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Fairhaven resident advocates harassment policy changes
Fairhaven :: MA :: USA | 21 days ago
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Citing her own experiences with reporting harassment, Conservation Commission member Cora Peirce described the shortcomings in the town's new harassment policy to selectmen at their meeting Monday night. In August, Peirce filed a complaint to the
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Marion-Rochester Health District could spawn Town Meeting battle
Rochester :: NY :: USA | 21 days ago
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A controversial article on the May 20 Town Meeting warrant calling for the town to drop out of the Marion-Rochester Health District could lead to a heated battle. "Both Boards of Health are opposed to this article," the health district's attorney,
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Marion to weigh options for Town House
Acushnet :: MA :: USA | 22 days ago
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The committee researching whether to renovate or replace the town office building has given selectmen three options and a request to hire a project manager to oversee the project's next phase. After more than a year of study and discussion, the Town
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Fairhaven reorganization up for debate at Town Meeting
Fairhaven :: MA :: USA | 22 days ago
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With the May 4 Town Meeting just around the corner, officials say debate is certain to center on special Town Meeting articles that would dramatically restructure town government. Three articles on the warrant would eliminate the Board of Public
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Dartmouth still awaiting financials on Cecil Smith Landfill capping plan
Dartmouth :: MA :: USA | 22 days ago
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State officials have not yet provided the town with a copy of the financial analysis for the Cecil Smith Landfill closure project despite their response to a public records request earlier this month saying they would do so. Town officials are
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Wareham Town Meeting adjourned to June 18
Wareham :: MA :: USA | 26 days ago
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Annual Town Meeting voters Tuesday night followed the advice of municipal officials and delayed for two months all action on money-related articles on the warrant. With a budget crisis and dramatic cuts in personnel and services looming, voters
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Wareham Voters Approve Reorganization of Finance Department
Wareham :: MA :: USA | 27 days ago
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Voters Tuesday night approved a plan to reorganize the Finance Department to improve oversight of finances and increase the town's day-to-day fiscal operations. During the second night of Annual Town Meeting at the high school, voters decisively
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Wareham Voters Replenish Health Care Fund
Wareham :: MA :: USA | 28 days ago
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Special Town Meeting voters Monday night overwhelmingly approved a transfer of more than $1 million from free cash to the health care trust fund to replace money diverted from the latter account in recent years. On a voice vote and despite expressed
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Library-community center project on May 20 Acushnet Special Town Meeting warrant
Acushnet :: MA :: USA | 28 days ago
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Voters will again consider a $6.4 million request to build a new library addition at the Marie S. Howard Community Center on Middle Road, this time at a May 20 special Town Meeting. The article will be first on the warrant and comes as the result of
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Town Meeting approves medical marijuana moratorium
Arlington :: TX :: USA | 28 days ago
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Medical marijuana dispensaries may not set up shop in Arlington for the next year, Town Meeting voted Monday. Neither will zoning bylaws will be changed to allow the dispensaries in the town's central business district (B5) following Monday's special
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