Attleboro Patch reports a new workshop will help residents navigate aging and wellness. Also in today's brief (7 items): Patch highlights new Attleboro aging workshop; Redevelopment Authority meets Thursday morning; All Ages Chess Club meets Thursday; Independence Day committee meets at library.
Advance ballot removal set for Friday. From our own coverage: Town sets early voting schedule for Nov. 3 election; Council on Aging offers election day rides for seniors.
Advocates and opponents clash over proposed all-party primary system ahead of Election Day. Also in today's brief (2 items): Voters divided over all-party primary question; Opinion weighs if all-party primaries help democracy.
Dighton assessors approved delegated signing authority for small, urgent bills.
Rehoboth's Planning Board recommended a bylaw defining and banning data centers, voting 6-0.
Dighton's Board of Selectmen approved fee increases for trash bags, Board of Health permits and cemetery lots, and laid out the timeline for a school building debt exclusion vote.
Somerset's Water and Sewer Commission approved up to $100,000 in contingency funds for an emergency sewer repair near Prospect Street.
The Seekonk Select Board approved a historic restructuring of the fire department's command system, extending conditional job offers to six new firefighter/paramedics and promoting five lieutenants to captain and four firefighters to lieutenant.
Norton School Committee backed new reduced-speed school zones on Route 123 and reviewed high school discipline data showing uneven patterns by student disability status.
Fall River's TIF Board voted unanimously to refer an open meeting law complaint to the city's corporation counsel.