Lakeville Boards Hear Budget Ultimatum: Override or Deep Cuts Across Departments
Lakeville's Select Board and Finance Committee heard stark budget-or-cut choices from four departments as the town's three-year override vote approaches.
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Lakeville Boards Hear 56-Position Cut Warning Ahead of Override Vote
Lakeville boards heard warnings of 56 school staff cuts and reduced fire and police capacity if a pending tax override fails.
Lakeville Moves Old Colony Vote Polling Site to Assa Wamsit Elementary School
Lakeville Select Board unanimously relocates June 20 Old Colony building-project polling site and adds electronic voting article to annual town meeting warrant.
Lakeville Conservation Commission Approves Long Pond Septic Repair, Continues Farm Home Case
Lakeville Conservation Commission approves Long Pond septic repair and stalls cranberry farm home bid pending Army Corps ruling.
Halifax Conservation Commission Tells Lakefront Homeowner to Hire Engineer Before Any Erosion Work
HALIFAX -- April 28, 2026, Halifax Conservation Commission presses for formal engineer filings on two troubled properties while floating a 30 percent fee hike. At the April 28 meeting, Chair John Guiod and the two other members present, Secretary Edward Haworth and Member Edward Lane, told Jack Selvaggio of 1 Seventh
Halifax Conservation Commission Tells Lakefront Homeowner to Hire Engineer Before Any Erosion Work
HALIFAX -- April 28, 2026, Halifax Conservation Commission presses for formal engineer filings on two troubled properties while floating a 30 percent fee hike. At the April 28 meeting, Chair John Guiod and the two other members present, Secretary Edward Haworth and Member Edward Lane, told Jack Selvaggio of 1 Seventh
Scituate Select Board Awards Five Contracts, Sets October 19 Special Town Meeting
SCITUATE -- April 28, 2026, Scituate Select Board unanimously awards five contracts totaling over $400,000 and approves October 19 Special Town Meeting date. At its April 28 meeting, the board approved a $75,000 cardiac monitor purchase from Zoll Medical Corporation, a $59,879.08 modular boat lift from Jet
Plympton Board of Health Schedules Special Meeting on Town Meeting Article 19
PLYMPTON -- April 28, 2026, Plympton Board of Health schedules special meeting on town meeting article and flags unresolved well compliance. Meeting on April 28, the board voted unanimously to reduce shake machine testing at KK's Donuts to monthly, following a period of passing results and on the recommendation
Marshfield Town Meeting Defeats MBTA Zoning Repeal, Approves Finance Director Post
MARSHFIELD -- April 28, 2026, Marshfield Town Meeting rejected a bid to repeal the town's MBTA zoning overlay district and approved a framework for a new finance director on the second night of the 2026 Annual Town Meeting. Articles 37 and 38, brought forward on a two-to-one
Marshfield Town Meeting Defeats MBTA Zoning Repeal, Approves Finance Director Post
MARSHFIELD -- April 28, 2026, Marshfield Town Meeting rejected a bid to repeal the town's MBTA zoning overlay district and approved a framework for a new finance director on the second night of the 2026 Annual Town Meeting. Articles 37 and 38, brought forward on a two-to-one