Dighton Assessors Reject FY27 Budget Directive, Cite $1.9 Million Free Cash Surplus
Dighton Board of Assessors unanimously rejects FY27 budget directive, citing $1.9 million in free cash and more than $1.2 million in unanticipated revenue.
Dave Watkins
Finance Committee flags $157,300 truck request, school budget growth for further review
Westport Finance Committee reviewed a strained Highway Department budget and a 5 percent school budget increase at its January 27 meeting.
Conservation Commission issues cease-and-desist at car wash, closes DNRT hearing
Dartmouth Conservation Commission voted unanimously seven times in 36 minutes, closing a long-running hearing and issuing a cease-and-desist enforcement order.
Norton Conservation Commission demands drainage calculations before issuing high school athletic complex compliance certificate
Norton Conservation Commission withholds compliance certificate for high school athletics complex after consultant discloses undisclosed 2022 drainage redesign.
Dartmouth Select Board Approves Four Conservation Restrictions, Dozens of Other Actions
Dartmouth Select Board approves four conservation restrictions totaling more than 37 acres and a raft of additional actions.
Dartmouth Planning Board Backs Grant Bid for First Farmland Cost Study Since 2005
Dartmouth Planning Board unanimously backs Agricultural Commission's bid for a state grant to fund a new Cost of Community Services study.
Dighton Conservation Commission Grants Compliance Certificates, Continues Four Hearings
Dighton Conservation Commission honored 50-year member Charlie Mello and acted on a full docket of wetland permits at its January 22 meeting. Chairman Jim Digits led a standing tribute to Mello, who died the previous week at age 91.
Dighton Open Space Committee Unanimously Backs Lawyer for Committee Seat
DIGHTON -- January 22, 2026, Dighton Open Space Committee votes 3-0 to recommend Kenneth Fredette for membership, pending Select Board confirmation. Chairperson Jonathan Gale called the special Zoom session Thursday to consider Fredette's application; committee clerk Danica Belknap and former selectman Leonard Hull joined Gale in the unanimous
Westport Housing Authority Approves Finances, Debates Snow Removal at Greenwood Terrace
Westport Housing Authority approves $14,465 warrant and hears reserve is near 60 percent of target.
Norton Select Board names town's first IT director, mulls sewer financing tool
Norton confirms its first-ever IT director and hears debate over a $50,000 sewer-financing study at a joint Select Board and School Committee meeting January 21.