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Carver School Committee Unanimously Approves $26.2 Million FY27 Budget

CARVER -- March 23, 2026, Carver School Committee unanimously approves $26.2 million school budget for FY27 with no layoffs. The committee voted 5-0 Monday to send a $26,237,431 appropriation, a 3.3 percent increase over the current year, to Town Meeting on April 7 at Carver Middle

Whitman Economic Development Committee rules out data centers, eyes Pond Street housing project

WHITMAN -- March 19, 2026, Whitman's Economic Development Committee declared data centers essentially unviable in town and focused instead on a proposed 157-unit residential complex on Pond Street. Meeting March 19 with four of six members present, the committee under Chair Justin Evans concluded that Whitman lacks the

Whitman Forms Open Space Committee, Eyes Dog Park and Skate Park Studies

WHITMAN -- March 19, 2026, Whitman's new Open Space and Recreation Plan Implementation Committee held its inaugural meeting March 19, electing Jason DeRogier as chair and Ed Winnett as vice chair and setting six near-term priorities under the town's recently conditionally approved 10-year plan. The

West Bridgewater Finance Committee Reviews $22.5 Million School Budget, Eyes April Votes

WEST BRIDGEWATER -- March 19, 2026, West Bridgewater Finance Committee hears $22.5 million school budget request and capital preview topping $4 million. The committee spent several hours on March 19 reviewing fiscal year 2027 departmental budgets, with the West Bridgewater Public Schools proposing a $916,949 increase, a 4.93

Scituate Zoning Board Continues Minot Beach Four-Unit Conversion Bid to April

SCITUATE -- March 19, 2026, Scituate Zoning Board signals it will not allow a fourth residential unit at a Minot Beach non-conforming building, continuing the matter to April. The board, deliberating the application of BCG 76 Glades Road, LLC to convert a former post office unit into a one-bedroom

Marshfield Search Committee Elects Joe Ring Chair, Begins Hunt for Town Administrator

MARSHFIELD -- March 19, 2026, Marshfield forms a five-member Town Administrator Search Committee and moves immediately to confidential candidate review. The committee, staffed by Interim Town Administrator Peter Moore and HR Director Danielle Kerrigan, held its organizational meeting Thursday evening and elected Joe Ring as chair and Dennis Kelleher, current

Halifax Planning Board orders full modification hearing for 318 Plymouth Street project

HALIFAX -- March 19, 2026, Halifax Planning Board schedules formal April 2 hearing on 318 Plymouth Street self-storage modification. The board voted 5-0 Thursday to place the site plan modification for the self-storage project at 318 Plymouth Street on its April 2 agenda, requiring a full application under

Board of Health approves two septic variances, stable permit

Lakeville Board of Health clears septic variances, stable permit and two home kitchens in a unanimous night.

West Bridgewater Select Board Presses School Department on 4.93 Percent Budget Increase

WEST BRIDGEWATER -- March 18, 2026, West Bridgewater Select Board challenges school department's $19.5 million budget request as fiscal concerns mount. The board closed its FY27 budget hearing season Wednesday with Town Administrator David Gagne delivering a sustained challenge to the West Bridgewater Public Schools' request for

Plymouth Board of Health Approves Septic Variances, Polystyrene Extension in Unanimous Votes

PLYMOUTH -- March 18, 2026, Plymouth Board of Health clears three unanimous votes on septic variances and a polystyrene extension. Meeting Wednesday, March 18 at Plymouth Town Hall, the four-member quorum, Chair Teri Reid, M.D., Barry Potvin, Amy Palmer, and newly welcomed member Kate Morini, who did not vote

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