Scituate Select Board unanimously adopts five-year harbor rate hike plan
Scituate Select Board votes unanimously on harbor rate hikes and updated license fees at January session.
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Hingham Select Board Hears Center for Active Living Cost Drop to $29.9 Million
HINGHAM -- January 6, 2026, Hingham Select Board receives $29.9 million Center for Active Living cost update ahead of April town meeting vote. The three-member board, Chair William Ramsey and members Elizabeth Klein and Julie Strehle, heard from architect Chris Wanty and owner's project manager Dan Palada
Whitman Finance Committee Backs Public Safety Restorations, Reserve Fund Draw
WHITMAN -- January 6, 2026, Whitman Finance Committee backs special town meeting warrant articles and approves emergency fire department reserve transfer. The committee voted 7-1 to recommend Article 4, which restores $148,000 each to the Fire and Police departments using a combination of one-time funds, including $95,000
Whitman Conservation Commission Drafts First Wetlands Fee and Fine Schedule
WHITMAN -- January 6, 2026, Whitman Conservation Commission moves toward its first formal wetlands fee and fine schedule. At the January 6 session, members reviewed filing fee structures from Hanson and East Bridgewater, where a residential Notice of Intent runs $75 and a commercial filing runs $100, and discussed adopting a
Conservation Commission Continues Gas Station Rebuild Hearing to February, Issues Warehouse Compliance Certificates
WEST BRIDGEWATER -- January 6, 2026, West Bridgewater Conservation Commission advances long-delayed gas station rebuild and closes out Miley Street warehouse. The commission continued the 506 West Summer Street redevelopment hearing for Colvia Enterprises LLC to February 3 after attorney Daniel Dufault reported that a 30-foot access easement crossing
Plympton Planning Board Deems Solar Relocation a Major Modification Requiring New Application
PLYMPTON -- January 6, 2026, Plympton Planning Board fields solar relocation inquiry, orders landscape compliance notice at January 6 meeting. The board unanimously endorsed an approval-not-required subdivision plan transferring roughly one acre from a cell-tower parcel owned by a Mr. Yamano on Joey Freitas Way to Plympton Sand
Carver Select Board Ratifies Police Chief Contract, Approves Two Business Licenses
CARVER -- January 6, 2026, Carver Select Board opens 2026 with police chief contract ratification and a 4-1 vote to hold the school-town revenue split steady. The board unanimously ratified a contract for incoming Police Chief Matthew Rainer, who was absent due to a family bereavement, then reaffirmed the
Carver Earth Removal Committee Opens Compliance Review of AD Makepeace Sand Operation
CARVER -- January 6, 2026, Carver Earth Removal Committee flags possible permit violation at AD Makepeace sand and gravel operation on Federal Road. At the January 6 meeting, Town Counsel Amy Quessel told the four-member board that the 2020 permit for the 59 Federal Road site operated by AD Makepeace
Carver Earth Removal Committee Opens Compliance Review of AD Makepeace Sand Operation
CARVER -- January 6, 2026, Carver Earth Removal Committee flags possible permit violation at AD Makepeace sand and gravel operation on Federal Road. At the January 6 meeting, Town Counsel Amy Quessel told the four-member board that the 2020 permit for the 59 Federal Road site operated by AD Makepeace
Marshfield board adopts ADU sewer policy, confirms new superintendent
Marshfield public works board adopts ADU hookup policy, confirms Ken Ryan as superintendent.