement of the town's 181-page Housing Production Plan to the

Old Colony presents 4.8 percent budget increase, $410,000 assessment hike to Acushnet FinCom

ACUSHNET -- March 20, 2026, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School is seeking a 4.8 percent budget increase for FY27, translating to a $410,000 assessment increase for Acushnet. Superintendent Aaron Jolansky and Business Manager Sarah Griffith briefed the Acushnet Finance Committee at an informational session Thursday, presenting a

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