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Acushnet Planning Board Unanimously Adopts 2026 Master Plan After Two-Year Process

ACUSHNET — July 2, 2026 — Acushnet Planning Board adopts the town's 2026 Master Plan after nearly two years of volunteer-driven work. The board voted unanimously Thursday to accept the approximately 200-page document, which calls for zoning recodification, housing diversification beyond single-family homes, a neighborhood-friendly business

Acushnet Select Board Ratifies One-Year and Three-Year AFSCME Labor Agreements

ACUSHNET — June 29, 2026 — Acushnet Select Board ratifies two AFSCME labor contracts ahead of town meeting. The board convened briefly at 6:25 p.m. on June 29 at the school library solely to enter executive session under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 38, Section 21A, Purpose 3 for collective bargaining

Obituary notices, week of Monday, June 22, 2026 through Sunday, June 28, 2026

One Acushnet obituary was published during the week of June 22–28, 2026: Pacheco, Antonio M., 83, of Acushnet, who died June 24, 2026. Arrangements were under the care of Rock Funeral Home, New Bedford.

Acushnet Secures $1 Million for Slocum Street, Cancels $1.5 Million Borrowing Plan

ACUSHNET — June 24, 2026 — Acushnet Select Board confirms $1 million state transportation bond deposit for Slocum Street, eliminating a planned $1.5 million borrowing. Chair Kevin Gaspar announced at the June 24 meeting that the funds, secured with the help of State Representatives Mark Sylvia and Steve Ouellette, arrived in

Acushnet Conservation Chairman Souza Resigns at End of June 24 Meeting

ACUSHNET — June 24, 2026 — Acushnet Conservation Commission Chairman James Souza resigned at the close of the June 24 meeting, saying a phone call with a selectman following a Saturday site visit left him concluding his conduct had become an embarrassment. Souza, who served as chair through a period when the

Acushnet Board Approves Pershing Avenue ADU With Mandatory Septic Tank Replacement

ACUSHNET — June 23, 2026 — Acushnet Board of Health conditionally approved a one-bedroom ADU at 47 Pershing Avenue, requiring a new 1,500-gallon two-compartment septic tank before occupancy. The two-member board — Chairman David Davignon and Member Robert Medeiros, sitting without Vice Chairman Thomas Fortin, who was absent

Obituary notices, week of June 15, 2026 through June 21, 2026

One Acushnet obituary appeared this week: Plante, Simone O., age 83, of Acushnet, who died June 16, 2026; funeral arrangements were under the care of Rock Funeral Home. No additional biographical details were included in the published notice.

Acushnet Planning Board Endorses Main Street Lot Consolidation for Animal Hospital Site

ACUSHNET — June 18, 2026 — Acushnet Planning Board unanimously endorses lot line adjustment at former Main Street animal hospital. The board voted 3-0 Thursday to approve an Approval Not Required plan transferring 15,046 square feet from Lot 139B at 265 Main Street — the site of a former animal hospital

Planning Board Approves Main Street Lot Transfer for Animal Hospital Sale

ACUSHNET — June 18, 2026 — Acushnet Planning Board unanimously approves lot-line adjustment clearing the way for a Main Street animal hospital sale. The board voted without objection Thursday to accept an Approval Not Required plan transferring 15,046 square feet from 265 Main Street — the site of a former animal

Acushnet Select Board awards five-year trash contract, adopts $38 million budget

ACUSHNET — June 10, 2026 — Acushnet Select Board adopts $38.2 million FY27 budget and awards five-year trash contract to E.L. Harvey and Sons. The board unanimously approved an operating budget of $38,157,162 for fiscal year 2027 at its June 10 meeting, including a $450,000 increase

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