Toddler Trick or Treat storytime Wednesday. Also in today's brief (15 items): High School Council meets Wednesday afternoon; Historical Commission meets Wednesday; Select Board meets Wednesday evening; Board of Health meets Wednesday evening.
The Seekonk Planning Board declined to recommend a zoning change that would let municipal and recreational buildings, including athletic fields, bypass special permit review townwide.
Seekonk Youth Soccer's Winter Rec program registration deadline hits this Thursday, Nov. 5, the club announced in an Oct. 24 post. The six-week program, open to kids from kindergarten through sixth grade, kicks off Nov. 6 at Teamworks Seekonk on Route 6 and features co-ed divisions.
One Seekonk obituary was published this week: Martin, Bernard R., 91, who died Tuesday, October 20, 2026, and was the beloved husband of Eleanor (Austin) Martin. The notice was posted by Manning-Heffern-O'Neill Funeral Home of Pawtucket and carried on Legacy.com and Echovita.
Quad Board heard pitches for the Southland Fire Station. Article 13 carries a $9.75 million price tag, funded by a debt exclusion estimated at $17 per $100,000 of assessed valuation, or $85 a year on a $500,000 home.
Seekonk's Select Board voted 4-1 to set fiscal 2028 school funding at 3 percent. At a joint Quad Board meeting, Finance Director Kadeem projected a $3.7 million FY28 gap, rising to $6.4 million by FY30, with pension costs up $848,000.