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Whitman Aid Fund Committee Sets July 1 Target for First Tax Relief Applications

WHITMAN — March 11, 2026 — Whitman's Women's Aid for the Elderly and Disabled Taxation Fund Committee is targeting a July 1 launch for its first-ever property tax relief applications, with an October 1 deadline for residents to apply. Chair Brian Trussell led the March 11 meeting,

Whitman Senior Center Fuel Assistance Funds Dry Up Weeks Before Season Ends

WHITMAN — March 11, 2026 — Whitman Council on Aging reports fuel assistance funds fully exhausted with weeks left in heating season. The Council on Aging met March 11 and heard from its director that self-help organizations have run out of fuel assistance money and the state is not releasing additional

Whitman Select Board approves $59.5 million school bond sale at rates below 4 percent

WHITMAN — March 10, 2026 — Whitman Select Board unanimously approves $59.5 million in school bonds and notes at competitive rates while confronting a $500,000 budget deficit. The board approved the sale of $28,535,000 in general obligation school bonds to Raymond James and Associates at a true interest

Whitman Assessors Approve $10,000-Plus in Abatements, Launch New Growth Audit

WHITMAN — March 10, 2026 — Whitman Board of Assessors approves more than $10,000 in excise abatements and exemptions, launches new growth audit. The board voted unanimously at its March 10 meeting to approve a 2026 motor vehicle excise abatement of $8,691.50 — the largest single item on a full

Whitman-Hanson Schools Propose $66.8 Million Budget After Eliminating 2 Million in Spending

WHITMAN — March 10, 2026 — Whitman-Hanson Regional School District proposes a $66.8 million FY27 budget built on $2 million in cuts completed in six weeks. Interim Superintendent John Marcus and Interim Director of Business Matt Wells told the Whitman Finance Committee on March 10 that the district faced $4.

Whitman Housing Authority Awards $14,100 Contract for Wiring Removal at Fullerton Avenue

WHITMAN — March 9, 2026 — Whitman Housing Authority awards $14,100 knob-and-tube removal contract and hears of $1 million in energy upgrades. The board voted unanimously at its March 9 meeting to award project 338102 to Abade LLC of Fairhaven, the low bidder out of a field that ranged

Whitman Finance Committee approves six backlogged meeting minutes, hears DPW project closeout

WHITMAN — March 3, 2026 — Whitman Finance Committee clears a six-meeting backlog of minutes and hears that the new DPW building project is closing out with $623,324 returned to the town. Acting Chair Chuck Colby presided in place of Chair Mike Warner, with members Kevin Wolfe, Ann Zaniga, Jason

Whitman Conservation Commission Continues Rye Hill Duplex Hearing Pending Other Boards

WHITMAN — March 3, 2026 — Whitman Conservation Commission continues Rye Hill duplex hearing and tightens draft wetlands bylaw. The commission opened and continued a public hearing on a Notice of Intent filed by Gary and Fernando Christina, trustees, for seven residential duplexes at 25 Rye Hill Street, with commissioners pressing the

Whitman Zoning Board Approves Four-Unit Conversion at 16 Washington Street

WHITMAN — March 2, 2026 — Whitman Zoning Board approves four-unit conversion at deteriorated Washington Street farmhouse on 4-1 vote. The Zoning Board of Appeals granted variances Monday to 16 Washington Street LLC, allowing the owners to convert a circa-1800 two-family home — which had an unpermitted third unit

Whitman Building Committee Sends Three Upgrade Requests to Capital Committee

WHITMAN — March 2, 2026 — Whitman's Public Works Building Committee unanimously forwarded three proposed facility upgrades — security sensors, a second boiler, and a fuel depot evaluation — to the Capital Improvement Committee, rejecting each as out-of-scope change orders on the nearly finished DPW building project. The decisions came

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