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Select Board Keeps Single Tax Rate for FY27

East Bridgewater Select Board kept a single property tax rate for fiscal 2027 and signed a public safety building study contract.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 19

Government · Select Board

Select Board votes to explore new health insurer

Abington Select Board voted unanimously to explore switching municipal health insurers after cash-flow trouble at its current carrier.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 19

Government · Select Board

Select Board Reschedules Cars and Copters Licenses

Marshfield Select Board voted 2-0 three times to reschedule Cars and Copters car show licenses from September 26 to October 17.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 15

Government · Select Board

Board tables vote on light plant grant scope

Hull's Select Board approved an $8.99 million bond sale but put off a vote clarifying its stance on a Coastal Zone Management grant for a combined DPW-Light Plant facility.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 14

Government · Select Board

Hanson Board Votes to Rebuke County Retirement Board

Hanson Select Board voted to send a sharper letter after a county board hike added $330,000 to the town's bill.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 13

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Board hires outside counsel on sewer deal complaint

Kingston's Select Board voted 5-0 to hire outside counsel to answer an open meeting law complaint over its handling of a Duxbury sewer agreement.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 13

Government · Select Board

Council Advances $2.3 Million Fire Truck Bond

Brockton City Council advanced a $2.3 million fire truck bond to a third reading and granted two business licenses despite the applicant's 2019 forfeiture.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 13

Government · Select Board

Select Board OKs permanent protection for 8 parcels

Scituate's Select Board voted to permanently protect eight town-owned properties, capping a decade-long conservation effort. Chair Susan Harrison recused herself because of her ties to the Appleton Field Community Garden, one of the parcels covered.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 13

Government · Select Board

Select Board Orders Demolition of Turner House

Pembroke's Select Board voted unanimously to demolish the historic Turner House after engineers found its wood framing crumbles to the touch, ending a relocation plan tied to the new public safety building.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 7

Government · Select Board

Carver Swears In New Fire Chief Eric Germain

Carver Select Board confronted a $1.3 million gap in next year's health insurance budget and swore in a new fire chief.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 6

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