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Wenham board backs 20-year solar bond for Iron Rail
Wenham's Iron Rail Working Group pitches a ground lease, soccer fields and starter homes for town-owned land.
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Select Board Names Wile to Whittier Cost Panel
West Newbury's Select Board recommended Christopher Wile as the town's voting representative on the Whittier Regional Agreement Amendment Committee and debated how to split costs for a new vocational school building.
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Essex Board Preps Fire Chief Structure Change
Essex Select Board moves toward a "weak chief" fire department structure ahead of a fall Town Meeting vote.
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Select Board Backs $1 Million Library Funding Ask
Nahant Select Board moves toward a fall special town meeting on a $1 million library match.
Government · Select Board
Select Board Votes 3-2 to Exclude Hawthorne Housing
Swampscott Select Board votes 3-2 to bar housing from Hawthorne RFP after months of debate. Members Wayne Spritz, Mary Ellen Fletcher and Danielle Leonard carried the motion; Chair Katie Phelan and Ted Dooley dissented, warning the town could later need to fund the project itself.
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Select Board Approves 7% Sewer Rate Hike, Beach Wi-Fi
Manchester-by-the-Sea's Select Board approved a 7 percent sewer rate increase and a private Wi-Fi vendor for Singing Beach.
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Groveland board OKs interim fire chief job posting
Groveland advances interim fire chief search after both deputies decline.
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Select Board approves FY27 senior tax exemption limits
Hamilton Select Board raises senior tax exemption limits for the first time since 2010.
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Select Board approves interim town accountant 4-0
The Danvers Select Board voted 4-0 to install Assistant Town Accountant Carly Mannion as interim town accountant starting August 7.
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Gloucester City Council Unanimously Approves 40-Unit Mixed-Use Project on Main Street
Gloucester City Council unanimously approves 40-unit housing project for vacant Main Street bank site.
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