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Government · Select Board

Select Board suspends four liquor licenses

Danvers Select Board splits 3-2 on liquor suspension, bans parking on Park Street for safety.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 6

Government · Select Board

Select Board Clears National Grid Petitions, Preps School Warrant

Manchester-by-the-Sea Select Board previews $95.3 million Essex Elementary School ahead of a November 16 town meeting vote.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 5

Government · Select Board

Select Board Adopts FY27 Goals, Backs Lake Grant

Hamilton Select Board adopts FY27 goals, begins mapping a $2.2 million one-time windfall.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 5

Government · Select Board

Select Board OKs wine license despite neighbor's concerns

The Andover Select Board approved a wine and malt license for a Mahjong club over a neighbor's noise objections and adopted the town's first hazard mitigation plan.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 28

Government · Select Board

Select Board Adopts New Cemetery Plot Policy

Hamilton Select Board adopts cemetery policy, loses quorum mid-meeting. Members voted 3-0 to adopt a revised Hamilton Cemetery plot purchase policy restricting sales largely to residents, and appointed veterinarian Victoria Duggan to a seven-member Conservation Commission.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 28

Government · Select Board

Groveland Approves Interim Fire Chief Deal With Georgetown

Groveland's Select Board approves an interim shared fire chief and hears a rooster-noise grievance.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 28

Government · Select Board

Essex Board Authorizes $2M Causeway Flood Grant

Essex ties new fire chief hire to a $50,000 budget fix. The Select Board voted unanimously to authorize a federal PROTECT grant application worth "in excess of $2 million" for Essex Causeway flood mitigation, with MassDOT as lead applicant and Essex as co-applicant.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 28

Government · Select Board