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Bridgewater Planning Board Votes to Recommend Downtown Zoning Overhaul With Edits

BRIDGEWATER — June 24, 2026 — Bridgewater's Planning Board unanimously recommended a revised downtown zoning ordinance to the Town Council Wednesday, capping building heights at 3.5 stories and requiring 80 percent active commercial use on ground floors in the Central Business District. Chair Patrick Driscoll and Town Planner Shane

Bridgewater Planning Board Votes to Recommend Downtown Zoning Overhaul With Edits

BRIDGEWATER — June 24, 2026 — Bridgewater's Planning Board unanimously recommended a revised downtown zoning ordinance to the Town Council Wednesday, capping building heights at 3.5 stories and requiring 80 percent active commercial use on ground floors in the Central Business District. Chair Patrick Driscoll and Town Planner Shane

Bridgewater Board of Health Loses Grant, Cuts Hours, Gains New Member

BRIDGEWATER — June 24, 2026 — Bridgewater's Board of Health faces leaner operations after losing a regional public health grant. At the June 24 meeting, Health Agent Eric told the board that Bridgewater is withdrawing from the Halifax Public Health Excellence Grant due to budget cuts, eliminating the food inspector

Bridgewater Planning Board advances CBD zoning overhaul, schedules June 24 vote

BRIDGEWATER — June 17, 2026 — Bridgewater Planning Board and Town Council's CED Committee advance sweeping downtown zoning overhaul toward a June 24 vote. The joint public hearing on Ordinance DFY 26-014 consumed most of a two-hour session June 17, with Town Planner Shane O'Brien walking

Bridgewater Planning Board advances CBD zoning overhaul, schedules June 24 vote

BRIDGEWATER — June 17, 2026 — Bridgewater Planning Board and Town Council's CED Committee advance sweeping downtown zoning overhaul toward a June 24 vote. The joint public hearing on Ordinance DFY 26-014 consumed most of a two-hour session June 17, with Town Planner Shane O'Brien walking

Bridgewater Finance Committee Approves Five FY26 Budget Transfers Unanimously

BRIDGEWATER — June 17, 2026 — Bridgewater's Finance Committee unanimously approved five end-of-fiscal-year budget transfers at its June 17 meeting, including a $124,000 electricity and gas shortfall for town buildings and an emergency sewer generator purchase moved up from the FY27 capital plan after the existing

Bridgewater Finance Committee Recommends Six FY26 Transfer Orders Totaling Over $290,000

BRIDGEWATER — June 16, 2026 — Bridgewater Finance Committee recommends eight budget orders, raises questions about transfer station viability. The committee voted unanimously at its June 16 meeting to recommend six end-of-year fiscal year 2026 transfer orders and the fiscal year 2027 Community Preservation Act reserve budget, all to the

Bridgewater Conservation Commission Approves Emergency Continuation of Town Well Construction

BRIDGEWATER — June 11, 2026 — Bridgewater Conservation Commission unanimously approves emergency continuation of drinking water treatment construction at wells 10A and 10B on Plymouth Street. The commission voted Thursday to allow Bridgewater DPW to continue building manganese, iron, and PFAS treatment infrastructure — including a planned backwash lagoon approximately 75 feet wide

Bridgewater Planning Board Continues South Street Subdivision Hearing to June 17

BRIDGEWATER — June 3, 2026 — Bridgewater Planning Board defers vote on contested four-lot South Street subdivision, demands full draft decision letter first. The board, meeting June 3 via Zoom under Chair Patrick Driscoll, voted unanimously to continue the 548 South Street public hearing to June 17 after withdrawing an earlier

Bridgewater Finance Committee Backs $8.5 Million Water Infrastructure Loan Authorization

BRIDGEWATER — June 1, 2026 — Bridgewater Finance Committee unanimously approves $8.5 million water infrastructure loan and new utility rates for fiscal year 2027. The committee voted Monday to rescind a prior $7.4 million loan authorization tied to a scrapped plan to pipe water from Wells 10A and 10B to

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