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Easton Affordable Housing Trust allocates $286,000, plans for $3 million in projects

EASTON — June 24, 2026 — Easton Affordable Housing Trust opens planning effort to deploy $3 million reserve toward new housing. The Trust, meeting in person for the first time in months on June 24, voted unanimously to divide a $285,925 Community Preservation Act appropriation from the May 18 Annual Town

Easton Affordable Housing Trust allocates $286,000, plans for $3 million in projects

EASTON — June 24, 2026 — Easton Affordable Housing Trust opens planning effort to deploy $3 million reserve toward new housing. The Trust, meeting in person for the first time in months on June 24, voted unanimously to divide a $285,925 Community Preservation Act appropriation from the May 18 Annual Town

Dighton Select Board denies above-policy vacation carryovers, shifts approval authority to Town Administrator

DIGHTON — June 24, 2026 — Dighton Select Board tightens vacation carryover policy and clears a full agenda of transfers and appointments. Meeting on June 24, the board voted 3-1 to deny four employees' requests to carry over vacation time beyond the two-week contractual maximum, with member Glenn arguing

Seekonk Select Board Rejects Medeiros Farm Design Contract in 3-2 Vote

SEEKONK — June 24, 2026 — Seekonk Select Board voted 3-2 to reject the designer services contract for the Medeiros Farm project and ordered an independent traffic study before any design work proceeds. The twin votes, taken at a joint session with the Medeiros Farm Committee, came after more than 90

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

Westport Finance Committee Approves Seven Year-End Transfers Totaling Over $148,000

WESTPORT — June 23, 2026 — Westport Finance Committee unanimously approves seven year-end budget transfers totaling more than $148,000, closing out fiscal year 2026 before the June 30 deadline. Chair Karen Rouse led the committee through transfers ranging from a $20,000 veterans benefits line for thermoplastic grave markers to

Rehoboth Conservation Commission Continues Two Mason Street Wetland Cases, Sends Third to Outside Review

REHOBOTH — June 23, 2026 — Rehoboth Conservation Commission continues two Mason Street wetland delineation cases and votes unanimously to send a third to outside review. At the June 23 meeting, engineer Mark Mariano of Oak Hill Engineering presented an updated delineation for applicant Kami Nunes at 125 and 129 Mason Street,

North Attleborough Board of Health Approves Catering Permit for Dreams Event Venue

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH — June 23, 2026 — North Attleborough Board of Health grants catering permit and hears septic season surge at June meeting. The two-member board, Chair Jonathan Maslin and member Dan McMahon, voted unanimously to approve a catering permit for Teresa Sneed of Green on Main, doing business as Dreams

Dartmouth Conservation Commission Bans After-Dark Access to All Conservation Properties

DARTMOUTH — June 23, 2026 — Dartmouth Conservation Commission votes to restrict all conservation land to daylight hours after weekend knife-and-gun incident. The commission voted unanimously Tuesday to establish a policy limiting public access to all town conservation properties from sunrise to sunset, requiring prior written authorization for any exceptions.

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