Category: Latest Updates
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A 928,000-square-foot warehouse and the East Grove Street surf park go before Middleborough’s wetlands board Thursday
Read More →: A 928,000-square-foot warehouse and the East Grove Street surf park go before Middleborough’s wetlands board ThursdayThe Conservation Commission opens its first hearing on the Wareham Street warehouse and picks up the surf park review it began Aug. 6. Here is where each project stands, along…
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Build the South Wells plant. Then fix how we pay for it.
Read More →: Build the South Wells plant. Then fix how we pay for it.The town needs clean water and has a 2031 deadline. It also has a water fund in the red, $110 million in projected debt, and a rate plan that was…
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One town, three state reps, and a senator who says, ‘We’ll be back for sure’
Read More →: One town, three state reps, and a senator who says, ‘We’ll be back for sure’By John Barrella EDITORIAL – Quick question for Middleborough and beyond: do you know who represents you on Beacon Hill? It’s a harder question here in Middleborough than in most…
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Select Board takes two steps toward $62 million South Wells water plant, and moves Town Meeting to Nov. 9
Read More →: Select Board takes two steps toward $62 million South Wells water plant, and moves Town Meeting to Nov. 9Monday’s agenda pairs a land deal on Spruce Street with a water-protection permit hearing for the treatment plant. It also carries the interim manager’s request to delay Town Meeting and…
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Carver Planning Board returns to floating solar plan. Minutes for 10 of its 16 meetings this year aren’t online.
Read More →: Carver Planning Board returns to floating solar plan. Minutes for 10 of its 16 meetings this year aren’t online.By John Barrella Two solar filings on a shared parcel top Tuesday’s agenda. The board’s minutes, and a string of blank agenda lines, raise questions under the state’s Open Meeting…
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In Lakeville, seven words and a golf course
Read More →: In Lakeville, seven words and a golf courseBy John Barrella LAKEVILLE — The notice reached the Town Clerk’s office Tuesday morning and was stamped at 10:05, initialed by hand, posted by board member Riley Sparks. Twelve items,…
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What Middleborough’s fiscal 2025 audit will say, and what it won’t
Read More →: What Middleborough’s fiscal 2025 audit will say, and what it won’tThe interim town manager has already told the town the findings will be serious. Understanding the difference between a control deficiency and a material weakness is the difference between knowing…
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Middleborough School Committee to hear superintendent search plans, vote on state-mandated immigration enforcement policy
Read More →: Middleborough School Committee to hear superintendent search plans, vote on state-mandated immigration enforcement policyThursday’s agenda also includes a Washington, D.C., field trip vote, a $50,000 state grant, and a closed-door review of three sets of executive session minutes By John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH —…
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Middleborough interim manager recommends delaying Town Meeting, citing unfinished audit and $1 million budget gap
Read More →: Middleborough interim manager recommends delaying Town Meeting, citing unfinished audit and $1 million budget gapPresentation says FY25 audit has no completion date, both treasurer posts are vacant, and overhead charges to water, sewer, and trash funds appear to have been inflated By John Barrella…
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Six guests, eight days, one table
Read More →: Six guests, eight days, one tableBy John Barrella In eight days, The G.O.A.T. Podcast sat down with Republicans, Democrats, the state auditor, the town’s school leader and a former selectboard chairman. That range isn’t an…
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Rochester board takes up fiscal 2027 tax classification Monday
Read More →: Rochester board takes up fiscal 2027 tax classification MondayThe vote decides how next year’s tax burden is split between homeowners and businesses — the first step in a sequence that has to finish before bills go out in…
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Surf park back before Middleborough zoning board Sept. 24, with a month left on the clock
Read More →: Surf park back before Middleborough zoning board Sept. 24, with a month left on the clockThe application asks the board to authorize 35 cottage units under a bylaw that caps buildings in the district at 20,000 square feet. The developer’s attorney has not answered questions…
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Back at Town Hall, Nunes promises a closer look at Middleborough’s books
Read More →: Back at Town Hall, Nunes promises a closer look at Middleborough’s booksOn his first day as interim town manager, the former head of the state’s Division of Local Services says the budget needs adjustments, is concerned about the tax rate and…
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Thomson steps in on finance as Middleborough school budget subcommittee meets
Read More →: Thomson steps in on finance as Middleborough school budget subcommittee meetsThe interim superintendent now also holds the district’s business and finance title after Michael Perrone’s move to Old Rochester Regional By John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH — The School Committee’s Budget Subcommittee…
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Carver Planning Board weighs floating solar array in water protection district
Read More →: Carver Planning Board weighs floating solar array in water protection districtTonight’s agenda also includes two more solar permits, a duplex and a pet-grooming business, and says little about who is behind the solar projects. By John Barrella CARVER — Tonight…
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Surf park’s wetlands hearing returns Thursday, on an agenda with a 928,000-square-foot warehouse
Read More →: Surf park’s wetlands hearing returns Thursday, on an agenda with a 928,000-square-foot warehouseThe Conservation Commission will also take up an Open Meeting Law complaint filed against it this month. John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH — The proposed East Grove Street surf park returns to…
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Surf park developers named in state filings; their attorney has not answered questions on water and liability
Read More →: Surf park developers named in state filings; their attorney has not answered questions on water and liabilityN.E.S.P., LLC lists Clay Rockefeller and Jerry Pucillo as managers. The GOAT News sent 18 written questions on Sept. 4 and called twice. There has been no response. By John…
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Planning Board asked to waive review of $62m water plant
Read More →: Planning Board asked to waive review of $62m water plantThe South Wells project was before Town Meeting in June. The waiver request appears on Tuesday’s agenda as one line under “Other.” John Barrella MIDDLEBOROUGH — The Planning Board will…
Latest Updates
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A 928,000-square-foot warehouse returns to Middleborough’s wetlands board tonight, on land the state calls rare turtle habitat
Middleborough · Conservation Commission The wetlands board resumes its hearing tonight on a warehouse that would cover more than…
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Carver is still waiting on its 2024 audit. Put a deadline in the town administrator’s contract.
Carver · Opinion The Select Board takes up Glenn Cannon’s next contract behind closed doors Thursday. Its own records…
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Lakeville forms a panel to explore buying 30 Howland Road as the owner’s rock-removal hearing slides to Nov. 10
Lakeville · Select Board & Planning Board In back to back meetings, the Select Board created a nine-member committee…
